Anne Kauffman

Anne Kauffman is an American director known primarily for her work on new plays,[1][2] mainly in the New York area. She is a founding member of The Civilians.

Early life and education

Kauffman received her MFA in directing from the University of California, San Diego.

Career

Kauffman's New York City directing credits include Amy Herzog's Belleville[1] at New York Theatre Workshop, Detroit by Lisa D'Amour and Maple and Vine by Jordan Harrison at Playwrights Horizons;[3] You'd Better Sit Down: Tales From My Parents' Divorce (Written with The Civilians) at The Flea Theater; Stunning by David Adjmi and Slowgirl at LCT3;[4] This Wide Night by Chloe Moss by Naked Angels theater company; Have You Seen Steve Steven by Ann Marie Healy with 13P; God's Ear by Jenny Schwartz at The Vineyard and New Georges; The Thugs by Adam Bock and Sixty Miles to Silver Lake by Dan Le Franc at Soho Rep; and The Ladies by Anne Washburn at Cherry Lane, Dixon Place, Civilians.[5]

She directed Smokefall by Noah Haidle at the Off-Broadway Lucille Lortel Theatre in 2016 in an MCC production; she had previously directed the play at the South Coast Repertory, Orange County, California and the Goodman Theatre, Chicago, in 2013. She directed The Nether by Jennifer Haley Off-Broadway in 2015 for MCC.[6] [7] She directed Marjorie Prime by Jordan Harrison Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons in 2015. This was the second time that Kauffman and Harrison worked together.[8] In 2014 she directed the Off-Broadway production of You Got Older by Clare Barron at HERE in 2014.[9]

Regional productions include Becky Shaw by Gina Gionfriddo,and Body Awareness by Annie Baker at the Wilma Theater; The Flea and the Professor by Jordan Harrison at the Arden Theatre Company; Six Degrees of Separation by John Guare at the Williamstown Theatre Festival; We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Adam Bock and Todd Almond at Yale Rep; The Communist Dracula Pageant by Anne Washburn at ART; Act A Lady by Jordan Harrison at the Humana Festival of New American Plays; Expecting Isabel by Lisa Loomer and Doubt by John Patrick Shanley at Asolo Repertory Theatre; and Typographer's Dream and Shaker Chair by Adam Bock at Encore Theater.

She is a Usual Suspect at New York Theatre Workshop, an alumnus of the Soho Rep Writers and Directors Lab, Lincoln Center Directors Lab and The Drama League of New York.

Awards

She received the 2007 Obie Award for direction of The Thugs.[10][11] She received the 2015 Obie Award, for sustained excellence of direction.[12]

Other awards include a Lilly Award for directing,[13] the Alan Schneider Director Award,[14] the Joan and Joseph Cullman award for Exceptional Creativity from Lincoln Center, Big Easy Award and Ambie Award (for The Children's Hour) in New Orleans, Philadelphia's Barrymore Award for Best Direction in 2010, and in 2012.

She was nominated for the 2015 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Director of a Play for You Got Older by Clare Barron.[15] She was nominated for the 2011 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Director, for This Wide Night by Chloe Moss.[16] She was nominated for the 2013 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Director, for Belleville.[17] She was nominated for the 2016 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Director, for Marjorie Prime.[18]

Detroit by Lisa D'Amour was listed in the top 10 productions of 2012 by New York Times,[19] New York Magazine,[20] Time Magazine[21] and TimeOut NY[22]

References

  1. 1 2 Grode, Eric. "Meet the Directors" New York Times, January 31, 2013
  2. ↑ Kauffman" American Theatre Magazine, October 2007
  3. ↑ Healy, Patrick. "Staging a Sisterhood". New York Times, January 31, 2013
  4. ↑ "INTERVIEW: Slowgirl's Anne Kauffman Takes a Direct Approach". TheaterMania, 2012
  5. ↑ "The Go-To Two: Ken Rus Schmoll and Anne Kauffman ". The Village Voice February 4, 2009
  6. ↑ Onofri, Adrienne. "BWW Interview: A Women's History Month Speical with Director Anne Kauffman of 'Smokefall'" broadwayworld.com, March 9, 2016
  7. ↑ Brantley, Ben. "Review: Jennifer Haley’s ‘The Nether’ Explores the Dark Side of the Web", The New York Times, February 24, 2015
  8. ↑ Sommer, Elyse. "A CurtainUp Review. 'Marjorie Prime'", CurtainUp, accessed October 26, 2016
  9. ↑ Levitt, Hayley. "Review. 'You Got Older' ", TheaterMania, November 6, 2014
  10. ↑ "Obies, 2007", Village Voice, accessed October 26, 2016
  11. ↑ Gans, Andrew. "Obie Awards Will Be Held in May at Webster Hall; Presenters Announced", Playbill, April 4, 2012
  12. ↑ "Obies, 2015", Village Voice, accessed October 26, 2016
  13. ↑ "Lilly Awards" Archived June 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Playbill, 2010
  14. ↑ Theater Communications Guild, 2010
  15. ↑ Gans, Andrew; Gioia, Michael. "Drama Desk Award Winners Announced; 'Hamilton' Wins Seven Awards", Playbill, May 31, 2015
  16. ↑ This Wide Night, lortel.org, accessed October 26, 2016
  17. ↑ Belleville, lortel.org, accessed October 26, 2016
  18. ↑ Marjorie Prime, lortel.org, accessed October 26, 2016
  19. ↑ New York Times top 10 for theater 2012
  20. ↑ New York Magazine top 10 for theater 2012
  21. ↑ Time Magazine top 10 for theater 2012
  22. ↑ Time Out NY top 10 for theater 2012 Archived February 22, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.

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