Benita de Wit . Director
Helen Schultz . Abrams Artists Agency . 6 46.486.4600 . [email protected]
*Premiere of new work SELECTED DIRECTING CREDITS Slaughterhouse* Anchuli Felicia King Belvoir St Theatre, 25A, Sydney Razorhurst* Kate Mulley & Andy Peterson Hayes Theatre Company, Sydney Waves + Lines* Gemma Peacocke Roulette Intermedium, New York Salty* Aaron Richard Johnson Access Theatre, New York Trash* Kate Mulley Voxfest, Dartmouth College, NH I.M. Lost* Nathalie Ellis-Einhorn Theatre for the New City, New York Courtroom Play: A Courtroom Play* Jon Gracey The Pleasance, London & Edinburgh Hereafter Institute* Benita de Wit, Gabe BC LACMA, Los Angeles Undrown’d: Seeking Asylum* Benita de Wit, Emily Comisar Connelly Theatre, New York The Misanthrope Moliere, adapt. Matt Minnicino Site Specific, New York Secret Society of Forbidden Literature* Benita de Wit, Gabe BC New York Public Library, New York Perspectives from the Nepal Earthquake* Verbatim, multimedia Schapiro Theatre, New York The Drowned World Gary Owen SITI Studio, New York Stalker: The Musical* Russell, Peterson, Giles New York International Fringe, New York The Bacchae Euripides Miller Theatre, New York Private Lives Noël Coward Columbia University, New York Three Sisters Anton Chekhov Columbia University, New York Audrina* Adapt. Benita de Wit Site Specific, New York Two 38* Benita de Wit & Danielle Maas Woodcourt Art Theatre, Sydney Edges: A Song Cycle Pasek & Paul James Anthony Productions, Sydney The Bear Anton Chekhov TAP Gallery, Sydney
ASSOCIATE/ASSISTANT DIRECTING The Silence Ingmar Bergman Associate Dir (Dir. Jay Scheib) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bat Out of Hell Jim Steinman Associate Dir (Dir. Jay Scheib) New York City Center Bat Out of Hell Jim Steinman Associate Dir (Dir. Jay Scheib) First National Tour The Rape of the Sabine Women* Michael Yates Crowley Assistant Dir (Dir. Tyne Rafaeli) The Playwright’s Realm The Moors Jen Silverman Assistant Dir (Dir. Mike Donahue) The Playwright’s Realm Comedy of Errors Shakespeare Assistant Dir (Dir. Tyne Rafaeli) Classic Stage Company
READINGS AND WORKSHOPS Slaughterhouse* Anchuli Felicia King Youngbloods Ensemble Studio Theater, New York Outlaw: A New Musical* Mulley & Peterson Voxfest Dartmouth College, New Hampshire Algorithm* Alisa Sniderman Exquisite Corpse Company Dixon Place, New York
TRAINING M.F.A Directing ‘16 - Columbia University in the City of New York (Professors: Anne Bogart, Brian Kulick, Gregory Mosher, Leigh Silverman, Arnold Aronson, Lisa Timmel) B.A. Performance Studies ‘08 – University of Sydney (Professors: Paul Dwyer, Ian Maxwell)
TEACHING AND ARTS ADMINISTRATION 2017 Guest Artist - Princeton University 2017 & 16 Project Mentor/Director - Playwrights Horizons Theater School, NYU Tisch School of the Arts 2017 Teaching Director - D artmouth University 2017 Guest Lecturer - R oger Williams University 2015-16 Public Programs Fellow - C olumbia University School of the Arts
benitadewit.com Benita de Wit . Director
Helen Schultz . Abrams Artists Agency . 6 46.486.4600 . [email protected]
2015-16 President - Interdisciplinary Arts Council (IAC), Columbia University School of the Arts 2014 Guest Lecturer - Interactive Telecommunications Program, NYU Tisch School of the Arts 2011-12 Administration Manager - Griffin Theatre Company, Sydney 2010-11 Administration and Event Manager - The Sydney Fringe 2010-11 Founding Manager, New Musicals Australia
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES 2019 Honourable Mention, Best Theatre of 2019, Audrey Journal 2018 Finalist, Collaboration Award, Women in the Arts and Media Coalition 2018 Catwalk Art Residency, Catwalk Institute 2017 Project Development, Barn Arts Collective 2017 Mike Donahue Observership, Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation 2013-16 Theatre Dean’s Fellowship, Columbia University School of the Arts 2013-14 Ian Potter Cultural Trust Recipient, Ian Potter Cultural Fund 2013 Dame Joan Sutherland Fund, American Australian Association 2013 Grant recipient, ARS Musica Australis
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