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 |
|---|---|---|---|
A Merry Jewish Christmas | Josh Levine | Bailiwick Repertory | world premiere, Jeff Award nominee |
The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told | Paul Rudnick | Bailiwick Repertory | regional premiere, Jeff Award nominee |
The Coarse Acting Show | Michael Green | Shakespeare's Motley Crew | |
now then again | Penny Penniston | Bailiwick Repertory, Ivanhoe | world premiere, Jeff Award winner |
Kind Lady | Edward Chodorov | Pendulum Theatre | |
The Duchess of Malfi | John Webster | Shakespeare's Motley Crew | |
Flight | Bulgakov, trans. by Ron Hutchinson | University of Illinois at Chicago | regional premiere, educational institution |
The Roaring Girl | adapted with Penny Penniston from Middleton/Dekker | Shakespeare's Motley Crew | world premiere, Jeff Award nominee |
Europe | David Greig | Mary-Arrchie | regional premiere, Jeff Award nominee |
The White Devil | John Webster | Shakespeare's Motley Crew | |
A Month in the Country | Turgenev, adapted by Brian Friedl | Bailiwick Repertory | Jeff Award nominee |
Titus Andronicus | William Shakespeare | Shakespeare's Motley Crew | Jeff Award nominee |
Clowns, Goddesses & Tough Guys | James Schneider | Live Bait | world premiere |
Henry VI, parts 1-3 | William Shakespeare | Bailiiwck Repertory | Jeff Award nominee |
Playing by the Rules | Nicky Green | Bailiwick Repertory | regional premiere |
The Threepenny Opera | Bertolt Brecht/Kurt Weill/Michael Feingold | Theater Wit | Jeff Award nominee, chicago premiere |
The Promise | DuckWorks Productions | José Rivera | Jeff Award nominee |
Life is a Dream | Pedro Calderon dl la Barca | Magellan Theatre | Jeff Award nominee |
The Correction | Heiner Müller | Bailiwick Repertory | chicago premiere |
Solitaire | Lydia R. Diamond | Cafe Voltaire | world premiere |