Since I have been leading theater companies for most of my career, my directing assignments have been influenced by the artistic direction for my audiences. Fortunately, the range of theaters and communities has been huge - from coast to coast - so I have gotten many opportunities to stretch and learn. In fact, since I started running theaters instead of going to grad school, I have learned my craft experientially and alongside some terrific other directors. Being Edward Payson Call's assistant for the first three years of the Denver Center Theatre Company was also a substitute for an MFA. I have been greatly influenced by the architecture of each venue, and the make-up of each audience. I tend to fit the directing approach to both of these factors, since my job is to make the most successful event in performance: an event that communicates the artistic impulse of the writer and creative team.
PLAYS and MUSICALS, 100+ Productions
GEVA THEATRE CENTER Artistic Director 2022 - 1995
CONSTELLATIONS, Nick Payne
A CHRISTMAS CAROL, Adapt. Mark Cuddy with Music by Gregg Coffin, 2010-2021
RING OF FIRE: The Music of Johnny Cash, Richard Maltby Jr.
ONCE the Musical, Enda Walsh; Glen Hansard; Marketa Irglova (and Syracuse Stage)
THE HUMANS, Stephen Karam (and Syracuse Stage)
ERMA BOMBECK: AT WIT’S END, Margaret Engel & Allison Engel (and Denver Center for the Performing Arts)
PRIVATE LIVES, Noel Coward
SYLVIA, A.R. Gurney
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, Christopher Sergel from Harper Lee
GOOD PEOPLE, David Lindsay-Abaire (and Indiana Repertory Theatre)
THE ROAD TO WHERE, Cass Morgan (Premiere)
CLYBOURNE PARK, Bruce Norris (and Cleveland PlayHouse)
PUMP BOYS & DINETTES, Foley/Hardwick/Monk/Morgan/Schimmel/Wann (and Cape Playhouse)
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (co-directed), William Shakespeare
YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU, Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman
COMPANY, George Furth; Stephen Sondheim
SUPERIOR DONUTS, Tracy Letts
THE MUSIC MAN, Meredith Willson
FIVE COURSE LOVE, Gregg Coffin
A CHRISTMAS STORY, Philip Grecian, 2008-2009
SWEENEY TODD, Stephen Sondheim, Hugh Wheeler
FENCES, August Wilson (with Tony Todd as Troy)
BAD DATES, Theresa Rebeck
PRIDE & PREJUDICE, adaptation Marge Betley and Mark Cuddy (Premiere)
URINETOWN THE MUSICAL, Mark Hollman and Greg Kotis
OUR TOWN, Thornton Wilder
TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE, Jeffrey Hatcher & Mitch Albom (and Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)
SPLITTING INFINITY, Jamie Pachino (Premiere)
A CHORUS LINE, Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Kleban
HAMLET, William Shakespeare (with Kelli Fox as Hamlet)
THAT WAS THEN, Gerard Stembridge (American Premiere)
1776, Sherman Edwards and Peter Stone
THEOPHILUS NORTH, adapted from Thornton Wilder by Matthew Burnett, (Premiere and Arena Stage)
PROOF, David Auburn
HOUSE, Alan Ayckbourne (East Coast Premiere)
GARDEN, Alan Ayckbourne (East Coast Premiere)
QUILTERS,Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek
CONVENIENCE, Gregg Coffin (Premier)
ART, Yasmina Reza
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, Oscar Wilde
THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO, Alfred Uhry
A GIRL’S LIFE, Kathleen Tolan
ROUGH CROSSING, Tom Stoppard
EVERY GOOD BOY DESERVES FAVOR, Tom Stoppard
FAMOUS ORPHEUS, OyamO with Choreography by Garth Fagan (Premier)
PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE, Steve Martin
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS, William Shakespeare
GOLF WITH ALAN SHEPARD, Carter W. Lewis
STATE OF THE UNION, Lindsay and Crouse
Sacramento Theatre Company Artistic Director 1995 - 1988
LIFE IS A DREAM, Pedro Calderon de la Barca
WHEN YOU COME HOME TO ME, Jon Daly, Larry Dellinger, Gregg Coffin (Premiere)
THE IMAGINARY INVALID, Moliere, Adaptation Mark Cuddy
GOLF WITH ALAN SHEPARD, Carter W. Lewis (Premiere)
DANCING AT LUGHNASA, Brian Friel
TWELFTH NIGHT, William Shakespeare
THE IMMIGRANT, Mark Harelik
STARTING HERE, STARTING NOW, Richard Maltby Jr. and David Shire
AT THE STILL POINT, Jordan Roberts (Premiere)
HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING, Burrows & Loesser
ALL MY SONS, Arthur Miller
THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP, Charles Ludlam
SISWE BANSI IS DEAD, Athol Fugard
HEARTBREAK HOUSE, George Bernard Shaw
DRIVING MISS DAISY, Alfred Uhry
THE ISLAND, Athol Fugard
BROADWAY BOUND, Neil Simon
AWAY, Michael Gow (American Premiere)
THE TEMPEST, William Shakespeare
I’M NOT RAPPAPORT, Herb Gardner
TRANSLATIONS, Brian Friel
MASTER HAROLD...and the boys, Athol Fugard
Idaho Shakespeare Festival - Producing Director 1987 - 1983
ROMEO AND JULIET, William Shakespeare
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, William Shakespeare
THE WINTER’S TALE, William Shakespeare
HENRY IV, Part One, William Shakespeare
THE TEMPEST, William Shakespeare
ROBIN HOOD, Don Nigro (Premiere)
CRIMES OF THE HEART, Beth Henley
SISTER MARY IGNATIUS EXPLAINS IT ALL FOR YOU, Christopher Durang
BILLY BISHOP GOES TO WAR, John Gray with Eric Peterson
Denver Center Theatre Company - Directing Staff 1982 – 1979
Inaugural Company, Edward Payson Call, Artistic Director
THE WORLD OF SAM SHEPARD: SUICIDE IN B FLAT and PATTI’S POEM TO SAM, Sam Shepard, Adaptation Mark Cuddy
LATENT IMAGE, David Jones and Mark Cuddy (Premiere)
A BALLAD OF COLORADO, Company Developed with Mark Cuddy (Premiere)
SEASCAPE WITH SHARKS AND DANCER, Don Nigro (Professional Premiere)
City Studio Theatre - Managing Director 1976 - 1979
EMERGENCY EXIT, Anri Volokhonsky and Alexei Kvostenko (Premiere)
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES, Adaptation Mark Cuddy (Premiere)
CABARET BRECHT, Bertolt Brecht, Adaptation Mark Cuddy (Premiere)
THE TEMPEST, William Shakespeare
THE CURATE SHAKESPEARE AS YOU LIKE IT, Don Nigro
LENNY, Julian Barry
Guest Directing 1995 - 1981
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, Wm Shakespeare Shakespeare in Santa Fe
COMEDY OF ERRORS, William Shakespeare Shakespeare in Santa Fe
THE COUNTRY WIFE, William Wycherly San Francisco State University
THE THREE MUSKETEERS, Peter Raby University of Washington
YELLOWSTONE HURRAH!, Centennial Celebration Yellowstone County, MT
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, Oscar Wilde Steamboat Rep
THE EXTRACTION SHOW, Company Developed (Premiere) Steamboat Rep
THE CURATE SHAKESPEARE AS YOU LIKE IT, Don Nigro Steamboat Rep