The Alien Baby Play by Nicholas Walker Herbert - Tutto Theatre Company, 2012 - Photo by Kimberley Mead
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Artistic Director, TUTTO Theatre Company Austin TX, 2011 - present
Director
Zeus in Therapy* (upcoming) The Priceless Slave* (upcoming) The Twelfth Labor*† Love in Pine* The Alien Baby Play*† THE DUDLEYS!: A Family Game*†‡   B. Iden Payne Award: Best Comedy, Best Director Spirits to Enforce†‡   Austin Critics' Table Award: Best Drama Beautiful Little Fools* Passion Once Five Years Pass The Real Thing Ghosts L'Enfant et les sortilèges The Long Christmas Ride Home The Baltimore Waltz	Douglass Stott Parker      adapted by director and company J. M. Meyer Leegrid Stevens Gary Jaffe Nicholas Walker Herbert Leegrid Stevens Mickle Maher Tessa Leigh Williams Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine Federico García Lorca      in a new translation by Gary Jaffe Tom Stoppard Henrik Ibsen Maurice Ravel & Colette Paula Vogel Paula Vogel	TUTTO Theatre Company, Austin, 2013 Cohen New Works Festival, Austin, 2013 TUTTO Theatre Company, Austin, 2012 Last Act Theatre Company, Austin, 2012 TUTTO Theatre Company, Austin, 2012 TUTTO Theatre Company, Austin, 2011 Capital T Theatre, Austin 2011 Yale University, 2010 Yale University, 2010 Yale University Senior Thesis, 2009 Yale University, 2009 Yale Dramatic Association, 2009 Opera Theatre of Yale College, 2008 Yale University, 2008 Yale University, 2007
* = premiere  † = award nominee ‡ = award winner
Playwright
The Cruelest Motherfucker (short) Love in Pine Guinea Pig Hamster Sister Sister (short) Daily Practice (short) Getting Off (short)	from The Nine Lives & Deaths of Slapdash from Muses IV: Memories of a House from YDC: 24-Hour	Loaded Gun Theory, Austin, 2012 Last Act Theatre Company, Austin, 2012 DYSTheatre, then FronteraFest, Austin, 2011 The Vestige Group, Austin, 2010 Yale University, 2009
Director of Puppetry
Hamlet The Long Christmas Ride Home	William Shakespeare Paula Vogel	Austin Shakespeare, Austin, 2012 Yale University, 2008
Assistant Director
L'Orfeo, favola in musica A Little Night Music Quills	Dir. Ethan Heard Dir. Ethan Heard Dir. Mimi Jeffries	Yale Baroque Opera Project, 2008 Yale Dramatic Association, 2007 Yale University, 2006
Director & Educator
sf Dividing the Estate‡ The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie The Fellowship of the Ring The Hobbit	Horton Foote Jay Presson Allen, from Muriel Spark J.R.R. Tolkien J.R.R. Tolkien	Westlake High School, Austin, 2012 Westlake High School, Austin, 2011 Center Stage Texas, Austin, 2011 Center Stage Texas, Austin, 2010
Directed Readings & Short Plays
Leda's Swan Satanic Sluts from Back to the Slapdash The Twelfth Labor Guinea Pig Hamster Sister Sister Beautiful Little Fools Opera Scenes Tremors from YDC: 24-Hour	Leegrid Stevens Julie Winston-Thomas Leegrid Stevens Gary Jaffe Tessa Leigh Williams multiple authors Lian Walden	The Blue Theatre, Austin, 2011 Loaded Gun Theory, Austin, 2011 The Blue Theatre, Austin, 2011 DYSTheatre, then FronteraFest, 2011 Yale Playwrights Festival, 2010 Opera Theatre of Yale College, 2008-2009 Yale University, 2007
Artistic Leadership
Tutto Theatre Company  Westlake Theatre Department Yale Dramatic Association, Inc. Yale Drama Coalition Yale Dramatic Association, Inc.	Artistic Director ad-interim Director of Theatre Secretary (Executive Board) Faculty Liaison (Executive Board) Archivist, Development Asst. (Assoc. Board)	Austin, 2011-present Westlake High School, Austin, 2011-2012 Yale University, 2008-2009 Yale University, 2008-2009 Yale University, 2007-2008
Education
Yale University, BA in Theater Studies	Cum Laude with Distinction in the Major	New Haven, 2010
Training
Composition for the Stage Playwriting Playwriting, Performance Directing Directing (Opera) Queer Theatre Japanese Theatre	Robert Woodruff  Paula Vogel Deb Margolin Toni Dorfman, Connie Grappo Richard Lalli Robert Vorlicky Reginald Jackson
Awards & Honors
Richard B. Sewall Cup recipient for outstanding achievement with creative promise Louis Sudler Prize nominee for highest standards of excellence in the arts Austin Critics’ Table Winner -- Outstanding Production of a Drama (Spirits to Enforce) B. Iden Payne Award Winner -- Best Director, Best Comedy, plus 6 more (THE DUDLEYS!) Austin Chronicle’s “#2 Theatrical Wonder of 2011” (Spirits to Enforce) Austin Theatre Examiner Best Director of a Comedy Nomination (Spirits to Enforce) Austin Theatre Examiner Director of the Year Nomination Leegrid Stevens' THE DUDLEYS! awarded the Singers Forum's Alec Baldwin Fellowship following Tutto's 2011 production		Yale, 2010 Yale, 2010 Austin, 2011 Austin, 2011 Austin, 2011 Austin, 2011 Austin, 2011 New York City, 2012
Relevant Skills & Interests
Puppet designer, builder, and director Translator of Spanish-language drama (including Lorca’s Once Five Years Pass, Rovner’s Anniversary Concert) Graphic designer and illustrator for professional and undergraduate companies Accomplished fundraiser for Tutto Theatre Company and Leukemia Lymphoma Society Experienced educator (arts, theatre, leadership, mathematics) in underserved communities Enthusiastic triathlete, finishing two Olympic distance triathlons
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