Brown-Fried has directed in regional theatres and New York's Off-Broadway Theatres. With the
Public Theater and the National Asian American Theatre Company, Brown-Fried directed a production of
Awake and Sing!, which received widespread critical acclaim and was nominated for a
Drama League Award for Best Revival. With the Trinity Shakespeare Festival, Brown Fried has directed multiple pieces, including ''
A Midsummer Night's Dream'' which broke box office records for the festival. Brown-Fried's other work with the Trinity Shakespeare Festival includes
Much Ado About Nothing,
Macbeth,
Julius Caesar, and
The Merchant of Venice, which was named one of the top Regional Theatre productions by D Magazine, Theater Jones, Fort Worth Star-Telegram and Criticalrant.com. With Northern Stage, he directed Shakespeare's
Macbeth. At
Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, he directed
Misalliance,
All’s Well That Ends Well, and
The Comedy of Errors. There, he served as their Artistic Associate. Brown-Fried is currently the Associate Director at the Off-Broadway Non-Profit,
Gingold Theatrical Group. Here, he oversees the two New Work Development Programs,
Press Cuttings and ''Speakers' Corner'', along with Gingold Theatrical Group Artistic Director
David Staller. He received the Drama League Director's Fellowship and the Jacob Javitz Fellowship. ==Educating==