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CHARLES
NEWELL
(Director/Artistic Director) has been Artistic Director of
Court Theatre since 1994, where he has directed over 20 productions.
He made his Chicago directorial debut in 1993 with The Triumph of
Love, which won the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Production.
Directorial credits at Court include The Romance Cycle, James
Joyce’s "The Dead," Hamlet, Piano, The Invention
of Love, The Little Foxes, The Cherry Orchard, Nora, Misanthrope,
and Travesties. Mr. Newell has also directed at the Guthrie
Theatre (Resident Director: The History Cycle, Cymbeline),
Arena Stage, John Houseman’s The Acting Company (Staff Repertory
Director), the California and Alabama Shakespeare Festivals, Juilliard,
and New York University; he is the recipient of the 1992 TCG Alan
Schneider Director Award and is a multiple Jeff Award Recipient/Nominee.
He sits on the Board of Directors of Theatre Communications Group
and has served on several panels for the National Endowment for
the Arts. He will make his directorial debut at the Lyric Opera
of Chicago this fall with Marc Blitzstein’s Regina.
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