Lawrence Kornfeld

Lawrence Kornfeld (May 21, 1930 – August 14, 2023) was an American theater director known for his off-off-Broadway and underground theater performances in New York City. He was an artistic director of The Living Theater in the late 1950s and a founder of the Judson Poets Theater. He taught at SUNY Purchase and the Yale School of Drama. His request for a composition from Al Carmines in 1962 launched the latter's compositional career in experimental theater.

Personal life and death
Lawrence Kornfeld was married to the psychotherapist Margaret Kornfeld (1936–2023), with whom he had a daughter. He died on August 14, 2023, at the age of 93.