Neal J. Freeman - Director
         
     
   
     
  Directing (selected):  
         
  THE RECKONING OF KIT & LITTLE BOOTS (premiere)   Manhattan Theatre Source & The Gallery Players, NYC  
  AS YOU LIKE IT   Cornell University, Ithaca NY (as guest artist)  
  THE WILD PARTY   The Gallery Players, Brooklyn NY
  365 DAYS/365 PLAYS   New World Stages & The Public Theater, NY
  THE TEMPEST (adapted for seven actors)   Sonnet Repertory Theatre, NYC
  THE LEARNED LADIES   The Gallery Players
  FATBOY ROMEO   The Studio at Cherry Lane, NYC (FringeNYC 2006)  
  VINCENT IN BRIXTON   Cornell University (as guest artist)  
  AS YOU LIKE IT   The Gallery Players 
  THE LARAMIE PROJECT   The Gallery Players 
  COMP WKS OF WM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED)   The Gallery Players 
  FEAR NETWORK NEWS (by Warren Leight, premiere, short)   Naked Angels & Epic Theater Center, NYC  
  PAY-PER-KILL (by Warren Leight, short)   Ensemble Studio Theatre, NYC  
  JULIUS CAESAR   Baltimore Shakespeare Festival, Baltimore MD
  40 DEATHS IN 30 MINUTES (Hamlet/Macbeth)   Baltimore Shakespeare Festival
  FIFTY-FIFTY (premiere, 1st place production)   2003 Baltimore Playwrights Festival, Baltimore MD  
  TWELFTH NIGHT (adapted for six actors)   Run of the Mill Theater, Baltimore MD
  'DENTITY CRISIS   Run of the Mill Theater
  THE TEMPEST   Carver Theatre Company, Baltimore MD
  GREAT EXPECTATIONS   Carver Theatre Company
  THE TAMING OF THE SHREW   Open Space Arts, Baltimore MD
  LOVE'S LABOR'S LOST   Open Space Arts
  MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING   Open Space Arts
  SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER   Open Space Arts
  GALILEO   Open Space Arts
  ARTHUR, CYCLE OF THE KING (premiere)   Open Space Arts
  A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM   Ward Center for the Arts, Brooklandville MD
  MARICELA DE LA LUZ LIGHTS THE WORLD   Ward Center for the Arts
  THE KING STAG   Ward Center for the Arts
  ANIMAL FARM (premiere)   Ward Center for the Arts
  ALL IN THE TIMING   Cornell University (as student)  
  INTERVIEW   Cornell University (as student)
  THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND   Cornell University (as student)
     
     
  Directing readings (selected):  
         
  THE OSIANDER PREFACE   Ensemble Studio Theatre, NYC  
  UNDERGROUND   Ensemble Studio Theatre
  THE LOST ROMEO AND JULIET   Center Stage, Baltimore MD
     
     
  Assistant Directing:  
  THE DIFFICULTY OF CROSSING A FIELD   Ridge Theater, NYC   Directed by Bob McGrath  
  ANATOMY THEATRE   MASSMoCA, North Adams, MA   Directed by Bob McGrath  
  SHELTER (Off-Broadway)   2005 BAM Next Wave Festival, NYC   Directed by Bob McGrath  
  HARRY PARTCH'S OEDIPUS   Ridge Theater, NYC   Directed by Bob McGrath  
  WHITE CHOCOLATE (Off-Broadway)   The Century Center, NYC   Directed by David Schweizer  
  THE MISER   Center Stage, Baltimore MD   Directed by David Schweizer  
  FOR COLORED GIRLS...   Center Stage   Directed by George Faison  
  MRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION   Center Stage   Directed by Irene Lewis  
  HEAVEN   Woolly Mammoth, Washington DC   Directed by Howard Shalwitz  
  MEASURE FOR MEASURE   Cornell University, Ithaca NY   Directed by David Feldshuh  
     
     
  Associations and Related Theatrical Experience (selected):  
     
  Founder and Artistic Director, 2006-present   Engine37 Theater, New York NY  
  Associate Artist, 2002-present   Cornell University Dept. of Theatre  
  Associate Artist, 2003-2005   Run of the Mill Theater, Baltimore MD  
  Producer, 11th Annual Black Box New Play Festival   The Gallery Players, NYC  
  Producer, Whose Country Is It Anyway Festival, 2004   Ensemble Studio Theatre, NYC  
  Casting Director, 2004 Young Playwrights Festival   Center Stage, Baltimore MD  
  Stage Manager, Falling on Hearing Eyes by Willy Conley   Center Stage  
  Company Leader, The Studio Theater Company, 1999-2002   Open Space Arts, Baltimore MD  
         
     
  Education:  
     
  B.A. in Theatre Arts and English, Cornell University, 1997.  Phi Beta Kappa.  
  Directing:  David Feldshuh, Bruce Levitt.   
     
     
 
©2006-2008, Neal J. Freeman