David Caparelliotis

Teaches at Primary Stages ESPA

Suzanne Agins is a freelance director and Artistic Director of the Upstart Creatures, dedicated to creating (meta)physical feasts that combine theater and food (www.upstartcreatures.com). Recent: The Heart of Robin Hood by David Farr (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival), Pride and Prejudice by Kate Hamill, adapted from Jane Austen (Hangar Theater), Dreamgirls (Cape Fear Regional Theatre, 7 BroadwayWorld Awards including Best Musical and Best Direction), In the Heights (Hangar Theater – regional premiere, 5 SALT awards including Best Musical and Best Direction), The Club by Amy Fox (Rough Cut production at Ensemble Studio Theatre). Off-Broadway: world premiere of Radiance by Cusi Cram (Labyrinth Theater Company, developed in Rising Phoenix’s Cino Nights series); Jailbait by Deirdre O’Connor (world premiere, Cherry Lane); The Secret Narrative of the Phone Book by Gordon Cox (world premiere, Kraine Theater). Other projects include: Lucy and the Conquest by Cusi Cram (world premiere, Williamstown Theater Festival); Alligator by Hilary Bettis and The Burden of Not Having A Tail by Carrie Barrett (Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference); Fuente Ovejuna: A Disloyal Adaptation by Cusi Cram, inspired by Lope de Vega’s play (Princeton University, developed with Labyrinth Theater Company); Noel Coward’s Fallen Angels (Dorset Theater Festival); Wing It, a new musical inspired by Aristophanes’ The Birds, by Gordon Cox and Kris Kukul (world premiere, Williamstown); three Maddy Mann stage shows created with Ryan Migge (Ars Nova, soloNOVA festival at the DR2, Dixon Place); Maddy Mann’s webseries QUADS!. Ms. Agins served as Artistic Associate for New Plays at Williamstown Theatre Festival from 2005-2007. She holds an MFA in Directing from UC San Diego, is the recipient of a Princess Grace Fellowship, an adjunct faculty member at Princeton University (her alma mater), and a member of SDC. www.suzanneagins.com