Timothy Douglas
TIMOTHY DOUGLAS With 30 years of experience as a theater leader, stage director, actor and educator, Timothy will assume the role of Artistic Director at Remy Bumppo Theatre Company in July of 2011. He has directed nationally and internationally, and counts among his credits the world premiere of August Wilson's Radio Golf for Yale Rep, his critically acclaimed Caribbean-inspired Much Ado About Nothing for the Folger Shakespeare Theatre, and the premiere of a new translation/adaptation of Ibsen's Rosmbersholm off-Broadway. He served as Associate Artistic Director at Actors Theatre of Louisville from 2001 through 2004 where he directed numerous projects including three Humana Festival premieres, the 25th anniversary production of Crimes of the Heart, and introduced audiences there to August Wilson as well as his productions of The Piano Lesson, Jitney and Fences. For two seasons he served as a director-in-residence in new play development at the Mark Taper Forum under a Mellon Foundation fellowship, and during his time as an NEA/Theatre Communications Group directing fellow he served as Resident Director at New Dramatists and Assistant Stage Director on Handel's Rodelinda for Virginia Opera. He has made productions for American Conservatory Theater, Berkeley Rep, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Cleveland Playhouse, Downstage (New Zealand), Guthrie Theater, Juilliard School, Magic Theatre, Milwaukee Rep, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Pittsburgh Irish & Classical, Playmakers Rep, Portland Center Stage, Round House Theatre, Shakespeare & Company, South Coast Rep, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Toi Whakaari (New Zealand), Utah Shakespearean Festival, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and others, and workshops for ASK Theatre Projects, Denver Center Theatre Company, National Theatret of Norway, NY Theatre Workshop, O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, The Public Theatre (NY), and Roundabout Theatre Company. As a Linklater-designated voice instructor, he served on the faculties of Emerson College, American Conservatory Theater, Shakespeare & Company, National Theatre Conservatory, University of Southern California, the Theatre School at DePaul University and New Zealand Drama School. As an actor he has appeared regionally, off-Broadway and on television. Timothy is a graduate of Marymount Manhattan College and Yale School of Drama. Bio as of January, 2011. American Theatre Wing programs, interviews and/or credits include: SDCF Masters of the Stage (audio) Stage Direction, Chicago Style - October, 2010 - Listen Now.