I am a theatre director and educator working from a AILEEN robust background in physical theater. I identify as mixed Chinese and Irish American and I use she/her/hers pronouns. I have experience developing new plays and WEN musicals, re-imagining classics, site-specific work, theatre for young audiences, and producing live events—all of which sits on a bedrock of leadership through McGRODDY collaborative creation. [email protected] | 914.980.9763 My work has appeared in Chicago, New England, New AileenWenMcGroddy.com York, Ireland, India, Scotland, and the internet.
NEW PLAYS AND MUSICALS • On The Y-Axis* by Lucas Baisch, Writing is Live Festival
• Akira Kurosawa Explains his Movies and Yogurt (With Live and Active Cultures)* by Julia Izumi, Writing is Live Festival • Wake: A Folk Opera by Jessica Wright Buha and Jenn Romero, The Whiskey Rebellion • Kodachrome Telephone by Jessica Wright Buha, The Whiskey Rebellion at Rhinofest
• Sign of Rain by Jessica Wright Buha, The Whiskey Rebellion at Rhinofest • The Whiskey Radio Hour by Various Writers, music by Brad Brubaker & The Crowd DIRECTOR Goes Wild, The Whiskey Rebellion • In This Final Century by John Michael Manship, Theatre-Hikes
• The Dictionary Project: One Minute Plays by Cassandra Rose, Chicago Dramatists • In Brautigan’s Sugar* by Andrew Bailes, Forks & Hope Ensemble at Hairpin Arts DEVISED WORK
• Boitatá Garage #1 created by Tatyana Marie Carlo, Orlando Hernández, and Aileen Wen McGroddy, East Rock Halloween Project • Gulliver* adapted from Jonathan Swift by Aileen Wen McGroddy & the ensemble, Forks & Hope Ensemble at the Greenhouse Theater Center • A Hero's Journey by Christian Stokes & the ensemble, Forks & Hope Ensemble
• Have a Seat* devised with the ensemble, TUTA • The Exploration of Sound* by Austin D. Oie and the ensemble, Forks & Hope Ensemble at Hairpin Arts EXTANT PLAYS AND MUSICALS
• Or, by Liz Duffy-Adams, Winnipesaukee Playhouse
• (Medea) adapted from Euripides by the ensemble, Brown-Trinity Rep (cancelled due to COVID-19) • The Tempest by William Shakespeare, Brown-Trinity Rep Tour
• Summer and Smoke by Tennessee Williams, Brown-Trinity Rep
• The Suitcase|The Boxer|The Man Who Turned Into a Stick* by Kōbō Abe, TUTA • Ulysses adapted from James Joyce by Jessica Wright Buha and Aileen McGroddy, The Plagiarists • 10 Ways to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse by Don Zolidis, Theatre-Hikes * Denotes Workshop Production 1
THEATRE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
• Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical by Mo Willems, Emerald City Theatre
• The Snowy Day by Jerome Hairston, Emerald City Theatre Tour • Montauciel Takes Flight book by James Grote, music and lyrics by Russel Coutinho, Lifeline Theatre
• Reika and the Wolves by Aileen McGroddy, Mudlark Theatre
• The Nose adapted from Nikolai Gogol by Aileen McGroddy, Mudlark Theatre
DIRECTOR
• The Edge of Our Bodies by Adam Rapp, dir. Jacqueline Stone, TUTA at 59E59 • Music Hall by Jean-Luc Lagarce, dir. Zeljko Djukic, TUTA at 59E59 • The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll and the ensemble, dir. Josh Sobel, Forks & Hope Ensemble at Strawdog theatre, Chicago Parks Night Out, and The Edinburgh Fringe Festival
• When They Came by MT Cozzola, dir. Jacqueline Stone, Lab@Piven Theatre
• Gentle by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, adapted and directed by Zeljko Djukic, TUTA • The Jewels by Guy de Maupassant, adapted and directed by Kirk Anderson, TUTA
• The Anyway Cabaret by Martin Marion, dir. Jacqueline Stone, TUTA
• Robin Hood & Maid Marion¨ by Alfred Lord Tennyson, dir. Matt Pierce, Forks & Hope Ensemble at Strawdog Theatre • The Pied Piper¨ adapted by the ensemble, dir. Josh Sobel, Forks & Hope Ensemble at Strawdog Theatre
¨ • Best Beloved: The Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling and the ensemble, dir. Josh Sobel, Forks & Hope Ensemble at Strawdog Theatre
• The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez by Peter Handke, dir. Zeljko Djukic, Theatre Y • Junie B. Jones in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells by Allison Gregory, dir. Jacqueline Stone, Emerald City Theatre MOVEMENTDIRECTOR • The Snowy Day¨ by Jerome Hairston, Emerald City Theatre Mainstage
¨ Denotes Movement and Associate Director
• Black Dick by Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm, dir. Roy Alexander Weise, The O'Neill • Marisol by José Rivera, dir. Brian Mertes, Trinity Rep
• An Iliad by Denis O’Hare and Lisa Peterson, dir. Charles Newell, Court Theatre • The Revel by Damon Kiely, dir. Leslie Danzig, The House Theatre • The Belle of Amherst° by William Luce, dir. Sean Graney, Court Theatre
• Winter Circus: Quest° written and directed by Leslie Danzig, The Actors Gymnasium
DIRECTOR • Cinderella at the Theatre of Potatoes° written and composed by Andra Velis Simon, dir. Sean Graney, The Hypocrites
°Denotes Assistant Director and Dramaturg SST. 2 A
PROFESSIONAL THEATRE ARTISTS • TUTA Theatre
o Devising Physical Theatre o Physical Dramaturgy o The Virtuosic Body
• Forks & Hope Ensemble o Clown Theatre
o Physicalizing the Theatrical Event
o The Dream Ballet o THERE BE MONSTERS
o Devising Narratives
o Transforming Objects
TEACHING ARTIST HIGHER EDUCATION
• Brown University-Trinity Rep MFA Program
o Investigating Impulse: Flocking and The Ensemble o Creativity in Intimacy Choreography
• Brown University o Acting Outside the Box (TA-ship under Prof. Kym Moore) • North Park University Opera Program
o Physical Character for Singers • The Lir (Dublin, Ireland)
o Devising Workshop
YOUTH AND TEENS • NIRMAN School (Varanasi, India)
Summer Teaching Fellowship - Drama o • The Little Black Pearl Arts Center o Youth Clowning
• Redmoon Theatre o Arts Integration – Audobon Spectacle o Youth Spectacle
• Emerald City Theatre o Afterschool Drama ADULTS, NON-THEATRE PROFESSIONALS
• National Criminal Defense College o Physical Perception and Responsiveness • The Jellies (band)
o Stage Presence and Clowning
3 • Brown University - Trinity Rep MFA in Directing, expected 2021
o Directing: Brian Mertes, Melissa Kievman, Curt Columbus, Raelle Myrick Hodges, Will Davis, Michael Krass, Taibi Magar
o Acting: Brian McEleny, Rachel Christopher, Stephen Berenson, Annie Scurria o Movement: Shura Baryshnikov, Kali Quinn, Mycah Hogan, Angie Jepson, Jackie Davis o Voice: Thom Jones, Josh F. S. Moser, Chantal Jean-Pierre
o Theatre of the Opressed: Julian Boal o Intimacy Direction/Choreography: Claire Warden & TRAINING & o ArtEquity Training: Carmen Morgan, Leslie Ishii, Michael Robertson
o Anti-Racist Theatre Practice: Nicole Brewer • The University of Chicago BA with Academic Honors in Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities (Theatre, Linguistics, Creative Writing), 2010 o Francis X. Kinahan Award for Contributions to University Theater
o Heidi Coleman, Sean Graney, David Bevington, Ann Boyd, Frank Maugeri, Mickle Maher, Greg Allen, Coya Paz, Tom Burch
• Trinity College Dublin Visiting Junior Sophister, 2008-2009 o Player’s Award (Best Director), ISDA Nominated (Best Director) for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee
EDUCATION David Horan, Christine Poulter, Steven Wilmer o
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
• Intimacy Directors and Coordinators
o Intimacy Direction and Academia: Dan Granke o Intimacy Direction and COVID: Claire Warden
• Sojourn Theatre Teaching Artistry Institute o Michael Rohd, Willa Taylor • Movement Theatre Studio The Ensemble Director
o Emmanuelle Delpech • Pig Iron Theatre Moving/Making Workshop
o Alex Torra, Melissa Krodman
• Dell’ Arte Study Abroad in Bali Shadow Puppetry Focus o Joan Schirle, Wayan Mardhika • École Jacques Lecoq LEM: Les Formes du Burlesque
o Pascale Lecoq, Jos Houben, Eric Nesci, Emmanuelle Bouyer • 500 Clown I and II: Risk and Play
o Adrian Danzig
• NY Clown Theatre Festival Clown Intensive o Christopher Bayes
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• Theatre de l’Ange Fou Corporeal Mime
G o Steve Wasson, Corrine Soum • The Neo Futurists
o Collaborative Creation: Greg Allen, Chloe Johnston
o Self as Metaphor: John Pierson, Kurt Chiang • The Red Bastard Bouffon Workshop
o Eric Davis
TRAININ • NYSSSA Theatre Conservatory o Rachel Jett, Jo Twiss, Peg Denithorne, Chris Karczmar, Mai Loughran, Jane Shephard, Rick Sordelet • NYU Experimental Theatre Wing in Paris
o Rosemary Quinn, Rob O'Neil, Haim Isaacs, Madeline Muravchik
• The Whiskey Rebellion Theatre
o Co-Artistic Director, 2010-2018 o The Whiskey Radio Hour Producer, 2013-2018
• The Forks & Hope Ensemble
o Artistic Director, 2016-2018 • DirectorsLab Chicago
o Steering Committee, 2016-2018 • Physical Festival Chicago o Workshops Coordinator, 2018
o Marketing Coordinator, 2017 • Emerald City Theatre Company o Marketing and Events Manager, 2011-2015
• TUTA Theatre Chicago o Company Member, 2014-2018
RODUCING & ADMIN
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