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"Under the sure-handed direction of Steve Umberger,
the marvelous ensemble makes the difficult look easy."
Philadelphia / Montgomery Media
Steve Umberger has directed / produced / developed over 200 stage and film/video projects for many companies. Favorite directing credits include The Road to Mecca, Proof, 33 Variations, Mauritius, The Christians, Alice in Concert, Falsettos, Kith and Kin, Cabaret, Communicating Doors, Three Hotels, The Goat or Who is Sylvia?, Angels in America, The Tempest, Romeo and Juliet, and all six productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream. He has founded or co-developed four companies including directing / producing 100+ plays as Founder & Artistic Director of Charlotte Repertory Theatre, which became one of the 70+ national members of The League of Resident Theatres. The Rep team included a collective of resident and visiting artists including Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award, Emmy Award and Academy Award honorees. Work includes theatre and symphony collaborations and the long-term development and premieres of many new works in world premieres including ones by Wendy Hammond, Beth Henley and Clyde Edgerton. Film/television includes the documentaries Call Me By My Name and The Voices Project for the series Telling the Times.
As Founder / Director of the 35 year old production company The Works, recent projects include the series Acting Our Age with a new format of stage-and-film documentaries, each created over a year with groups of people whose life stories show how we all make history. Based in North Carolina and working nationally, The Works develops plays, films, special events, interdisciplinary ventures and multimedial projects.
Member SDC & AEA. Ed: Circle in the Square (NY), Alan Langdon, Larry Moss NY, Univ. of NC/Charlotte (BCA)
SDC is the independent labor union representing professional theatrical directors and choreographers in the U.S.
Projects pictured above 2005-present Photos: Donna Bise, NyghtFalcon, Tom Terrell, Mark Garvin, William Guerrant, Norris Greenlee, Perry Tannenbaum, Bill Giduz, Tai Randall
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Contact: info@playworksonline.org
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