Hunter Bird ​
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SDC Associate Member​
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hunterbird@hunter­bird.com OFF­BROADWAY PRODUCTIONS The McKittrick Hotel ​
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Sleep No More​
) Jan – Dec 2013 Held Momentarily ​
by Oliver Houser & James Zeebooker SoHo Playhouse ​
(Fringe Encores Series) Sept 2014 The Laodamiad ​
by Chas LiBretto ​
(Upcoming) Jonathan Larson Legacy Concert: Sam Willmott The Royal Pyrate ​
by Chas LiBretto & Landon Marcus Eversion​
by Emilyn Kowaleski Edward II ​
adapted from Marlowe & Brecht The Crazy Ones​
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by Zack Zadek & Alex Pototsky Where the Sky Ends ​
by Michael Mott Laodamiad ​
by Chas LiBretto Action Philosophers ​
by Crystal Skillman Held Momentarily ​
by Oliver Houser & James Zeebooker Pushing Rocks ​
by​
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Brad Makarowski The Imaginary Menagerie ​
by Kate Douglas Detroit: ReZoning ​
by​
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Matthew Marsh Wounded Bird on Virgin Land ​
by Kate Douglas Part of It All ​
by Jahn Sood, Kate Douglas, Mark Sonnenblick, Ben Wexler, Signature Studio Theater Adelphi University Ars Nova Uncharted Ars Nova ANT Fest The Tank Musical Theater Factory 42West Columbia University Live Source at LaMama’s The Club NY International Fringe Festival RAL at the Museum of Sex Ars Nova ANT Fest Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater Experimental Theatre Wing New York Musical Theatre Festival NYC April 2016 NJ Oct 2015 NYC Sept 2015 NYC June 2015 NYC April 2015 NYC Nov 2014 NYC Nov 2014 NYC Oct 2014 NYC Sept 2014 NYC Aug 2014 NYC Dec 2013 NYC June 2013 NYC Jan 2013 NYC Mar 2012 NYC July 2012 Xanadu​
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by Douglas Carter Beane Happy End​
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by Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weill Miracle Whipped ​
by Cayla Clark See What I Wanna See​
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by Michael John LaChiusa The Wild Party​
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by Andrew Lippa Act III Theatre Ensemble UCLA Directing Continuum Thesis The Complex Act III Theatre Ensemble Act III Theatre Ensemble Los Angeles 2012 Los Angeles 2011 Los Angeles 2011 Los Angeles 2009 Los Angeles 2009 The Imaginary Menagerie: The Search for Lillian Holiday by Kate Douglas; Guest Artists: Todd Almond (Feb), PigPen Theatre Co (Mar), Shaina Taub (Apr), Ryan Scott Oliver (Aug), Kiah Victoria (Sept), Lydia Benecke (Nov), Tamayrn (Dec) DIRECTOR​
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(SELECTED) David Gomez, Vinny Stodder, John­Michael Lyles RADA Selected Work​
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Caucasian Chalk Circle (​
Brecht​
), Hamlet (​
Shakespeare​
), Eurydice ​
(Sarah Ruhl)​
London 2011 ASSOCIATE / ASSISTANT DIRECTOR​
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(SELECTED PRODUCTIONS) Dir: Lynne Meadow Broadway / Manhattan Theatre Club 2015 Our Mother’s Brief Affair ​
by Richard Greenberg Dir: Oliver Butler New York Stage and Film 2015 The Light Years b​
y The Debate Society (Hannah Bos & Paul Thureen) Dir: Pam MacKinnon Center Theater Group, Mark Taper Forum 2012 Clybourne Park​
(Pre­Broadway)​
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by Bruce Norris Dir: Des McAnuff La Jolla Playhouse 2012 Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots​
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by The Flaming Lips Dir: Oliver Butler Ars Nova 2014 Jacuzzi​
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by The Debate Society (Hannah Bos & Paul Thureen) Dir: Doug Hughes Shakespeare Theatre Company 2013 Hughie ​
by Eugene O’Neill Dir: Graciela Daniele Center Theater Group, Mark Taper Forum 2012 Los Otros​
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by Michael John LaChiusa & Ellen Fitzhugh Dir: Pam MacKinnon SoHo Rep 2012 Profanit​
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(Workshop) ​
by Sylvan Oswald Dir: Gil Cates Geffen Playhouse 2010 Nightmare Alley​
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by Jonathan Brielle Dir: Eve Ensler UCLA Department of Theater 2011 OPC ​
(Staged Reading)​
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by Eve Ensler ASSISTANT CHOREOGRAPHER Babes in Toyland​
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by Victor Herbert & Craig Shemin AFFILIATIONS / AWARDS ​
(SELECTED) Chor: Peggy Hickey Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center 2012 Samuel J. Friedman Assistantship (with Lynne Meadow) Associate Director for The Debate Society (Hannah Bos, Paul Thureen, Oliver Butler) Colony Coordinator for the Johnny Mercer Writers Colony Finalist: 2013 Sir John Gielgud Fellowship with Julie Taymor UCLA Distinguished Senior Award: ​
“Outstanding Contributions to UCLA and Los Angeles” Manhattan Theatre Club, 2015 2015 ­ Present Goodspeed Musicals 2014 ­ Present SDCF Foundation 2013 UCLA Alumni Association 2011/12 Emerging Director Award: ​
“Excellence in Directing” UCLA TFT Donor Award 2011 George Burns and Gracie Allen Scholarship & Fellowship in Comedy (​
HAPPY END) UCLA TFT Donor Award 2011 TRAINING: Bachelor of Arts in Theater UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television 2012 (Musical Theater/Directing Emphasis, UCLA Gold Shield Alumni Scholar, Dean’s Honor Roll) Royal Academy of Dramatic Art RADA Directing Course: How to Rehearse 2011 w w w . h u n t e r ­ b i r d . c o m