birth_place nationality article_title birth_date origin name occupation
caracas , venezuela american moisés kaufman
 21 november 1963 new york city moisés kaufman playwright , theatre director
moisés kaufman

moisés kaufman -lrb- born november 21 , 1963 -rrb- is a playwright , director and founder of tectonic theater project .
he is best known for writing `` the laramie project '' with other members of tectonic theater project .
he is also the author of '' '' and `` 33 variations '' .
he was born and raised in caracas , venezuela and moved to new york city in 1987 .
kaufman is of romanian and ukrainian jewish descent .
he described himself in an interview by saying `` i am venezuelan , i am jewish , i am gay , i live in new york .
i am the sum of all my cultures .
i could n't write anything that did n't incorporate all that i am . ''
kaufman was awarded a guggenheim fellowship in 2002 .
he made his broadway directing debut in the 2004 production of `` i am my own wife '' by doug wright , for which he received a tony award nomination for best direction of a play .
