LILI-ANNE BROWN www.lilbrownchicago.com rep: Michael Finkle, WME Theatrical Director - Actor MFinkle@wmeentertainment SDC, AEA, SAG-AFTRA 202-903-1144
DIRECTING: SCHOOL GIRLS (THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY) Goodman Theatre Director P.Y.G. or THE MISEDUMACATION OF DORIAN BELLE Jackalope Theatre Director THE COLOR PURPLE Drury Lane Theatre Director PUT YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER (world premiere) La Jolla Playhouse Director LOTTERY DAY (world premiere) Goodman Theatre Director THE TOTAL BENT (Chicago premiere) Haven Theatre Director HAIRSPRAY Skylight Music Theatre Director CAROLINE, or CHANGE Firebrand Theatre /iaw TimeLine Theatre Director TILIKUM (world premiere) Sideshow Theatre Director BUDDY: THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY (Jeff Award) American Blues Theatre Director THE WOLF AT THE END OF THE BLOCK 16th Street Theatre Director MARIE CHRISTINE (Chicago premiere) Boho Theatre Director PETER & THE STARCATCHER Metropolis Theatre Director ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER Porchlight Music Theatre Director THE WIZ (TimeOut Chicago Award) Kokandy Productions Director BLACK SIDE OF THE MOON The Second City @ Woolly Mammoth Theatre Associate Director XANADU American Theatre Company Director JABARI DREAMS OF FREEDOM (world premiere) Chicago Children’s Theatre Director OTHELLO (dir, Jonathan Munby) Chicago Shakespeare Theatre Associate Director AMERICAN IDIOT Northwestern University Director DESSA ROSE (Jeff Award) Bailiwick Chicago Director LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Timber Lake Playhouse Director ON THE BOARDS Roosevelt University – CCPA Director / Deviser PRINCESS MARY DEMANDS YOUR ATTENTION (World Premiere) Bailiwick Chicago Director HEARTS OF DARKNESS Roosevelt University – CCPA Director / Deviser UNNECESSARY FARCE Timber Lake Playhouse Director SEE WHAT I WANNA SEE (Chicago premiere) Bailiwick Chicago / Steppenw0olf Garage Rep Director CABARET Timber Lake Playhouse Director PASSING STRANGE (BTA Award) Bailiwick Chicago Director SWEET CHARITY Timber Lake Playhouse Director THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE Timber Lake Playhouse Director RAGTIME Porchlight Music Theatre Assistant Director AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ (dir, Chuck Smith) Timber Lake Playhouse Choreographer/ Assistant Director
*Served as Artistic Director of Bailiwick Chicago, 2012-2016
STAGE PERFORMANCE (selected): Off-Broadway: A TWIST OF WATER 59E59 / Route 66 Theatre Co. Erica Weiss Tia Local/Regional: THE SECOND CITY GUIDE TO THE OPERA Lyric Opera Second City Theatricals Ensemble RENT American Theatre Company David Cromer Joanne THE SECOND CITY: CHARMED & DANGEROUS CenterStage Second City Theatricals Ensemble A GIRL’S GUIDE TO WASHINGTON POLITICS Woolly Mammoth Theatre Second City Theatricals Ensemble THE ABSOLUTE BEST FRIGGIN’ TIME OF YOUR LIFE The Second City e.t.c. The Second City - Chicago U/S LADY MADELINE Steppenwolf Theatre Jessica Thebus Quartet MEASURE FOR MEASURE Chicago Shakespeare Theatre Barbara Gaines Ensemble COURT-MARTIAL AT FORT DEVENS Victory Gardens Theater Andrea Dymond Gertrude Hale NOBODY (Southern Writers Project) Alabama Shakespeare Festival Tim Rhoze Ada Walker BUDDY: THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY Drury Lane Oakbrook/Water Tower Tammy Mader Apollo Performer WHAT EVERY WOMAN KNOWS ShawChicago Bob Scogin Lady Sybil Tenterden ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST Writers’ Theatre William Brown US Laurette/Coralee LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Peninsula Players Sean Stengel Ronnette FABULATION (BTAA Nominee) Next Theatre Jason Loewith Stephie THE PRINCESS & THE BLACK-EYED PEA Ravinia Festival Brendan Fox LaShaun AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ Timber Lake Playhouse Chuck Smith Charlaine DOLL (feat. duet w/David Hyde Pierce) Ravinia Festival Lonny Price Little Dixie GYPSY Porchlight Music Theatre L. Walter Stearns Mazeppa RAGTIME Timber Lake Playhouse Brad Lyons Sarah’s Friend * Also an accomplished solo/cabaret performer & director. Solo shows “Brown & Blue” and “Same Fool Twice” performed at Davenport’s Cabaret.
TELEVISION: SIRENS, episode #212 “No Love” USA Network Kid’s Mother BETRAYAL, episode #108 “One More Shot” ABC Studios Squatter Mother THE BEAST, episode #109 “TILT” A&E Network Demarca
SPECIALIZED TRAINING / ADDITIONAL TALENTS: * B.S. in Performance Studies, Northwestern University; NHSI Theatre “Cherub” * Music Theory * Basic choreography and movement * Playwriting, sketch comedy writing, lyric writing * Cabaret / showcase / revue creation * Shakespeare Folio Technique: Susan Hart; Larry Yando