Joanie Schultz * Stage Director 773/403-0468 * [email protected] * www.joanieschultz.com

Select Professional Theater (in unless otherwise noted) Frankenstein* Kyle Hatley Kansas City Repertory Theatre (upcoming) A Doll’s House, Part 2 Lucas Hnath Jungle Theatre, , MN (upcoming) Frida: A Self Portrait* Vanessa Severo Kansas City Repertory Theatre Cry it Out Molly Smith Metzer Studio Theatre, Washington DC A Doll’s House* Henrik Ibsen (adpt. mine) WaterTower Theatre, Addison, TX Hand to God° Robert Askins WaterTower Theatre, Addison, TX Pride and Prejudice° Kate Hamill WaterTower Theatre, Addison, TX Hit the Wall° Ike Holter WaterTower Theatre, Addison, TX Queen*° Madhuri Shekar Sex with Strangers Laura Eason The Cleveland Play House Hand to God° Robert Askins Studio Theatre, Washington DC Lot’s Wife* Eric Rosen Kansas City Repertory Theatre Spinning° Deidre Kinahan Irish Theatre of Chicago Cocked* Sarah Gubbins Victory Gardens Theater Bruise Easy* Dan LeFranc American Theatre Company Venus in Fur° David Ives The Goodman Theatre Rest° Samuel D. Hunter Victory Gardens Theater The Cheats* Hamish Linklater Steep Theatre Company The Hundred Flowers Project Christopher Chen Silk Road Rising Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey° Tim Luscombe Remy Bumppo Theatre Martyr Marius von Mayenberg Steep Theatre Company A Small Fire° Adam Bock Steep Theatre Company The Whale° Samuel D. Hunter Victory Gardens Theatre Luther Ethan Lipton Steep Theatre Company Neighborhood 3 Jennifer Healy Strawdog Theatre fml: how Carson McCullers saved…* Sarah Gubbins Steppenwolf Theatre Company Ask Aunt Susan* Seth Bockley The Goodman Theatre The Girl in the Yellow Dress Craig Higginson Next Theatre Company The Kid Thing*° Sarah Gubbins About Face Theatre & Chicago Dramatists The Receptionist° Adam Bock Steep Theatre Company The Metal Children Adam Rapp Next Theatre Company Shining City° Conor McPhereson Redtwist Theatre A Brief History of Helen of Troy° Mark Schultz Steep Theatre Company The Ring Cycle* Wagner (Adaptation) The Building Stage (co-director/SDC Denham Fellow) In Arabia We’d All Be Kings° Stephen Adly Guirgis Steep Theatre Company Faster° Adam Rapp the side project

Select Opera Bluebeard’s Castle Bartók New Millennium Orchestra/Thalia Hall Suor Angelica Puccini Italian Operatic Experience/Montecatini, Italy Acis and Galatea Handel Chicago Cultural Center/Millennium Park Carmen Bizet Bay View Music Festival, Petoskey, MI

Education, Awards, Affiliations • Artistic Director, WaterTower Theatre, 2016-2018. • Leadership U: One-on-One program, funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and administered by TCG, 2014-16. • Associate Artistic Producer, Victory Gardens Theater, 2014-16 • Drama League Directing Fellow, Fall Director’s Project, 2007. • SDCF Denham Fellowship, 2009-10. • Lincoln Center Director’s Lab, Spring 2008. • Goodman Theatre Michael Maggio Directing Fellowship 2009-2010. • Northwestern University, MFA in Theater Directing. 2007. Columbia College, BA in Theatre Directing, 2000. • Productions nominated for 16 Joseph Jefferson Awards, including 5 wins. Nominated for 7 Helen Hayes Awards, 2 wins. Winner of 2 DFW Theatre Critics Forum Awards for directing. • University Educator for 10 years. Teaching CV upon request. • Ensemble Member, Steep Theatre Company. Artistic Cabinet, Studio Theatre, DC. Associate Artist, Victory Gardens Theatre. °Joseph Jefferson/Helen Hayes/DFW Theatre Critics Forum Award Nominated/Received *New Play or World Premiere