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Esume 7.30.18 Annie Tippe Director 310-210-2071 // [email protected] // Ben Izzo, Abrams Artists Agency SELECTED DIRECTING 2019 OCTET Dave Malloy Signature Theatre Company BONNIE’S LAST FLIGHT Eliza Bent New York Theatre Workshop (Next Door Series) UNTITLED MOVIE PROJECT James Monaco + Jerome Ellis The Bushwick Starr 2018 CULT OF LOVE Leslye Headland IAMA Theatre Company MUSEUM (w. Rachel Chavkin) James Monaco + Jerome Ellis Exponential Festival, The Brick Theater COWBOY BOB (as Co-Creator) Molly Beach Murphy, Jeanna Phillips New York Stage & Film; Polyphone Festival; Yale Institute for Music Theatre; Ars Nova GHOST QUARTET Dave Malloy The Bushwick Starr; McKittrick Hotel; New York Theatre Workshop; Curran Theater; A.R.T; AT&T Performing Arts; Edinburgh Fringe, Seattle Theatre Group, etc. 2017 CONTINUITY Bess Wohl The Goodman Theatre, Chicago (New Stages) FAR AWAY Caryl Churchill Harvard University ANDREA Jeanna Phillips + Ian Axness Ars Nova 2016 BLUE PLATE SPECIAL Cat Crowley Ars Nova (ANT Fest) 2015 TALES FOR TELLING James Monaco Ars Nova (ANT Fest); Cloud City WASHETERIA Cesar Alvarez Soho Rep I HEARD SEX NOISES Andrew Farmer, Claire Rothrock + Ryann Weir Ars Nova WHEN THE TANKS BREAK Anne Washburn The Drama League (Directorfest) ONE-MINUTE FESTIVAL Multiple Playwrights New Georges/Women’s Project AARON/MARIE (w. Rachel Chavkin) James Monaco + Jerome Ellis The Public Theater (Under the Radar Incoming! Series) A QUIET SIP OF COFFEE Animal Parts Dixon Place; Wildside Festival, Montreal LIZZIE PLAY Jerry Lieblich Pipeline Theatre Company; Dixon Place ABBEYSTRAßE Salty Brine The Red Room 2014 DEBUTANTE. (as Creator) Ryann Weir Ars Nova (ANT Fest); Bernie Wohl Center 2012 HOTEL MUDAFIER Andrew Farmer Williamstown Theatre Festival Workshop APPLICANT Harold Pinter Williamstown Theatre Festival Workshop OCTOBER/NOVEMBER Anne Washburn Williamstown Theatre Festival Workshop FILM DIRECTING + COMPOSING 2018 FOLK WANDERING (as Co-Composer) Jaclyn Backhaus; Music by Blake Allen, Mike Brun, Andrew R. Pipeline Theatre Company Butler, Joel Esher, Alex Fast, Jo Lampert, Barrie McLain, Annie Tippe + Dominique Toney 2017 BASIC WITCH (as Director, Producer + Co- Kim Blanck, Janna Emig, Jessica Frey, Claire Rothrock Amazon Prime + Jash Media Creator) Annie Tippe + Ryann Weir SELECTED CONCERTS, WORKSHOPS & READINGS 2018 GALVESTON Molly Beach Murphy Page 73 2017 YELLOW JACKETS Itamar Moses Williamstown Theatre Festival SCHOOL SCHOOLING IV Michael Yates Crowley Ars Nova WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK PROJECT Ben Wexler Peter Jay Sharp Theater INDESCRIBABLE SNACK Liza Birkenmeier F*It Club 2016 MANAHATTA Mary Kathryn Nagle New York Theatre Workshop ARS NOVA COMPANY GALA Director (w. Andrew Neisler) Ars Nova 2012 SHAINA TAUB IN CONCERT Shaina Taub Ars Nova ASSOCIATE + ASSISTANT DIRECTING 2018 GIRLS & BOYS Dennis Kelly Dir. Lyndsey Turner, Royal Court Theatre 2017 PRESENT LAUGHTER (Assoc. Director) Noel Coward Dir. Moritz von Stuelpnagel; Broadway MOBY DICK (Reading) Dave Malloy Dir. Rachel Chavkin; The Public Theater 2016 ROOSEVELVIS (Assoc. Director) The TEAM Dir. Rachel Chavkin; A.R.T. 2015 IMPORTANT HATS OF THE 20th CENTURY Nick Jones Dir. Moritz von Stuelpnagel; Manhattan Theatre Club KILL FLOOR Abe Koogler Dir. Lila Neugebauer; LCT3 THE AMBASSADOR (Assoc. Director) Gabriel Kahane Dir. John Tiffany; BAM; UCLA 2013 MISSION DRIFT (Assoc. Director) The TEAM Dir. Rachel Chavkin; Perth Intl. Fest; Hong Kong Arts Fest 2012 BLUE DEEP Lucy Boyle Dir. Bob Balaban; Williamstown Theatre Festival ART (Reading) Yasmina Reza Dir. Philip Seymour Hoffman; Williamstown Theatre Festival 2011 CANARY (Reading) Molly Rice Dir. Rachel Chavkin; New York Theatre Workshop 2010 AQUAINTED WITH THE NIGHT Keith Reddin Dir. Rachel Chavkin; NYU Grad Acting AWARDS, WORK + TRAINING 2018 CIVILIANS R + D GROUP Artist-In-Residence Steve Cosson, Artistic Director 2017 NEW GEORGES AUDREY RESIDENCY Directing Resident Susan Bernfield, Artistic Director 2016 ARS NOVA ARTIST RESIDENCY Director-In-Residence Jason Eagan, Artistic Director 2015 DRAMA LEAGUE DIRECTORS PROJECT Fall Directing Fellow Roger Dansforth, Artistic Director 2012 WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL Directing Intern Jenny Gersten, Artistic Director ONGOING PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS THEATER SCHOOL Directing Mentor Jean Anzulis, Artistic Director EDUCATION New York University: Tisch School of the Arts, Playwrights Horizons Theater School, B.F.A..
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