PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Theater Wit 2004-current
Founded in 2004, Theater Wit is a cultural hub of the Chicago Theater landscape, specializing in contemporary works of comedy, intellect and heart. Under a unique, playwright-centric second production process, Theater Wit has become a nationally-recognized producer of new work by writers like Anne Washburn, Will Eno, Itamar Moses, Joshua Harmon and Madeleine George.
Under my leadership, Theater Wit has grown from a small $40K annual budget to a leader in the Chicago landscape with an annual budget of $1M. In 2007, I supervised and designed a new home for Theater Wit, a 3-theater facility that hosts both our own award-winning work and gives a home to a number of Chicago's best neighborhood theaters with over 600 performances/year from 40+ companies in a typical season.
RESIDENT DIRECTOR
Shakespeare's Motley Crew 1996-2000
Bailiwick Repertory 1994-1998
ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE
Collaboraction 1998-2013
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Board Member, League of Chicago Theaters 2010-2016
Board Member, SSA #27 Chicago
2008-2014
Public Art Advisory Board, Lakeview Chicago 2016-2023
Selected Productions
Title | Author | Theatre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
The Four of Us | Itamar Moses | Theater Wit | chicago premiere, Jeff Award nominated |
Peer Gynt | Henrik Ibsen, trans. Robert Bly | Polarity Ensemble | chicago premiere |
The Flu Season | Will Eno | Black Sheep Productions | chicago premiere, Jeff Award nominated |
Spin | Penny Penniston | Theater Wit | world premiere |
2011 | Itamar Moses | American Theater Company | null |
The Untimely Death of Adolf Hitler | Andy Grigg | Collaboraction | festival winner |
A Taste of Honey | Shelagh Delaney | Shattered Globe Theatre | WSJ: Best of US regional theatre, Jeff Award norminated |
Feydeau-Si-Deau (Chemin de Fer) | Georges Feydeau | Theater Wit | chicago premiere, Jeff Award recommended |
Horror Acadamy | Darren Callahan | Babes with Blades | world premiere, Jeff Award nominated |
The Play about the Squirrel | Mia McCullough | Stage Left/Prop Thtr | Best of Fest: Chicago Reader |
Men of Steel | Qui Nguyen | Theater Wit | regional premiere |
Szinhaz | Itamar Moses | Collaboraction Sketchbook | chicago premiere, Festival Winner |
Thom Pain (based on nothing) | Will Eno | Theater Wit | regional premiere, Jeff Award winner |
Barefoot in the Park | Neal Simon | Metropolis Performing Arts | |
Two for the Show | Will Clinger/Jim Fitzgerald | Theater Wit | world premiere, Jeff Award nominee |
This is the Rill Speaking | Lanford Wilson | Eclipse Theatre | Chicago premiere |
Un Robot | Laura Jacqmin | Collaboraction Sketchbook | festival winner |
Hay Fever | Noel Coward | Lewis University | educational institution |
The Santaland Diaries | David Sedaris/Joe Mantello | Theater Wit | Jeff Award nominated |
Prisoner's Deilmma | David Edgar | University of Illinois at Chicago | chicago premiere, educational institution |