Director Company
Resume:
LENNY LEIBOWITZ
Artistic Director
Member SDC, A.E.A
abqfe7@r.postjobfree.com
EDUCATION: Columbia University: B.A. in English; cum laude, 1994
Boston University: M.F.A. in Directing; Dean s Scholar, 2005
DEBUT: Piano Soloist with The Philadelphia Orchestra
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTING EXPERIENCE:
Founding Artistic Director, Marvell Repertory Theatre, NYC,
2012 Drama Desk Nominee for Best Revival of A Musical, THE THREEPENNY OPERA
Oversee all aspects of production and institution-building; productions directed include The
Threepenny Opera, NYC premiere of Professor Bernhardi, Blood Wedding, Ingmar
Bergman s Nora, In the Shadow of the Glen and NYC premiere translation of The Dybbuk.
Profiles in 2011 American Theatre Magazine and Best of Off-Broadway.
Artistic Director, New Harmony Theatre, IN
From 2006-2010, provided artistic leadership for nationally recognized LORT D regional
theatre. Productions directed include: Amadeus, The Importance of Being Earnest, The
Crucible, Guys and Dolls, My Fair Lady, Othello, Crimes of the Heart, Much Ado About
Nothing
Accomplishments:
>Led company s greatest period of growth
>Introduced The Fall Repertory Project, an annual co-production between NHT a n d
the University of Southern Indiana, featuring a company of Equity actors and
students performing two productions in rotating rep.
>Established staged reading series, new play readings, and professional internship
program with the University of Southern Indiana
Director, Making Tracks, Off-Broadway, NYC
Rockefeller Center s Taipei Theatre, NYC
World Premiere Musical by Brian Yorkey and Welly Yang; toured to Philadelphia s Annenberg
Center. New York Times review furnished upon request.
Director, The Olney Theatre Center, MD
Staged A Midsummer Night s Dream for Summer Shakespeare Festival and subsequent New
England Tour. Venues included Tanglewood.
Director, The National Players, Washington DC
Staged Romeo and Juliet for the nation s leading classical touring company
Director, Boston Playwright s Theatre, MA
Staged World Premiere of The Red Lion
The Intiman Theatre/Freehold Studio, Seattle
Developed new African-American gospel musical for award-winning regional theatre fellowship
program.
Resident Director/Acting Coach, Chamber Theatre Productions, Boston, MA
Staged several productions for prominent national touring company
Artistic Director, Civic Theatre of Allentown, PA
Four seasons of artistic leadership for professional non-profit theatre with $800,000+ annual
operating budget. Duties included hiring and managing staff; planning and directing productions
for main-stage and studio spaces; overseeing volunteer base of over 200 community members;
working with emerging playwrights and commissioning new plays; collaborating with and
reporting to a board of directors.
Productions directed include: Company, The Glass Menagerie, James Joyce s The Dead (PA
Premiere), Whitechapel Diary (World Premiere)
Conductor, First European Tours of On The Town and Grease
Major cities included Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich, Vienna, Zurich, Dusseldorf and Luxembourg.
Teaching Experience:
Assistant Professor, Director, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN
Taught classes in Acting, Literature, and Musical Theatre; directed numerous productions,
including Jacques Brel, Hamlet, and Threepenny Opera.
Adjunct Faculty, Boston University, MA
Mainstage Productions Directed: A Dream Play, Dark of the Moon, Electra, The King Stag,
The Tempest, Measure for Measure
Taught courses in Acting and Opera Scene Study
Chair of Drama/Acting Teacher, Heifetz International Music Institute, NH
Taught courses in Acting and Movement for Musicians: developed curriculum and taught for
leading summer music festival; its unique purpose is not only to train world-class musicians
between the ages of eight and twenty-five, but to help then become more collaborative,
impulsive and expressive artists through the exploration of theatre and improvisation.
RELATED EXPERIENCE/HONORS:
*Directed Benefit Concert in honor of David Rockefeller at Rockefeller Center
*Guest piano soloist, Four Seasons Gala, Phila., PA, with Celeste Holm and Yo Yo Ma
* Recent Professional Acting Roles include Dogberry, Claudius and Lofgren in Harvey
*Mayor of Philadelphia Achievement in the Arts Award
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