Download Ethan McSweeny [director]

Ethan McSweeny/curriculum vitae
Representation: Michael Moore | Michael Moore Agency | 450 West 24th Street, New York, NY, 10011
212.960.3492 | [email protected]
Web: www.ethanmcsweeny.com
UPCOMING
The Independent Feature Film:
• TWELVE DAYS IN MAY
Liffeyside Productions, Ireland
pre-production
The Friel/Turgenev Revivals:
• A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY
• FATHERS AND SONS
The Gate Theatre, Dublin
The Gate Theatre, Dublin
July - Aug 2015
Feb - Mar 2016
The CTC New Play Workshop:
• THE ENGINE OF OUR RUIN
Chautauqua Theatre Company
July 2015
The Shakespeare Theatre “Free For All” Revival:
• A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Aug - Sept 2015
The New York & Chicago World Premiere:
• FULFILLMENT by Thomas Bradshaw
Flea Theatre/American Theatre Co
Sept - Nov 2015
The World Premiere Opera:
• BETTER GODS
Washington National Opera
January 2016
The East Coast Premiere
• MOMENT by Deirdre Kinahnan
Studio Theatre
March - April 2016
BROADWAY
Golden Theatre
A TIME TO KILL, adapted by Rupert Holmes
2013
from the novel by John Grisham, produced by Daryl Roth & Eva Price
(with Tom Skerrit, Sebastian Arcellus, John Douglas Thompson, Tonya Pinkins, & Patrick Page)
THE BEST MAN by Gore Vidal
August Wilson Theatre
2000
produced by Jeffrey Richards & Richard Frankel
(with Charles Durning, Spalding Gray, Chris Noth, Elizabeth Ashley, Michael Learned, & Christine Ebersole)
Drama Desk Award – Best Revival | Outer Critics Circle Award – Best Revival | Tony Award nomination
INTERNATIONAL
AN IDEAL HUSBAND by Oscar Wilde
The Gate Theatre, Dublin
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE by Tennessee Williams The Gate Theatre, Dublin
2014
2013
Irish Times Award for Best Director, Best Actress (Lia Williams) and Best Supporting Actress (Catherine
Walker), plus 3 Additional Irish Times Nominations including Production and Design
THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE by Gilbert & Sullivan
DANGEROUS LIAISONS by Christopher Hampton
Stratford Shakespeare Festival 2012
Stratford Shakespeare Festival 2010
(with Tom McCamus, Seanna McKenna, and Martha Henry)
OFF BROADWAY
Primary Stages
RX by Kate Fodor | World Premiere
with Marin Hinkle, Stephen Kunken, & Mary Louise Burke
1
2012
1001 by Jason Grote | NY Premiere
Ten Best 2007 – TimeOut NY
100 SAINTS YOU SHOULD KNOW by Kate Fodor
Page 73 Productions
2007
Playwrights Horizons
2007
World Premiere | Ten Best of 2007 – Entertainment Weekly, Theatremania, & TimeOut NY
SABINA by Willy Holtzman
with Marin Ireland & Peter Strauss
THE PERSIANS by Aeschylus, adapt by Ellen McLaughlin
Primary Stages
2005
National Actors’ Theatre
2003
with Len Cariou, Roberta Maxwell, & Michael Stuhlbarg
TAMICANFLY by Scott Marshall Taylor | NY Premiere
Weisberger Theatre Group
2001
NEVER THE SINNER by John Logan | NY Premiere
John Houseman Theatre
1997
Outer Critics Circle Award – Best Off-Broadway Play | Drama Desk Award – Best Off Broadway Play
5 Outer Critics Circle & Drama Desk Award nominations – including Best Director
FIXIN’ TO DIE: The Life of Lee Atwater by Robert Myers West Bank Theatre
1993
with Dylan Baker
NATIONAL
THE TEMPEST by William Shakespeare
Shakespeare Theatre Company 2014
A RAISIN IN THE SUN by Lorraine Hansberry
Chautauqua Theater Company 2014
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM by Wm Shakespeare Shakespeare Theatre Company 2012
5 Helen Hayes Award nominations including Best Production & Best Director
TALES FROM HOLLYWOOD by Christopher Hampton
FIFTY WAYS by Kate Fodor | world premiere
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING by William Shakespeare
Guthrie Theatre
2012
Chautauqua Theater Company 2012
Shakespeare Theatre Company 2011
2 Helen Hayes Awards – Scenic Design & Best Supporting Actor
LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST by Wm Shakespeare
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE by Wm Shakespeare
A TIME TO KILL adapt by Rupert Holmes | world premiere
ARMS AND THE MAN by George Bernard Shaw
TRINITY RIVER PLAYS by Regina Taylor | world premiere
DEATH OF A SALESMAN by Arthur Miller
ORDINARY DAYS by Adam Gwon | west coast premiere
THE GLASS MENAGERIE by Tennessee Williams
CORNELIA by Mark Victor Olsen | world premiere
with Bob Foxworth & Beth Grant
ION by Euripides, adaptation by David Lan | US premiere
WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF by Edward Albee
Baltimore City Paper – Best Production 2008
Chautauqua Theater Company
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Arena Stage
Guthrie Theatre
Goodman/Dallas Theater Ctr.
REP/Delaware
South Coast Rep
Chautauqua Theatre Company
The Old Globe
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2010
2010
2009
2009
Shakespeare Theatre Company 2009
CenterStage
2008
Guthrie Theatre
2008
Chautauqua Theater Company 2008
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE by Arthur Miller
DEATH OF A SALESMAN by Arthur Miller
with Stuart Margolin & Amy Van Nostrand
Shakespeare Theatre Company 2008
MAJOR BARBARA by George Bernard Shaw
7 Helen Hayes Award nominations including Outstanding Play/Director
Winner for Scenic Design & Best Supporting Actor
IN THIS CORNER by Steven Drukman | world premiere
San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Award – Outstanding Play
THE JUST by Albert Camus, trans. Anthony Clarvoe
1001 by Jason Grote | world premiere
The Old Globe
2008
Chautauqua Theater Company 2007
Denver Center
2007
Ovation Award, Denver Post – Best Production, Rocky Mountain News – Best Play
Chautauqua Theater Company 2006
THE CHERRY ORCHARD by Anton Chekhov
with Stuart Margolin & Lisa Harrow
THE PERSIANS by Aeschylus, adapt Ellen McLaughlin
A BODY OF WATER by Lee Blessing
with Sandy Duncan
2
Shakespeare Theatre Company 2006
Old Globe
2006
San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Awards – Outstanding Director, Play, Ensemble, & Design
Chautauqua Theater Company 2005
ALL MY SONS by Arthur Miller
with Stuart Margolin and Lisa Harrow
A BODY OF WATER by Lee Blessing | world premiere
Guthrie Theatre
2005
with Ed Hermann & Michael Learned | Minneapolis Star Tribune Award – Best New Play
CHASING NICOLETTE by Peter Kellog & David Friedman Prince Music Theater
2004
with Bronson Pinchot | 10 Barrymore Award nominations – including Best Director & Best Musical
SOMEONE WHO’LL WATCH OVER ME by Frank MacGuiness Westport Playhouse
with Michael Emerson & Sterling Brown
MR. MARMALADE by Noah Haidle | world premiere
OCIE Award – Best Production
ROMEO AND JULIET by William Shakespeare
A WALK IN THE WOODS by Lee Blessing
COBB by Lee Blessing
SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION by John Guare
2004
South Coast Repertory Theatre 2004
Guthrie Theatre
George Street Playhouse
Chautauqua Theater Company
Guthrie Theatre
2004
2004
2003
2003
Minneapolis Star Tribune Award – Best Director & Best Production
DIRTY BLONDE by Claudia Shear
CTRL+ALT+DELETE by Anthony Clarvoe
New Jersey Star Ledger Award – Best Production
THIEF RIVER by Lee Blessing
CTRL+ALT+DELETE by Anthony Clarvoe | world premiere
OLD TIMES by Harold Pinter
with Lisa Harrow & Dee Hoty
WIT by Margaret Edson
Wilma Theatre/George Street
George Street Playhouse
2002
2002
Guthrie Theatre
San Jose Rep
George Street Playhouse
2002
2001
2001
Pittsburgh Public Theatre
2000
with Lisa Harrow | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Award – Best Production
SIDE MAN by Warren Leight
with Stephanie Zimbalist
MASTER CLASS by Terrence McNally
with Maria Tucci
BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE by Martin McDonagh
GROSS INDECENCY by Moises Kaufmann
MAD ABOUT THE BARD co-written with Floyd King
HYDRIOTAPHIA by Tony Kushner | world premiere
THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE by Marivaux/Wadsworth
NEVER THE SINNER by John Logan
Guthrie Theatre
2000
George Street Playhouse
2000
Alley Theatre
Guthrie Theatre
Folger Theatre
Alley Theatre/Berkeley Rep
Washington Shakespeare Co
Signature Theatre Company
1999
1998
1998
1998
1998
1997
5 Helen Hayes Award nominations – including Best Director, Best Production
Shakespeare Theatre (tour)
Shakespeare Theatere (tour)
JULIUS CAESAR by William Shakespeare
TWELFTH NIGHT by William Shakespeare
ARTISTIC LEADERSHIP
EXECUTIVE BOARD
Stage Directors and Choreographers Society
Treasurer, 2009-present
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Chautauqua Theater Company
Resident Director, 2011 - present
ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE
National Actors’ Theatre
ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
George Street Playhouse
ARTISTIC ADVISOR
Cape Cod Theatre Project
RESIDENT DIRECTOR
New Dramatists
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
The Shakespeare Theatre
2005-present
2004-2011
2004-2005
2000-2004
2001-2004
2001-2002
1993-1997
THEATRICAL EVENTS
THE GREAT RECESSION | New York Living by Thomas Bradshaw
3
Flea Theater
1996
1995
2009
EVERY GOOD BOY DESERVES FAVOR
Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra 2008
GALA OPENING, Harman Center for the Arts,
Shakespeare Theatre Company 2007
by Tom Stoppard & Andre Previn
with Michael Emerson & Brian Murray
Featuring Anne-Sophia Mutter, Julio Bocca & Nina Ananiashvilli, Patti Lupone,
the Washington Ballet, and Wynton Marsalis & the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
WORKSHOPS/DEVELOPMENT (partial listing)
CTC/NEW PLAY WORKSHOPS
Chautauqua Theater Company
2005-2014
NEW PLAY SUMMIT
Denver Center Theatre
2010-11
NEXT STAGE FESTIVAL
George Street Playhouse
2006-07
BRAND: NEW
Hartford Stage
2005
NEW WORK NOW
Public Theater
2004
PLAYLABS
Playwrights Center, Mnpls.
2004
NEW AMERICAN PLAYS
Kennedy Center
2004
PACFIC PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL
South Coast Repertory Theatre
2002 & 2004
SIX @ SIX
Manhattan Theatre Club
2002
O’NEILLPLAYWRIGHTS CONFERENCE
O’Neill Theatre Center
2001 & 2002
CAPE COD THEATRE PROJECT
Falmouth, MA
2000-2003
NEW DRAMATISTS
New York, NY
2001-2002 season
& MCC, Ensemble Studio Theatre, HB Playwrights, & Darryl Roth Productions among others
ACADEMIC DIRECTING
DANCING AT LUGHNASA by Brian Frlel
The Juilliard School
2008
MISALLIANCE by George Bernard Shaw
University of Delaware, PTTP
2006
ARMS AND THE MAN by George Bernard Shaw New York University, MFA
2000
Guthrie Experience
1999
JACK AND JILL by Jane Martin
ANYTHING GOES by Cole Porter
University of Maryland
1997
A COMEDY OF ERRORS by Wm. Shakespeare Shakespeare Classical Acting Conservatory
1997
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
University of South Carolina, MFA
1997
Instructor at:
Chautauqua Theatre Company Conservatory
2005-2014
Shakespeare Society NY
2001
University of Utah
1994-1997
Shakespeare Theatre Classical Acting Conservatory
1995-1997
HONORS & AWARDS
A Streetcar Named Desire, Irish Times Award for Best Director, Best Actress (Lia Williams) and Best
Supporting Actress (Catherine Walker), & 3 addt’l nominations including Production and Design
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 5 Helen Hayes Award nominations including Best Production & Best Director
Much Ado About Nothing, 2 Helen Hayes Awards – Scenic Design & Best Supporting Actor
Who’s Afraid of Virigina Woolf , Baltimore City Paper – Best Production 2008
Major Barbara, 7 Helen Hayes Award nominations – Outstanding Director & Play. Winner for Scenic Design
and Best Supporting Actor (Ted van Griethuysen)
100 Saints You Should Know, Ten Best of 2007, Entertainment Weekly, Theatremania, & Time Out NY
1001, Ten Best 2007, Time Out NY
1001, Ovation Award, Denver Post, Outstanding Production
1001, Best Play, Rocky Mountain News
A Body of Water, San Diego Critics Circle Craig Noel Award for Best Direction, also Best Play & Ensemble,
A Body of Water, Best New Play, Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Chasing Nicollette,10 Barrymore Award Nominations – incuding Best Direction & Best Musical
4
Mr. Marmalade, OCIE Award, Best Production
Six Degrees of Separation, Best Production/Best Director, Minneapolis Star Tribune
CTRL+ALT+DELETE, Best of 2002, New Jersey Star-Ledger
The Best Man, Tony Award nomination – Best Revival
The Best Man, Outer Critics Circle Award – Best Revival
The Best Man, Drama Desk Award – Best Revival
Wit, Best Production, Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Never the Sinner, Outer Critics Circle Award – Best Off Broadway Play & 4 nominations incl. Best Direction
Never the Sinner, 5 Drama Desk Award Nominations – including Best Play,& Best Director
Never the Sinner, 5 Helen Hayes Award nominations, including Best Play & Best Director
AFFILIATIONS
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Wingspace Theatrical Design Collective Member, 2014 to present
Shakespeare Theatre Company Associate Artist, 2011 to present
Tony Awards Voter, 2005 to present
EDUCATION
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
BA Theater and Dramatic Arts
5
1993