Art Manke | Blogspot: February 2020

An accomplished director, choreographer, and playwright, Art Manke has spent more than 35 years leading award-winning productions for the stage and screen. Since 2001, he has directed and/or choreographed numerous productions for the Tony Award-winning company South Coast Repertory in California, including the world premieres of Amy Freed’s "SHREW!" and a new musical version of "The Wind in the Willows". Art Manke also staged several acclaimed revivals, including his multi-cultural "Peter and the Starcatcher", "Noises Off", and his award-winning production of Itamar Moses' "Bach at Leipzig".

In addition to South Coast Repertory, Art Manke's work has been seen at the Pasadena Playhouse, the Denver Center Theatre Company, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Mark Taper Forum, American Conservatory Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre and Milwaukee Repertory Theatre. His productions have won numerous honors over the past three decades, and he is a five-time winner of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award.

Art Manke holds a BFA in acting from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and an MA from the American Conservatory Theatre. A nationally renowned performing arts figure, he has devoted himself to promoting diversity and gender parity throughout his career in the theater and as a television director for Eve, One on One and Hannah Montana. He also stands out as the founding artistic director of the theater company A Noise Within, where he created the company’s youth-outreach and education initiatives.

Art Manke | Blogspot

Monday, February 24, 2020

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