Hunter Bird
About Hunter Bird
Hunter is a Brooklyn-based director, writer, and maker of new work. Directing credits include Ars Nova, Roundabout Theatre Company, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, The McKittrick Hotel, Signature Theatre, Village Theatre, The Getty Villa, 59E59, NAMT Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and Skylight Theater. Associate/assistant director credits include Broadway, Manhattan Theatre Club, Center Theater Group, La Jolla Playhouse, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Geffen Playhouse, and National Tours. Book writing credits: The Golden Record (Angela Sclafani), She Reached for Heaven (Oliver Houser), and The Pansy Craze (Mason Alexander Park). Writing residencies at Goodspeed Musicals, Warren Miller Performing Arts Center, and Rhinebeck Writer’s Retreat. Jonathan Alper Directing Fellow (MTC, 2017 & 2019), The Civilians R&D Group (18/19), the Samuel J. Friedman Assistantship (MTC, 2015), SDCF Observership (2013), UCLA Emerging Director Award (2011), Gilbert Cates Fellowship (2009), Line Producer of ANT Fest - Ars Nova. Current/Upcoming: Beetlejuice the Musical (Assistant Director, First National Tour), The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart (Associate Director, National Tour/ McKittrick Hotel), and The Other Side of Paradise (Upcoming NYC).