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Robin Witt
Theatre Director
Resumé
THEATRE DIRECTOR, PROFESSIONAL
• A Slow Air by David Harrower: Steep Theatre, at The Edge, January 2025
• TBA: Griffin Theatre at Bramble, July 2025
• A Case for the Existence of God by Samuel D. Hunter: Steep Theatre, July-September 2024
• Ciara by David Harrower, Claremont Ave Space, March 2024
• Light Falls by Simon Stephens, (US Premiere) Steep Theatre, Summer 2022
• Sea Wall by Simon Stephens, private viewing, June 2021
• Pomona by Alistair McDowall, (US Premiere) Steep Theatre, July 2019
• For Services Rendered by Somerset Maugham (1934), US Premiere, Griffin Theatre Company, May 2019
• A Number by Caryl Churchill, Writers Theatre, March 2019
• A Doll’s House Part 2 by Lucas Hnath, Steppenwolf Theatre (mainstage), Feb 2019
• Linda by Penelope Skinner, Midwest Premiere, Steep Theatre Company, July 2018
• Lela & Co by Cordelia Lynn, (US Premiere) Steep Theatre, July 2017
• Wastwater by Simon Stephens, (US Premiere) Steep Theatre, July 2016
• London Wall by John Van Druten, Griffin Theatre Company, January 2016
• Brilliant Adventures by Alistair McDowall, (US Premiere) Steep Theatre July 2015
• The Commons of Pensacola by Amanda Peet, Northlight, September 2014
• Men Should Weep by Ena Lamont Stewart, Griffin Theatre Company, June 2014
• Motortown by Simon Stephens, (US Premiere) Steep Theatre, Chicago, IL, October 2013
• Juliet: A Dialogue About Love, sacrificial playground, Edinburgh, Scotland, August 2013
• Flare Path by Terence Rattigan, Griffin Theatre at Theatre Wit, Chicago, IL, January, 2013
• The American Plan by Richard Greenberg, The Artistic Home at Stage 773, Chicago. IL, 2012
• Love and Money by Dennis Kelly, Steep Theatre, Chicago, IL, 2012
• Pornography by Simon Stephens, (US Premiere) Steep Theatre, Chicago, IL, 2011
• The New Electric Ballroom by Enda Walsh, A Red Orchid Theatre, Chicago, IL, 2011
• Stage Door, by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman, Griffin Theatre, Chicago, IL, 20010
• Harper Regan by Simon Stephens, (US Premiere) Steep Theatre, Chicago, IL, 2010
• Parlour Song by Jez Butterworth, Steep Theatre, Chicago, IL, 2009
• Not A Game for Boys, by Simon Block, A Red Orchid Theatre, Chicago, IL, 2008
• Breathing Corpses by Laura Wade, US Premiere, Steep Theatre, Chicago, IL, 2008
THEATRE DIRECTOR, STAGED READING
• For Services Rendered by Somerset Maugham, Griffin Theatre Company at The Den, Chicago, IL, January 20, 2018
• White Gloves, Stage Reading, Northlight Theatre and the Chicago Historical Museum, Chicago, IL, February, 2013
• Blindsided, by Simon Stephens, Stage Reading, Steep Theatre, Chicago IL, in cooperation with Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, UK, 2012
• Plaza Hotel Ballroom, by Alice Austen, Stage Reading, Pine Box Theatre, Chicago, IL, 2011
• Reality, by Gyrid Axe Øvsteng, Nordic Play Festival, Akavit Theatre, Stage Reading, North Park University, 2010
• The Walworth Farce, by Edna Walsh, A Red Orchid Theatre, Chicago, IL, 2010
• Stage Door, by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman, Griffin Theatre at The Theatre Building, Chicago, IL, 2010
• Corpses by Lucas Neff, Stage Reading, Steep Theatre, Chicago, IL, 2010
• Plaza Hotel Ballroom, by Alice Austen, Stage Reading, Chicago Dramatists, Chicago, IL, 2010
• Don’t Look Now, by Nell Leyshon, Remy Bumppo Theatre, Stage Reading, Chicago, IL, 2008
THEATRE DIRECTOR, ACADEMIC
• Antigone Now, UNC Charlotte, September 2024
• These Shining Lives, UNC Charlotte, November 2022
• Far Away, UNC Charlotte, February 2020
• Women of Trachis, UNC Charlotte, October 2017
• The Children’s Hour, UNC Charlotte, March 2017
• Hamletmachine, UNC Charlotte, March 2016
• The Merry Widow, UNC Charlotte (with Dept of Music), January 2015
• 4:48 Psychosis, UNC Charlotte, February 2014
• Seagull, by Anton Chekhov, UNC Charlotte Department of Theatre, 2012.
• Project/Hope, by Joe Salvatore, UNC Charlotte Department of Theatre, 2012
• India Song, by Marguerite Duras, UNC Charlotte Department of Theatre, 2010
• Wrens, by Anne McGravie, North Park University, Chicago, IL, 2009
• Life During Wartime, by Keith Reddin, The Theatre School/DePaul University, Chicago, IL, 2009
• A Bright Room Called Day, by Tony Kushner, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, 2007
THEATRE DIRECTOR, MFA CANDIDATE
• The Cripple of Inishmaan, by Martin McDonagh, Josephine Louis Theatre, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 2005-2006
• The Glory of Living, by Rebecca Gilman, The Wallis Theatre, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 2004-2005
• The Maids, by Jean Genet, Classroom Project, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 2003-2004
JOSEPH JEFFERSON AWARDS
• 2018, Lela & Co, Best Production (won), Director (won), Actor (won: Cruz Gonzalez Cadel)
• 2016, London Wall, Best Production (won), Director (won)
• 2015, Men Should Weep, Best Production (won), Director (won), Actor (won: Lori Myers)
• 2013, Flare Path, Best Production, Director, Actor, Sound Design (won) nominations
• 2013, Motortown, Best Actor nomination
• 2011, Stage Door, Best Production, Director, Actor nominations
• 2010, Harper Regan, Actor (won: Kendra Thulin)
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