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Leah Gelpe is a talented director and producer with a passion for creating innovative and thought-provoking theater. Born and raised in New York City, Gelpe attended Brown University, where she studied theater and directing. After graduating, she moved back to New York and began working in the theater industry.
Gelpe has worked on a variety of productions both on and off Broadway. One of her earliest credits was serving as the assistant director for the Broadway production of "The Pillowman" in 2005. She went on to work on several other Broadway productions, including "Thoroughly Modern Millie," "The Lieutenant of Inishmore," and ... read more
Roundabout and Broadway debut. Off- Broadway: The Antipodes, Everybody, The Wolves, A Life (Lortel Award, Drama Desk nomination), Marjorie Prime, The Nether (Lortel nomination), The Village Bike, Buzzer, Small Mouth Sounds. Multiple projects with The Debate Society & The Mad Ones. Regional: Yale Rep, Bard SummerScape, Cincinnati Playhouse, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Williamstown Theatre Festival, South Coast Rep. Opera: Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Atlanta Opera, Juilliard. Obie for Sustained Excellence in Design. ... read more
Anne Kauffman is an American director known primarily for her work on new plays, mainly in the New York area. She is a founding member of the theater group the Civilians. She made her Broadway debut with the Scott McPherson play Marvin's Room (2017) and returned with the revival of the Lorraine Hansberry play The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window (2023).
Kauffman's past regional productions include Body Awareness by Annie Baker (2012) at the Wilma Theater; and Pulitzer Prize finalist Becky Shaw by Gina Gionfriddo (2009); The Flea and the Professor by Jordan Harrison at the Arden Theatre Company (2011); Six ... read more
Broadway: Oh, Hello; If/Then; Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike; Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. Recent Off-Broadway: Indecent (Vineyard Theatre), Dear Evan Hansen, The Way We Get By (Second Stage), The Robber Bridegroom (Roundabout Theatre), The Tempest, Into The Woods (Shakespeare in the Park), Pretty Filthy (The Civilians), Our Lady of Kibeho (Signature), and Yardbird (Apollo Theater). Recent Regional Theater and Opera: Don Giovanni (Santa Fe Opera), La Boheme (Opera Theater of Saint Louis), Another Word For Beauty (The Goodman Theater), and Othello (Shakespeare DC). In New York her additional designs have been seen at Playwrights Horizons, Second Stage, Lincoln ... read more
Awards and Nominations
2018
Best New Play: Mary Jane was nominated but did not win.
2018 Drama Desk Awards
Outstanding Play: Amy Herzog was nominated but did not win.
2018 New York Drama Critics Circle Awards
Best Play: Amy Herzog won.
2018 Obie Awards
Directing Award: Anne Kauffman won.
Performance Award: Carrie Coon won.
Playwriting Award: Amy Herzog won.
2018 The Lortels
Outstanding Director: Anne Kauffman won.
Outstanding Lighting Design: Japhy Weideman was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Scenic Design: Laura Jellinek was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Sound Design: Leah Gelpe won.