Anna D. Shapiro

Anna D. Shapiro (* 1967 in Evanston , Illinois ) is an American theater director .

Life

Anna Shapiro studied first at Columbia College Chicago and later at the Yale School of Drama . In 1995 she started working for the Steppenwolf Theater Company for many years . In 1996 she staged her first play there, The Viewing Room , based on a template by Daniel J. Rubin. In the same year she was awarded the Princess Grace Award . In the next few years she staged numerous plays with the ensemble of the Steppenwolf Theater Company. Since 2005 she has been a permanent member of the Steppenwolf Ensemble. She celebrated her greatest success in 2007 with the production of Tracy Letts August: Osage Country , for which she received the Tony Award for best director , the Jefferson Award for best director and the Drama Desk Award for best director. The great success was followed by a call to New York's Broadway , where she staged August: Osage Country for two more seasons. In 2014 she directed Of Mice and Men with James Franco in the role of George and Chris O'Dowd in the role of Lennie .

Since 2002 Shapiro has also served as Director of the Graduate Directing Program in Theater at Northwestern University . At the beginning of the 2015/2016 season, she will take over the post of artistic director of the Steppenwolf Theater Company from her long-term predecessor Martha Lavey .

Productions (selection)

1996: The Viewing Room (Steppenwolf Theater Company)
1998: Wolf Lullaby (Steppenwolf Theater Company)
1999: Three Days Of Rain (Steppenwolf Theater Company)
1999: Side Man (Steppenwolf Theater Company)
2000: The Infidel (Steppenwolf Theater Company)
2001: The Ordinary Yearning Of Miriam Buddwing (Steppenwolf Theater Company)
2001: The Drawer Boy (Steppenwolf Theater Company)
2002: Purple Heart (Steppenwolf Theater Company)
2002: Until We Find Each Other (Steppenwolf Theater Company)
2003: Man From Nebraska (Steppenwolf Theater Company)
2004: I Never Sang For My Father (Steppenwolf Theater Company)
2005: The Pain and the Itch (Steppenwolf Theater Company)
2005: A Blameless Life (Steppenwolf Theater Company)
2006: The Unmentionables (Steppenwolf Theater Company)
2007: August: Osage County (Steppenwolf Theater Company)
2007: The Crucible (Steppenwolf Theater Company)
2007: August: Osage County (Imperial Theater, Broadway)
2008: August: Osage County (Music Box Theater, Broadway)
2009: Up (Steppenwolf Theater Company)
2010: A Parallelogram (Steppenwolf Theater Company)
2012: Three Sisters (Steppenwolf Theater Company)
2011: The Motherf ** ker with the Hat (Gerald Schoenfeld Theater, Broadway)
2012: The Motherf ** ker with the Hat (Steppenwolf Theater Company)
2014: Of Mice and Men (Longacre Theater, Broadway)

Awards

1996: Princess Grace Award - Theater Apprenticeship
2007: Jefferson Award - Director of a Play for August: Osage County
2008: Tony Award - Best Direction of a Play for August: Osage County
2008: Drama Desk Award - Outstanding Director of a Play for August: Osage County
2010: Princess Grace Statue Award

Web links

Anna D. Shapiro in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
Anna D. Shapiro in the Internet off-Broadway Database
Anna D. Shapiro in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

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↑ Anna D. Shapiro ( Memento of the original dated December 30, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at steppenwolf.org, accessed April 17, 2014 @1@ 2

↑ ^a ^b ^c Anna Shapiro at pgfusa.org, accessed April 17, 2014

↑ Anna Shapiro at communication.northwestern.edu, accessed on April 17, 2014

↑ Past awards ( Memento of the original from January 2, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at jeffawards.org, accessed April 17, 2014 @1@ 2

↑ Past awards at dramadesk.org, accessed on April 17, 2014

personal data
SURNAME	Shapiro, Anna D.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Shapiro, Anna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American theater director
DATE OF BIRTH	1967
PLACE OF BIRTH	Evanston , Illinois , United States

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[PGA-3] Anna Shapiro at pgfusa.org, accessed April 17, 2014

[4] Anna Shapiro at communication.northwestern.edu, accessed on April 17, 2014

[5] Past awards ( Memento of the original from January 2, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at jeffawards.org, accessed April 17, 2014 @1@ 2

[6] Past awards at dramadesk.org, accessed on April 17, 2014