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January 20 - February 11, 2018 , Allen Theatre

Marie and Rosetta

Written by George Brant
Directed by Neil Pepe

Run time: 90 minutes, no intermission

Get your front-row seat to music history in the making. “The Godmother of Rock n’ Roll” and 2018 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Early Influence Inductee Sister Rosetta Tharpe — who influenced performers from Elvis to Hendrix — plucks prim-and-proper Marie Knight from a rival gospel show. The two challenge one another on music, life, and The Almighty. This story of letting loose, finding your voice, and freeing your soul is a soaring music-theatre experience chock full of roof-raising performances.

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From left to right: Chaz Hodges (Marie Knight) and Miche Braden (Sister Rosetta Tharpe). Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni

From left to right: Chaz Hodges (Marie Knight) and Miche Braden (Sister Rosetta Tharpe). Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni

Chaz Hodges as Marie Knight. Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni

From left to right: Chaz Hodges (Marie Knight) and Miche Braden (Sister Rosetta Tharpe). Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni

Miche Braden as Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni

Chaz Hodges as Marie Knight. Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni

From left to right: Chaz Hodges (Marie Knight) and Miche Braden (Sister Rosetta Tharpe). Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni

From left to right: Chaz Hodges (Marie Knight) and Miche Braden (Sister Rosetta Tharpe). Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni

Foreground: Chaz Hodges (Marie Knight). Background: Miche Braden (Sister Rosetta Tharpe). Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni

From left to right: Chaz Hodges (Marie Knight) and Miche Braden (Sister Rosetta Tharpe). Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni

From left to right: Chaz Hodges (Marie Knight) and Miche Braden (Sister Rosetta Tharpe). Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni

Miche Braden as Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni

Chaz Hodges as Marie Knight. Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni

Chaz Hodges (Marie Knight) and Miche Braden (Sister Rosetta Tharpe). Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni.

Chaz Hodges as Marie Knight. Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni

Miche Braden as Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni

From left to right: Chaz Hodges (Marie Knight) and Miche Braden (Sister Rosetta Tharpe). Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni.

Artists

Katreese Barnes

Katreese Barnes

(Pianist) is a two-time Emmy Award-Winning Music Director/Composer/Pianist from Saturday Night Live (2000-11), writing music for hit sketches including Dick In a Box featuring Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake, What Up With That, The Lawrence Welk Show, and I'm Not Gonna Sing Tonight. Bandleader and Music Director for The more(Pianist) is a two-time Emmy Award-Winning Music Director/Composer/Pianist from Saturday Night Live (2000-11), writing music for hit sketches including Dick In a Box featuring Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake, What Up With That, The Lawrence Welk Show, and I'm Not Gonna Sing Tonight. Bandleader and Music Director for The Rosie O'Donnell Show on OWN and Oh Sit on the CW Network; Co-Produced the Grammy Nominated Roberta by Roberta Flack and Grammy-winning Woman I Am by Chaka Khan. As a background vocalist, keyboardist, and saxophonist she has toured and recorded with Sting, Bette Midler, Billy Joel, Alicia Keys, Mariah Carey, Carly Simon, and many others. She was the lead vocalist of the group "Juicy" writing and performing the hit song "Sugar Free" on Epic Records. Creator of the live stream show Welcome 2 My House at facebook.com/katreesebarnes which has featured Tony Terry, Valerie Simpson, and a host of up and coming singer/songwriters.

Miche Braden

Miche Braden

(Sister Rosetta Tharpe) was last seen on the CPH stage as Bessie/music director in The Devil's Music: The Life & Blues of Bessie Smith. Since then, TDM has enjoyed extended runs in MA, CA, D.C. and a Blues Cruise. She and TDM have multi nominations including the Drama Desk, more(Sister Rosetta Tharpe) was last seen on the CPH stage as Bessie/music director in The Devil's Music: The Life & Blues of Bessie Smith. Since then, TDM has enjoyed extended runs in MA, CA, D.C. and a Blues Cruise. She and TDM have multi nominations including the Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Carbonell, Off-Broadway Alliance, Audelco, LA Critics Choice, Beyond Broadway (LA & DC), and Connecticut Critics’ Awards. Miche has appeared in and served as musical director/arranger in many stage productions including: The People’s Temple, Gee’s Bend, The Bluest Eye, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill; and two NYMF shows, Acappella: The Musical (Best Ensemble) and The Goree All Girl String Band. Miche was a member of the band Rough Magic in three productions of The Tempest. She served as Musical Director for the South Coast Repertory production in Costa Mesa, CA earning her an LA Critics Nomination. She did vocal arrangements for Spike Lee’s Da Sweet Blood of Jesus and has appeared on Law & Order SVU. She has recorded with Regina Carter, James Carter, Gayelynn McKinney, Postmodern Jukebox, and her CD Diva Out Of Bounds. Her performance is dedicated to the memory of her mother Dr. Mildred J. Dobey, who last saw her perform at CPH before passing away in 2013.

George Brant

George Brant

(Playwright) plays include Grounded (Cleveland Play House, Dobama, Public Theater), Into the Breeches! (Cleveland Play House, Trinity Repertory, Asolo Repertory), Marie and Rosetta (Cleveland Play House, Atlantic Theater, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), Grizzly Mama (Dobama Theatre), Salvage (none too fragile), The Prince of Providence, Elephant’s Graveyard, Tender Age, more(Playwright) plays include Grounded (Cleveland Play House, Dobama, Public Theater), Into the Breeches! (Cleveland Play House, Trinity Repertory, Asolo Repertory), Marie and Rosetta (Cleveland Play House, Atlantic Theater, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), Grizzly Mama (Dobama Theatre), Salvage (none too fragile), The Prince of Providence, Elephant’s Graveyard, Tender Age, The Mourners’ Bench, and Any Other Name. An Affiliate Writer at the Playwrights’ Center, his scripts have been produced internationally by such companies as the Milwaukee Repertory, the Studio Theatre, Alley Theatre, London’s Gate Theatre, Page 73, and the Traverse Theatre. His plays have received a Lucille Lortel Award, an Edgerton Foundation New Play Award, the Smith Prize, a Fringe First Award, an Off-West End Theatre Award, an NNPN Rolling World Premiere, four OAC Individual Excellence Awards, a Creative Workforce Fellowship, and the Keene Prize for Literature. George received his MFA in Writing from the Michener Center at UT-Austin and is a member of the Dramatists Guild. He is published by Samuel French, Oberon Books and Smith & Kraus. He is proud to call Cleveland home.

Mariah Burks

Mariah Burks

(U/S Sister Rosetta Tharpe/Marie Knight) is a native Clevelander, and for the past 20 years has had a blossoming bond with the Cleveland theatre scene. Recent works include Dobama Theatre: Airness; CPH: Blackademics, Clue: A New Comedy (Cook), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Logainne), Marie and Rosetta more(U/S Sister Rosetta Tharpe/Marie Knight) is a native Clevelander, and for the past 20 years has had a blossoming bond with the Cleveland theatre scene. Recent works include Dobama Theatre: Airness; CPH: Blackademics, Clue: A New Comedy (Cook), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Logainne), Marie and Rosetta (understudy for Sister Rosetta Tharpe/Marie Knight) and Shakespeare in Love. Mariah is an alum of the CWRU/CPH MFA Acting Program Class of 2018, with credits that include Macbeth, Clybourne Park, She Stoops to Conquer and others. A graduate of Bowling Green State University’s musical theatre program, Mariah received the Regional and National Irene Ryan Scholarship Acting Award at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. Regional/local work includes Caroline, or Change (Tantrum Theatre) and Ragtime (Cain Park). Love and gratitude toward my Burks sisters and family, and the entire Cleveland community for your genuine love and support. Mom, thank you for being my ultimate Wonder Woman. Ky, you stay my inspiration ALWAYS and Robert thank you for being in my corner. Instagram: @magical_mariahb

KJ Denhert

KJ Denhert

(Guitarist) is an award-winning songwriter, guitarist, vocalist, and bandleader living in Ossining, New York. She performs regularly and has opened for internationally renowned jazz and pop musicians such as Grammy Award-winners Alicia Keys, Roberta Flack, Ronnie Spector, and Richie Havens. KJ considers herself fortunate to have received Grand Prize more(Guitarist) is an award-winning songwriter, guitarist, vocalist, and bandleader living in Ossining, New York. She performs regularly and has opened for internationally renowned jazz and pop musicians such as Grammy Award-winners Alicia Keys, Roberta Flack, Ronnie Spector, and Richie Havens. KJ considers herself fortunate to have received Grand Prize awards in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, Kerville and Mountain Stage New Song Contests, and to hold seven Independent Music Awards for Best Live Performance album, Best Jazz with Vocal, and Best Blues song as well as to have been an Artist-in-Residence at Italy's renowned Umbria Jazz Festival eleven times since 2006. Since 1997, KJ has maintained a residency at the 55 Bar in New York City's West Village performing with her all-star band when she is not touring. She has released ten albums and is at work on three new original projects set for 2018-19. A self-taught guitarist, KJ is excited to explore the music of Sister Rosetta Tharpe and believes that this is a great honor that can add new dimensions to her guitar playing. You can learn more about KJ and her unique story at kjdenhert.com.

Chaz Hodges

Chaz Hodges

(Marie Knight) received her Masters of Fine Arts from UCSD in San Diego. Regional credits at La Jolla Playhouse: In the Red and Brown Water (Oya), A Lie of the Mind (Beth), Little Children Dream of God (Madison). She performed with The Ubuntu Theatre Project: Dance of the Holy more(Marie Knight) received her Masters of Fine Arts from UCSD in San Diego. Regional credits at La Jolla Playhouse: In the Red and Brown Water (Oya), A Lie of the Mind (Beth), Little Children Dream of God (Madison). She performed with The Ubuntu Theatre Project: Dance of the Holy Ghost (Viola) and Hurt Village (Cookie) which landed her a TBA Award nomination as best actress in a leading role. She's also performed at The New Harmony Playwriting Festival, The Ojai New Play Festival, The Denver Center New Play Festival, and The Guthrie Theatre New Griots Festival. Film include: Lifetime's My Crazy Ex (Tamara) and BET's Reflections (Holly). The Wind and the Breeze (Nia) at The Cygnet Theatre in San Diego is her next production after Marie and Rosetta.

Christopher Akerlind

(Lighting Designer) has designed lighting, and occasionally scenery for over 650 productions at theater, opera and dance companies across the country and around the world. Recent work includes Paula Vogel’s new play Indecent (Tony and Drama Desk Awards), The Last Ship, Rocky (Tony nomination), and The Gershwins’ Porgy and more(Lighting Designer) has designed lighting, and occasionally scenery for over 650 productions at theater, opera and dance companies across the country and around the world. Recent work includes Paula Vogel’s new play Indecent (Tony and Drama Desk Awards), The Last Ship, Rocky (Tony nomination), and The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess (Tony nomination) on Broadway, and Martha Clarke’s Angel Reapers, and Cheri at the Signature Theater. His extensive credits in opera include: two seasons for Ireland’s Wexford Festival, and the world premiere of Tobias Picker’s Dolores Claiborne at San Francisco Opera. He is the recipient of an Obie Award for Sustained Excellence, the Michael Merritt Award for Design and Collaboration, two Chicago area Joseph Jefferson Awards, as well as numerous nominations for the Drama Desk, Lucile Lortel, Outer Critics Circle, and Tony Awards.

Dede Ayite

(Costume Designer) At Cleveland Play House: Five Guys Named Moe. Dede’s Off-Broadway credits include: School Girls (MCC); Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train (Signature); The Royale (Lincoln Center); Tell Hector I Miss Him, Marie & Rosetta (Atlantic); Ugly Lies the Bone (Roundabout); brownsville song [b-side for tray] (LCT3); Twelfth Night, more(Costume Designer) At Cleveland Play House: Five Guys Named Moe. Dede’s Off-Broadway credits include: School Girls (MCC); Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train (Signature); The Royale (Lincoln Center); Tell Hector I Miss Him, Marie & Rosetta (Atlantic); Ugly Lies the Bone (Roundabout); brownsville song [b-side for tray] (LCT3); Twelfth Night, ToasT, Urban Retreat, Manahatta (Public); Bella: An American Tall Tale (Playwrights Horizons); Nollywood Dreams (Cherry Lane Theatre); Holding It Down (Harlem Stage). Regionally Ms. Ayite’s work has been seen at: Denver Center; California Shakespeare; La Jolla Playhouse; Berkeley Repertory; Baltimore Center Stage; Arena Stage; Berkshire Theatre Group; Steppenwolf Theatre Company; Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Signature Theatre; McCarter Theatre. Television: Comedy Central; Fox Shortcoms (FOX Network); COPPER Project (Improv Everywhere/BBC America). Dede is the winner of the following awards: Helen Hayes, Theatre Bay Area and Jeff Awards. 2 Audelco Award nominations. She received her MFA from Yale School of Drama.

Steve Broadnax III

(Associate Director) World Premiere: Mud Row by Dominique Morisseau, Travisville by William Jackson Harper, Bayard Rustin: Inside Ashland by Steve H. Broadnax III, The Hot Wing King by Katori Hall, Everybody Black by Dave Harris. Theatre Includes: Actors’ Theatre of Louisville, Cleveland Play House, People’s Light, Hattiloo Theatre, Ensemble more(Associate Director) World Premiere: Mud Row by Dominique Morisseau, Travisville by William Jackson Harper, Bayard Rustin: Inside Ashland by Steve H. Broadnax III, The Hot Wing King by Katori Hall, Everybody Black by Dave Harris. Theatre Includes: Actors’ Theatre of Louisville, Cleveland Play House, People’s Light, Hattiloo Theatre, Ensemble Studio Theatre Company, Chautauqua Theatre Company, Apollo Theatre NYC, Classical Theatre of Harlem, Atlantic Theatre NYC, Detroit Public Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage, The Black Theatre Troupe in Phoenix, Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Moore Theatre in Seattle, Market Theatre in Johannesburg, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland, National Arts Festival in South Africa, and The Adelaide Arts Festival Australia. The Hip Hop Project, an award-winning, full-length, original play directed, choreographed, and conceived by Steve, has toured nationally and was showcased at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in Washington, D.C. Other writings include the award-winning American Taboo, and Camouflage (Eugene O’Neill semi-finalist). Training: Conservatory of Fine Arts Webster University (BFA), Penn State University (MFA). Steve is currently a Professor of Theatre and Associate Artistic Director at Penn State University

Seth Farber

(Music Director/Music Supervisor) Seth has played and conducted many Broadway shows, including Hairspray; Fosse; Hair; Beautiful; On Your Feet; Paramour; Promises, Promises; Shrek; Smokey Joe’s Café; 9 To 5; Elf; and Catch Me If You Can. Seth has played on hundreds of CD’s, including two Grammy-nominated records by the more(Music Director/Music Supervisor) Seth has played and conducted many Broadway shows, including Hairspray; Fosse; Hair; Beautiful; On Your Feet; Paramour; Promises, Promises; Shrek; Smokey Joe’s Café; 9 To 5; Elf; and Catch Me If You Can. Seth has played on hundreds of CD’s, including two Grammy-nominated records by the folk legend Odetta. Still Will Be Heard, a musical co-written with his wife Liz Queler, was mounted at Montclair State University (NJ). His compositions have been used extensively on TV and Film.

Riccardo Hernandez

(Scenic Designer) Broadway: The Gin Game; The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess; The People in the Picture; Caroline, or Change (also Royal National Theatre, London); Elaine Stritch at Liberty (also national tour; Old Vic, London); Topdog/Underdog (Royal Court); Bells are Ringing; Parade (directed by Hal Prince, Tony and Drama Desk more(Scenic Designer) Broadway: The Gin Game; The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess; The People in the Picture; Caroline, or Change (also Royal National Theatre, London); Elaine Stritch at Liberty (also national tour; Old Vic, London); Topdog/Underdog (Royal Court); Bells are Ringing; Parade (directed by Hal Prince, Tony and Drama Desk nominations); Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk (also national tour, Japan); The Tempest. Recent: Paula Vogel’s Indecent (Vineyard); Red Speedo (NYTW); The Father and A Doll’s House (TFANA); Don Giovanni (Santa Fe Opera); Grounded (directed by Julie Taymor) and The Library (directed by Steven Soderbergh) both for The Public Theater; La Mouette (Cour d’Honneur, Palais des Papes – Avignon Festival); Abigail’s Party (Oslo National Theater, Norway); Othello and The Dead (Abbey Theatre Dublin); The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant (Ljubljana/Slovenia). He has designed more than 200 productions in the U.S. and internationally, at The Public Theater, BAM, American Repertory Theater, Lincoln Center Theater, NYTW, Goodman, Guthrie, Lyric Opera of Chicago, HGO, San Francisco Opera, NYCO, LA Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Théâtre du Châtelet Paris, Theater an der Wien (Vienna), Teatro Real Madrid, English National Opera/Young Vic, etc. Genet’s Splendid’s (La Colline-Theatre National Paris). Yale School of Drama.

Tom Humes

(Assistant Stage Manager) returns for his sixth season as a resident member of the stage management staff at Cleveland Play House. Selected area stage management credits include Memphis, Rock of Ages, Godspell, The Frogs, Smokey Joe's Café, Avenue Q, Pippin, and Oliver! (Cain Park); Le Nozze di Figaro more(Assistant Stage Manager) returns for his sixth season as a resident member of the stage management staff at Cleveland Play House. Selected area stage management credits include Memphis, Rock of Ages, Godspell, The Frogs, Smokey Joe's Café, Avenue Q, Pippin, and Oliver! (Cain Park); Le Nozze di Figaro and Cosi Fan Tutte (The Cleveland Orchestra); Tosca, La Boheme, and Lucia Di Lammermoor (Opera Cleveland); Caroline, or Change (Dobama Theatre and Karamu House); and History Boys (Beck Center for the Arts). He is a proud member of both Actors' Equity Association and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE). He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre with a minor in Mathematics from Bowling Green State University.

Cookie Jordan

(Wig Designer) Broadway credits include: In Transit, Eclipsed, Side Show, After Midnight, Fela!, The Motherf**ker with the Hat, Lombardi, The Miracle Worker, A View from the Bridge, South Pacific. Off-Broadway: Party People, The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World, Marie and Rosetta, Troilus and more(Wig Designer) Broadway credits include: In Transit, Eclipsed, Side Show, After Midnight, Fela!, The Motherf**ker with the Hat, Lombardi, The Miracle Worker, A View from the Bridge, South Pacific. Off-Broadway: Party People, The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World, Marie and Rosetta, Troilus and Cressida, The Total Bent, Familiar, HIR. Regional: White Noise, Royal George, You Nero (Arena Stage); King Lear, Neighbors, The Wiz (City Center); Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat, The Wiz (Dallas Theater Center); Hurt Village, Angels in America (Signature Theater); Cunning Little Vixen, Le Grand Macabre (New York Philharmonic); Liberty Smith, 1776 (Ford’s Theater). Tours: Fela! (National and European tours), Dirty Dancing, and Flashdance (National Tour). Television: Emmy-nominated for make-up design on The Wiz Live.

Steve Kennedy

(Sound Designer) was the production engineer on such Broadway shows as Cats, Starlight Express, Song & Dance, The Phantom of the Opera, Carrie, and Aspects of Love. His Broadway sound design credits include: On Your Feet, Doctor Zhivago, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill (Tony Award), Hands more(Sound Designer) was the production engineer on such Broadway shows as Cats, Starlight Express, Song & Dance, The Phantom of the Opera, Carrie, and Aspects of Love. His Broadway sound design credits include: On Your Feet, Doctor Zhivago, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill (Tony Award), Hands On A Hardbody (Drama Desk Award), Jesus Christ Superstar, Catch Me If You Can, Guys and Dolls, Mary Poppins, The Lion King, Jersey Boys (Drama Desk Award), Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays, Hairspray, The Producers, Aida, Titanic, Big, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Carousel, and The Who’s Tommy (Drama Desk Award).

Laura Kepley

Laura Kepley

(Artistic Director of Cleveland Play House) (she/her) became Artistic Director of Cleveland Play House in 2013, and has directed numerous CPH mainstage productions, including The Crucible; Sweat; The Diary of Anne Frank; In the Next Room, or the vibrator play; Into the Breeches!; Every Brilliant Thing; and the world more(Artistic Director of Cleveland Play House) (she/her) became Artistic Director of Cleveland Play House in 2013, and has directed numerous CPH mainstage productions, including The Crucible; Sweat; The Diary of Anne Frank; In the Next Room, or the vibrator play; Into the Breeches!; Every Brilliant Thing; and the world premieres of Tiny Houses, The Good Peaches, Fairfield, and A Carol for Cleveland. She joined CPH in 2010, having arrived from Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, Rhode Island, where she was Resident Director and Artistic Associate for four seasons and Interim Director of the Brown/Trinity Rep M.F.A. in Directing Program for one. She has also at Playhouse Square clevelandplayhouse.com 25 directed for The Alliance Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Chautauqua Theater Company, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Contemporary American Theatre Festival, Syracuse Stage, Trinity Rep, and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, among others. A native Ohioan, Laura received her undergraduate degree from Northwestern University and her Master of Fine Arts from Brown University/Trinity Rep. She is a Drama League Fellow, a recipient of the 2009– 2011 National Endowment for the Arts/Theatre Communications Group Career Development Program for Directors, and a member of Leadership Cleveland’s Class of 2021. Locally, she has been recognized with multiple Outstanding Director commendations from The Cleveland Critics Circle, a Cuyahoga Community College Smart Business Smart Women Award, and a Crain’s Cleveland Woman of Note designation.

Jenifer Morrow

(Stage Manager) is very pleased to be working at Cleveland Play House for the first time. A stage manager at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park since 1994, she became the PSM (head of the department) in 2005. She has worked on more than 100 productions, including a number of more(Stage Manager) is very pleased to be working at Cleveland Play House for the first time. A stage manager at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park since 1994, she became the PSM (head of the department) in 2005. She has worked on more than 100 productions, including a number of regional and world premieres, and has traveled to several other theatres to bring co-productions back to the Playhouse. Her most recent credits include Shakespeare in Love, Little Shop of Horrors, A Prayer for Owen Meany, and To Kill a Mockingbird. Jenifer served as the PSM at Santa Fe Stages for several seasons. She has also stage managed at La Jolla Playhouse, Theatre de la Jeune Lune, Long Wharf Theatre, Goodspeed Musicals, The Ordway and Players Theatre Columbus. One of her most memorable experiences was stage managing the U.K. tour of Miss Evers’ Boys at The Barbican Centre in London and at the historic Bristol Old Vic.

Neil Pepe

(Director) Recent directing credits include the New York premiere of Simon Stephens’ On the Shore of the Wide World, world premieres of George Brant’s Marie and Rosetta, Kenneth Lonergan’s Hold On To Me Darling and David Mamet’s The Penitent all at the Atlantic Theater Company in NYC. Broadway credits more(Director) Recent directing credits include the New York premiere of Simon Stephens’ On the Shore of the Wide World, world premieres of George Brant’s Marie and Rosetta, Kenneth Lonergan’s Hold On To Me Darling and David Mamet’s The Penitent all at the Atlantic Theater Company in NYC. Broadway credits include the musical Hands on a Hardbody, the acclaimed revival of David Mamet’s Speed-the-Plow, and A Life in the Theatre. Off-Broadway: John Guare’s 3 Kinds of Exile; Moira Buffini’s Dying For It; Jez Butterworth’s Parlour Song, Mojo and The Night Heron; Ethan Coen’s Happy Hour, Offices, and Almost an Evening; Harold Pinter’s Celebration and The Room; Adam Rapp’s Dreams of Flying Dreams of Falling; Joe Penhall’s Blue/Orange; Hilary Bell’s Wolf Lullaby; David Pittu’s What’s That Smell?; Howard Korder’s Sea of Tranquility, Edwin Sanchez’ Clean, Quincy Long’s Shaker Heights (all at Atlantic); David Mamet’s American Buffalo (Donmar Warehouse, Atlantic); Romance, Keep Your Pantheon, and School (Center Theatre Group, Atlantic); Zinnie Harris’ Further than the Furthest Thing (Manhattan Theatre Club); Jessica Goldberg’s Refuge (Playwrights Horizons); Tom Donaghy’s The Beginning of August (South Coast Repertory, Atlantic). Frank Gilroy’s The Subject Was Roses with Martin Sheen (CTG) and Eric Bogosian’s Red Angel (Williamstown Theatre Festival). Neil has been the Artistic Director of the award-winning Off-Broadway company, Atlantic Theater Company since 1992.

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