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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 • • • 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