Paul Selig

Paul Selig
Born
New York City, New York, U.S.
Alma materYale University
OccupationsPlaywright, author, educator, psychic

Paul Selig is an American playwright, author, educator and psychic.[1]

Life and career

Selig was born in New York City and received his master’s degree from Yale University.[2][3] He has taught playwriting at New York University[1]

In 1987, Selig underwent a spiritually related incident and later claimed it gave him the ability of clairvoyance.[3]

In 2016, on the ABC News program Nightline, he discussed working as a psychic relationship advisor with celebrity clients such as former Van Halen front man Sammy Hagar.[4]

In 2018, Forbes magazine included Selig's books I Am the Word, The Book of Knowing and Worth and The Book of Love and Creation in a list of "23 Life-Changing Books You Need to Read, According to Wellness Experts."[5]

Selig wrote the plays Terminal Bar[2][6][7] and Mystery School.[8][9] He wrote the narration for Never Enough by Shapiro and Smith Dance;[10][11] a dramatic work based on the 1845 book Struwwelpeter which fused dance, music, and the spoken word.[12] In 1987, Selig received a Drama League Playwrights Assistance Award for The Pompeii Travelling Club;[13][14] a play which was previously developed in 1984 at the San Diego Repertory Theatre.[15] He also wrote the libretto to the chamber opera Three Visitations by composer Kim D. Sherman.[16]

References

  1. 1 2 Schaefer, Kayleen (October 17, 2013). "The Everything Guide to the Occult". New York.
  2. 1 2 Gussow, Mel (November 28, 1986). "Theater: Terminal Bar From en garde Arts". The New York Times. p. 3.
  3. 1 2 "Audio: Pop Apocalypse: Inside the Mind of a Spirit Channel – A Conversation with Paul Selig". Harvard Divinity School. March 6, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Psychic Claims to Help Couples Work Through Relationship Problems". Nightline. August 31, 2016.
  5. ↑ Porkoláb, Courtney (October 26, 2018). "23 Life-Changing Books You Need to Read, According to Wellness Experts". Forbes.
  6. ↑ Drukman, Steven (March 8, 1998). "THEATER; In the Shoes (Five Pairs) of Women Seeking Solace". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 27, 2015.
  7. ↑ Koehler, Robert (November 11, 1988). "Stage Reviews: Mystery Surrounds Cast Theatre's Terminal Bar". Los Angeles Times.
  8. ↑ Marks, Peter (March 13, 1998). "Theater Review; Tyne Daly Re-Emerges as a New Age Totem Pole". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 19, 2010.
  9. ↑ Mathews, Shirley (December 26, 1997). "Tyne Daly Gets an 'A' for Mystery School". Connecticut Post. p. F3.
  10. ↑ Steele, Mike (February 28, 1997). "Shapiro and Smith Dance From Austerity to Rambunctiousness". Minneapolis Star Tribune. p. B4.
  11. ↑ Lefkowitz, David (September 27, 1997). "Selig's School Gets Daly Dose At Long Wharf, Off-B'way". Playbill.
  12. ↑ Kisselgoff, Anna (February 22, 1992). "Review/Dance; The Human Battleground". The New York Times. p. 17.
  13. ↑ "Drama League Awards To Go to 7 Playwrights (Published 1987)". The New York Times. 14 December 1987. Retrieved 4 February 2026.
  14. ↑ Arkatov, Janice (November 6, 1988). "One Good Play Deserves Another". Los Angeles Times. p. 50, section Calendar.
  15. ↑ Wilcox, Michael, ed. (1984). Gay Plays: Vol 3. Heinemann. ISBN 978-0413147400.
  16. ↑ Anthony, Michael (June 18, 1996). "New Music-Theater Ensemble Production is a Disappointment". Minneapolis Star Tribune. p. B4.
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