Directing credits include the world première of Defacing Michael Jackson (Miami New Drama), The Tempest (Powerhouse Theater), SWEAT (Wright State University), In the Blood (The Juilliard School), Lost In the Stars (Union Avenue Opera), the world première of Independence Eve (Signature Theatre DC), hop tha A (Ars Nova), Artney Jackson (The Lark/New Black Festival), The May Queen (PlayMakers Repertory Company), The Harvest (Lincoln Center LCT3), King Hedley II (Arena Stage), Julius Caesar (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Don Giovanni (The Tank), and Disgraced (Asolo Repertory Theatre). My international credits include assisting on The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Royal Opera House, London), and Here I Go (La MaMa Spoleto, Italy). I hold an MFA (UT Austin) and a BFA (Wright State University). SDC Associate member.
AEA | SAG-AFTRA | SDC Associate
DIRECTOR (selected)
Defacing Michael Jackson [World Premiere] by Aurin Squire | Director – Miami New Drama –Miami Beach, FL
The Tempest by William Shakespeare | Director – Powerhouse Theater –Arlington, NY
Troilus & Cressida by William Shakespeare | Director – The Juilliard School –New York, NY
SWEAT by Lynn Nottage | Director – Wright State University –Dayton, OH
In The Blood by Suzan-Lori Parks | Director – The Juilliard School –New York, NY
Black Dick by Tearrance Chisholm [SR] Director – New York Theatre Workshop –New York, NY
Lost in the Stars Composer – Kurt Weill Libretto – Maxwell Anderson | Director – Union Avenue Opera –St. Louis, MO
Independence Eve [World Premiere Opera] Composer – Sidney Marquez Boquiren Libretto – Daniel Neer | Director – Signature Theatre-Arlington, VA
Artney Jackson by James Anthony Tyler [SR] | Director – The Lark Theatre – New York, NY
hop tha A by James Anthony Tyler | Director – TBG Theatre/Drama League – New York, NY
The Need Is Great, The Time Is Short by Ilana Marks Beltz | Director – Redford Theatre Marquee-Detroit, MI
Where the Sun Don’t Shine by Dennis A. Allen II *(Obie Award Winner) 3rd Annual 48Hours in Harlem Festival* | Director – Harlem School of the Arts –New York, NY
Harlem Now! (OR Gentrify This) [SR] by Latonia Phipps| Director – The Cell Theatre –New York, NY
ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR (selected)
The Harvest by Samuel Hunter | Asst. Director – Lincoln Center/LCT3 – New York, NY [Davis McCallum, dir.]
The May Queen by Molly Smith Metzler | Asst. Director – PlayMakers Repertorty Co. – Chapel Hill, NC [Vivienne Benesch, dir.]
Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar | Associate Director -Asolo Repertory Theatre – Sarasota, FL [Michael Donald Edwards, dir.]
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny Kurt Weill Fellow by Kurt Weill | Asst. Director -The Royal Opera House, London [John Fulljames, dir.]
Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner by Todd Kreidler | Asst. Director – Asolo Repertory Theatre – Sarasota, FL [Frank Galati, dir.]
All The Way by Robert Schenkkan | Asst. Director Asolo Repertory Theatre – Sarasota, FL [Emily Sophia Knapp, dir.]
King Hedley II by August Wilson | Asst. Director -Arena Stage – Washington, DC [Timothy Douglas, dir.]
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare | Asst. Director – Oregon Shakespeare Festival [Amanda Dehnert, dir.]
FELLOWSHIPS /AWARDS/HONORS
National Directing Fellowship (Finalist) Eugene O’Neil Center 2018
Fall Directors Project Fellow The Drama League of New York 2016
Asolo Rep Directing Fell Asolo Repertory Theatre 2015-16
Kurt Weill Fellowship Kurt Weill Foundation 2015
Observership Recipient Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation 2014-15
FAIR Experience Fellowship in Directing Oregon Shakespeare Festival 2011
TRAINING
MFA Acting, The University of Texas at Austin – Austin, TX
BFA Acting, Wright State University – Dayton, OH
Shaun Patrick Tubbs 