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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)

 

Robin Witt 2024

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