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I really love directing. I've had the honor of directing/developing new plays with extremely generous and talented playwrights. I love working with actors to discover new points of view that help propel the story forward. I have directed everything from new contemporary plays to epic Sherlock Holmes and Shakespeare to Award Shows for NYC HighSchool World of Expression Awards. I learn something new on every project, as I tease out what we are trying to say to our audience. There is nothing like seeing an entire audience leaning forward, reaching with the character onstage, to grasp a thought or feeling, an idea. I believe that Art can change the world. I am the Founding Producing Director for JBTheatrical, a member of Actors Studio Playwright/Directors Workshop and a proud member of the SDC.

Selected Directing Credits:

*CROWS IN THE WHEATFIELD (Jeffrey Swan Jones)

MISS LULU BETT (Zona Gale)

*MOLLY JONES STEALS HOME (Leslie Bramm)

*LAWYER UP THE ELM (Leslie Bramm)

* VENUS & MONA (Leslie Bramm)

*CROWS IN THE WHEATFIELD (Jeffrey Swan Jones)

*PARISH DUNKELD (Mark Loewenstern)

*A REQUIEM FOR SHERLOCK HOLMES

(Greg Oliver Bodine)

*GOD IN BED (Glenn Alterman)

*THE RUBBER ROOM (Gary Garrison & Roland Tec)

MISS LULU BETT (Zona Gale)

THE DANGER OF STRANGERS (Glenn Alterman)

*THE JUDGEMENT OF PARIS (Jeffrey Swan Jones)

*TICKETS PLEASE (Tony Sportiello)

THE TAMING OF THE SHREW

*GIFT OF THE MAGI/BLUE CARBUNCLE

(Andrew Joffee)

HENRY V

THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR

UNVEILING & *SOTTOPASSAGIO (Havel & Devin)

*THE BOB MANUS SCHOOL OF ACTING

(Jeffrey Swan Jones)

BMG WORLD OF EXPRESSION AWARDS

*AGRIPPINA (David Drake)

*SON OF DRAKULA (David Drake)

THE SISTERS ROSENSWEIG

*POE: SPIRITS OF THE DEAD (6 Playwrights)

ART

THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO

THE MADWOMEN OF CHAILLOT

*AFTERMATH AT ANTIETAM (Jeffrey Swan Jones)

*THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT (Jeffrey Swan Jones)

THE LIFE AND DEATH OF KING JOHN

* Denotes NEW play Development

ZOOM Theater/ JB Theatrical Fundraiser

Actors Studio Playwright/Director Lab

Actors Studio Playwright/Director Lab Fest

Actors Studio Playwright/Director Lab

WorkShop Theater Co., NYC

Actors Studio Playwright/Director Lab Fest

WorkShop Theater Co., Staged Reading

Artistic New Directions, Shetler Studios

WorkShop Theater Co., NYC

WorkShop Theater Co. NYC

Artistic New Directions, NYC

Algonquin Theatre Co., NYC

Bonstelle Theatre, WSU Detroit

WorkShop Theater Co. NYC

SouthWest Shakespeare Co., AZ

Academy Repertory Theatre, NJ

Arts on the Mountain, PA

WorkShop Theater Co. NYC

Danny Kaye Playhouse, NYC

Dixon Place Veteran’s Series, NYC

Alaska, Croatia, San Francisco

Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, SC

Orlando Shakespeare Fest. PlayLab

Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, SC

The West End Theatre Co. NYC

Samuel French Festival NYC

Philip Bosakowski Theater &

FringeNYC. “Best of Fest”

Judith Shakespeare Co, Staged Reading

2021

2020

2019

2017-18

2016

2014-16

2014

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2012

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2009

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2004

2003/4

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1996

Get in Touch

917 576-7319

kathleensbrant@gmail.com