Ethan McSweeny [director] Representation: Michael Moore | Michael Moore Agency | 450 West 24th Street, , NY, 10011 212.960.3492 | [email protected]

UPCOMING The Independent Feature Film: • TWELVE DAYS IN MAY Liffeyside Productions, Ireland pre-production

The Friel/Turgenev Revivals: • A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY The Gate Theatre, Dublin July - Aug 2015 • FATHERS AND SONS The Gate Theatre, Dublin Feb - Mar 2016

The CTC New Play Workshop: • THE ENGINE OF OUR RUIN Chautauqua Theatre Company July 2015

The Shakespeare Theatre “Free For All” Revival: • A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Shakespeare Theatre Company Aug - Sept 2015

The New York & Chicago World Premiere: • FULFILLMENT by Thomas Bradshaw Flea Theatre/American Theatre Co Sept - Nov 2015

The World Premiere Opera: • BETTER GODS Kennedy Center/National Opera January 2016

The East Coast Premiere • MOMENT by Deirdre Kinahnan Studio Theatre March - April 2016

BROADWAY A TIME TO KILL, adapted by Rupert Holmes, produced by Daryl Roth & Eva Price Golden Theatre 2013 from the novel by John Grisham (with Tom Skerrit, Fred Dalton Thompson, Sebastian Arcellus, John Douglas Thompson, Tonya Pinkins, & Patrick Page) THE BEST MAN by Gore Vidal, produced by Jeffrey Richards & Richard Frankel, August Wilson Theatre 2000 (with , Spalding Gray, Chris Noth, Elizabeth Ashley, Michael Learned, & Christine Ebersole) – Best Revival | Outer Critics Circle Award – Best Revival | Tony Award nomination

INTERNATIONAL AN IDEAL HUSBAND by Oscar Wilde The Gate Theatre, Dublin 2014 A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE by Tennessee Williams The Gate Theatre, Dublin 2013 Irish Times Award for Best Director, Best Actress (Lia Williams) and Best Supporting Actress (Catherine Walker), plus 3 Additional Irish Times Nominations including Production and Design THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE by Gilbert & Sullivan Stratford Shakespeare Festival 2012 DANGEROUS LIAISONS by Christopher Hampton Stratford Shakespeare Festival 2010 (with Tom McCamus, Seanna McKenna, and Martha Henry)

OFF BROADWAY RX by Kate Fodor [world premiere] Primary Stages 2012 (with Marin Hinkle, Stephen Kunken, & Mary Louise Burke) 1001 by Jason Grote [NY premiere] p.73 Productions 2007 Ten Best 2007, Time Out NY

1 100 SAINTS YOU SHOULD KNOW by Kate Fodor [premiere] Playwrights Horizons 2007 Ten Best of 2007, Entertainment Weekly, Theatremania, & Time Out NY SABINA by Willy Holtzman Primary Stages 2005 (with Marin Ireland & Peter Strauss) THE PERSIANS by Aeschylus, trans by Ellen McLaughlin National Actors’ Theatre 2003 (with Len Cariou, Roberta Maxwell, & ) TAMICANFLY by Scott Marshall Taylor [NY premiere] Weisberger Theatre Group 2001 NEVER THE SINNER by John Logan [NY Premiere] John Houseman Theatre 1997 Outer Critics Circle Award – Best Off-Broadway Play | Drama Desk Award – Best Off Broadway Play 5 Outer Critics Circle & Drama Desk Award nominations – including Best Director FIXIN’ TO DIE: The Life of Lee Atwater by Robert Myers West Bank Café 1993 (with Dylan Baker)

NATIONAL THE TEMPEST by Wm Shakespeare Shakespeare Theatre Company 2014 A RAISIN IN THE SUN by Lorraine Hansberry Chautauqua Theater Company 2014 A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM by Wm Shakespeare Shakespeare Theatre Company 2012 5 Helen Hayes Award nominations including Best Production & Best Director TALES FROM HOLLYWOOD by Christopher Hampton Guthrie Theatre 2012 FIFTY WAYS, by Kate Fodor [world premiere] Chautauqua Theater Company 2012 by Wm. Shakespeare Shakespeare Theatre Company 2011 2 Helen Hayes Awards – Scenic Design & Best Supporting Actor LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST by Wm Shakespeare Chautauqua Theater Company 2011 by Wm Shakespeare Shakespeare Theatre Company 2011 A TIME TO KILL adapt by Rupert Holmes [world premiere] Arena Stage 2011 by George Bernard Shaw Guthrie Theatre 2011 TRINITY RIVER PLAYS by Regina Taylor [world premiere] Goodman/Dallas Theater Ctr 2011 DEATH OF A SALESMAN by Arthur Miller REP/Delaware 2010 ORDINARY DAYS by Adam Gwon [west coast premiere] South Coast Rep 2010 THE GLASS MENAGERIE by Tennessee Williams Chautauqua Theatre Company 2009 CORNELIA by Mark Victor Olsen [world premiere] The Old Globe 2009 (with Bob Foxworth & Beth Grant) ION by Euripides, adaptation by David Lan [US premiere] Shakespeare Theatre Company 2009 WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF by Edward Albee CenterStage 2008 Baltimore City Paper – Best Production 2008 A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE by Arthur Miller Guthrie Theatre 2008 DEATH OF A SALESMAN by Arthur Miller Chautauqua Theater Company 2008 (with Stuart Margolin & Amy Van Nostrand) MAJOR BARBARA by George Bernard Shaw Shakespeare Theatre Company 2008 7 Helen Hayes Award nominations including Outstanding Play/Director Winner for Scenic Design & Best Supporting Actor IN THIS CORNER by Steven Drukman [world premiere] The Old Globe 2008 San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Award – Outstanding Play THE JUST by Albert Camus, trans. Anthony Clarvoe Chautauqua Theater Company 2007 1001 by Jason Grote [world premiere] Denver Center 2007 Ovation Award, Denver Post – Best Production, Rocky Mountain News – Best Play THE CHERRY ORCHARD by Anton Chekhov Chautauqua Theater Company 2006 (with Stuart Margolin & Lisa Harrow) THE PERSIANS by Aeschylus, trans. Ellen McLaughlin Shakespeare Theatre Company 2006 (with Helen Carey) A BODY OF WATER by Lee Blessing [West coast premiere] The Old Globe 2006 (with Sandy Duncan) San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Awards – Outstanding Director, Play, Ensemble, & Design

2 ALL MY SONS by Arthur Miller Chautauqua Theater Company 2005 (with Stuart Margolin and Lisa Harrow) A BODY OF WATER by Lee Blessing [world premiere] Guthrie Theatre 2005 (with Ed Hermann & Michael Learned) Minneapolis Star Tribune Award – Best New Play CHASING NICOLETTE by Peter Kellog & David Friedman Prince Music Theater 2004 (with Bronson Pinchot) 10 Barrymore Award nominations – including Best Director & Best Musical SOMEONE WHO’LL WATCH OVER ME by Frank MacGuiness Westport Playhouse 2004 (with Michael Emerson & Sterling Brown) MR. MARMALADE by Noah Haidle [world premiere] South Coast Repertory Theatre 2004 OCIE Award – Best Production ROMEO AND JULIET by Guthrie Theatre 2004 A WALK IN THE WOODS by Lee Blessing George Street Playhouse 2004 COBB by Lee Blessing Chautauqua Theater Company 2003 SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION by John Guare Guthrie Theatre 2003 2 Minneapolis Star Tribune Awards – Best Director/Production DIRTY BLONDE by Claudia Shear Wilma Theatre/George Street 2002 CTRL+ALT+DELETE by Anthony Clarvoe George Street Playhouse 2002 New Jersey Star Ledger Award – Best Production THIEF RIVER by Lee Blessing Guthrie Theatre 2002 CTRL+ALT+DELETE by Anthony Clarvoe [world premiere] San Jose Rep 2001 OLD TIMES by Harold Pinter George Street Playhouse 2001 (with Lisa Harrow & Dee Hoty) WIT by Margaret Edson Public Theatre 2000 (with Lisa Harrow) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Award – Best Production SIDE MAN by Warren Leight Guthrie Theatre 2000 (with Stephanie Zimbalist) MASTER CLASS by Terrence McNally George Street Playhouse 2000 (with Maria Tucci) BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE by Martin McDonnough Alley Theatre 1999 GROSS INDECENCY by Moises Kaufmann Guthrie Theatre 1998 MAD ABOUT THE BARD co-written with Floyd King Folger Theatre 1998 HYDRIOTAPHIA by Tony Kushner [world premiere] Alley Theatre/Berkeley Rep 1998 THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE by Marivaux/Wadsworth Washington Shakespeare Co 1998 NEVER THE SINNER by John Logan Signature Theatre Company 1997 5 Helen Hayes Award nominations – including Best Director, Best Production by William Shakespeare Shakespeare Theatre (tour) 1996 by William Shakespeare Shakespeare Theatre (tour) 1995

ARTISTIC LEADERSHIP EXECUTIVE BOARD Stage Directors and Choreographers Society 2005-present Treasurer, 2009-present ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Chautauqua Theater Company 2004-2011 Resident Director, 2011-present ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE National Actors’ Theatre 2004-2005 ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR George Street Playhouse 2000-2004 ARTISTIC ADVISOR Cape Cod Theatre Project 2001-2004 RESIDENT DIRECTOR New Dramatists 2001-2002 ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR The Shakespeare Theatre 1993-1997

3 Theatrical Events THE GREAT RECESSION (New York Living by Thomas Bradshaw) Flea Theater 2009 EVERY GOOD BOY DESERVES FAVOR Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra 2008 by Tom Stoppard & Andre Previn with the Chautauqua Theatre Company (with Michael Emerson & Brian Murray) GALA OPENING, Harman Center for the Arts, Shakespeare Theatre Company 2007 Featuring Anne-Sophia Mutter, Julio Bocca & Nina Ananiashvilli, Patti Lupone, the Washington Ballet, and Wynton Marsalis & the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra

Workshops/Development (partial listing) CTC/NEW PLAY WORKSHOPS Chautauqua Theater Company 2005-2014 NEW PLAY SUMMIT Denver Center Theatre 2010-11 NEXT STAGE FESTIVAL George Street Playhouse 2006-07 BRAND: NEW Hartford Stage 2005 NEW WORK NOW Public Theater 2004 PLAYLABS Playwrights Center, Mnpls. 2004 NEW AMERICAN PLAYS Kennedy Center 2004 PACFIC PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL South Coast Repertory Theatre 2002 & 2004 SIX @ SIX Manhattan Theatre Club 2002 O’NEILLPLAYWRIGHTS CONFERENCE O’Neill Theatre Center 2001 & 2002 CAPE COD THEATRE PROJECT Falmouth, MA 2000-2003 NEW DRAMATISTS New York, NY 2001-2002 season & MCC, Ensemble Studio Theatre, HB Playwrights, & Darryl Roth Productions among others

Academic Directing DANCING AT LUGHNASA by Brian Frlel The Juilliard School 2008 MISALLIANCE by George Bernard Shaw University of Delaware, PTTP 2006 ARMS AND THE MAN by George Bernard Shaw New York University, MFA 2000 JACK AND JILL by Jane Martin Guthrie Experience 1999 ANYTHING GOES by Cole Porter University of Maryland 1997 A COMEDY OF ERRORS by Wm. Shakespeare Shakespeare Classical Acting Conservatory 1997 A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM University of South Carolina, MFA 1997 Instructor at: Chautauqua Theatre Company Conservatory 2005-2014 Shakespeare Society NY 2001 University of Utah 1994-1997 Shakespeare Theatre Classical Acting Conservatory 1995-1997

Honors & Awards A Streetcar Named Desire, Irish Times Award for Best Director, Best Actress (Lia Williams) and Best Supporting Actress (Catherine Walker), & 3 addt’l nominations including Production and Design A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 5 Helen Hayes Award nominations including Best Production & Best Director Much Ado About Nothing, 2 Helen Hayes Awards – Scenic Design & Best Supporting Actor Who’s Afraid of Virigina Woolf , Baltimore City Paper – Best Production 2008 Major Barbara, 7 Helen Hayes Award nominations – Outstanding Director & Play. Winner for Scenic Design and Best Supporting Actor (Ted van Griethuysen) 100 Saints You Should Know, Ten Best of 2007, Entertainment Weekly, Theatremania, & Time Out NY 1001, Ten Best 2007, Time Out NY 1001, Ovation Award, Denver Post, Outstanding Production 1001, Best Play, Rocky Mountain News

4 A Body of Water, San Diego Critics Circle Craig Noel Award for Best Direction, also Best Play & Ensemble, A Body of Water, Best New Play, Minneapolis Star-Tribune Chasing Nicollette,10 Barrymore Award Nominations – incuding Best Direction & Best Musical Mr. Marmalade, OCIE Award, Best Production Six Degrees of Separation, Best Production/Best Director, Minneapolis Star Tribune CTRL+ALT+DELETE, Best of 2002, New Jersey Star-Ledger The Best Man, Tony Award nomination – Best Revival The Best Man, Outer Critics Circle Award – Best Revival The Best Man, Drama Desk Award – Best Revival Wit, Best Production, Pittsburgh Post Gazette Never the Sinner, Outer Critics Circle Award – Best Off Broadway Play & 4 nominations incl. Best Direction Never the Sinner, 5 Drama Desk Award Nominations – including Best Play,& Best Director Never the Sinner, 5 Helen Hayes Award nominations, including Best Play & Best Director

Affiliations • Wingspace Theatrical Design Collective Member, 2014 to present • Shakespeare Theatre Company Associate Artist, 2011 to present • Voter, 2005 to present

Education COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY BA Theater and Dramatic Arts 1993

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