Daniel Sulivan Brought in As Creative Consultant for Seattle Rep
Variety is reporting that director Daniel Sullivan has been brought on to the staff of Seattle Repertory Theatre in order to plan their 2009-10 season. He will be teaming up with current artistic director Jerry Manning. Manning recently replaced David Esbjornson. Sullivan recently finished his term at Manhattan Theatre Club as the acting Artistic Director for the 2007-08 season.
Daniel Sullivan is one of New York’s most prolific directors. He most recently directed the Broadway revival of The Homecoming. He has been nominated for six Tony Awards for Direction of a Play, and won for David Auburn’s Proof in 2001. His other Broadway credits include Prelude to a Kiss, Rabbit Hole, Julius Caesar (with Denzel Washington), Brooklyn Boy, Sight Unseen, Morning’s at Seven, Major Barbara, A Moon for the Misbegotten, Ah, Wilderness!, An American Daughter, The Sisters Rosensweig, Conversations With My Father, The Heidi Chronicles and I’m Not Rappaport. Sullivan served for sixteen years as Artistic Director of Seattle Repertory Theatre, where he directed over 60 plays and launched their New Play Program, developing new works by Jon Robin Baitz, A.R. Gurney, Arthur Miller, Wendy Wasserstein and Charlayne Woodard.
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