CONNER WILSON
DIRECTOR
ABOUT ME
Conner Wilson is a Freelance Director and Broadway Associate Director.
He has worked all over the world; including directing and casting theatre in both Tokyo and São Paulo. He is based out of Brooklyn, NYC where he lives with his incredible wife.
He has studied from and worked with many great international directors including Jamie Lloyd, Moisés Kaufman, John Tiffany, Nick Bowling, PJ Paparelli, Jim Edmondson and Paul Mason Barnes.
He has worked with actors such as Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, Michael Urie, Mercedes Ruhl, Tom Felton, and Wil Jonson
Conner is fascinated by the links between classical texts, the contemporary society we inhabit, and the ever constant goals of accessibility and clarity. He has had the good fortune of working on many brilliant classical works, and working with many brilliant contemporary playwrights.
Proud member SDC. Prouder husband of Lindsey Kite.
WAITING FOR GODOT
Hudson Theatre
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD BROADWAY
Lyric Theatre
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD TOKYO
ACT Akasaka Theatre
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD
SAN FRANCISCO
Curran Theatre
Torch Song
Conner was the Associate Director for the Broadway and Off-Broadway run of the 2018-2019 revival of Torch Song Trilogy by Harvey Fierstein; starring Michael Urie and Mercedes Ruehl.
Directed by Moisés Kaufman.
TORCH SONG BROADWAY
Helen Hayes Theatre
TORCH SONG BROADWAY
Helen Hayes Theatre
TORCH SONG BROADWAY
Helen Hayes Theatre
AUDITION COACHING
Conner is a renowned acting and audition coach.
His students have gone on to attended many of the top collegiate institutions in the United States, alongside successful regional and Broadway careers.
He is available for monologue and side coaching, with a speciality in Auditioning for Shakespeare.
Reach out to connerwilson1@gmail.com to find out more about pricing and availability.
CONTACT
Conner is represented by Seth Glewen at the Gersh Talent Agency.
Email: SGlewen@gersh.com
Personal Email: connerwilson1@gmail.com
UPCOMING PROJECTS
Once
Book by Enda Walsh
Music and Lyrics by Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová
Le Petit Théâtre du Vieux Carré, New Orleans
*CURRENTLY RUNNING*
LINK TO TICKETS
Much Ado About Nothing
By William Shakespeare
Catskill Mountain Shakespeare
Columbinus
By P.J. Paparelli and Stephen Karam
Columbia University NY
SELECT RECENT PROJECTS
List of Productions
Columbinus l Columbia University NY *Upcoming*
Much Ado About Nothing | Catskill Mountain Shakespeare *Upcoming*
Once | Le Petit Théâtre du Vieux Carré *CURRENTLY RUNNING*
Cinderella | Oklahoma State University
Macbeth | POST Theatre at Long Island University
Henry IV Part 1 | Southern Shakespeare Festival
All My Sons | East Utah State University
The Tempest | Commission Theatre
Pericles | Muse of Fire
The Comedy of Errors | Commission Theatre
Twelfth Night | Commission Theatre
Henry IV Part 1 | Commission Theatre
Respectability Politics | American Theater Company
How to Make a Boy Disappear | American Theater Company
Love’s Labour’s Lost | Commission Theatre
This is Our Youth | Clarence Brown Theatre at the University of Tennessee
Almost, Maine | Governor's State University Chicago
Sick | Arc Theatre
(Non)Fiction | Three Brothers Theatre
Unconventional | The Den Theatre
One Minute Play Festival | The Den Theatre
Detroit | The University of Oklahoma
Henry Makes a Bible | Ensemble Theatre NYC
American Yu | Prologue Theatre DC
If Only Once | Commission Theatre
The Raven and the Sparrow | Adapt Theatre
As Associate
Much Ado About Nothing | Winter Garden Theatre *Upcoming*
Waiting for Godot | Hudson Theatre
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Broadway* | Lyric Theatre
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Tokyo | ACT Akasaka Theatre
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child San Francisco | Curran Theatre
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child First National Tour | Various
Torch Song Broadway** | Helen Hayes
Torch Song (Off-Broadway)** | Tony Kriser
*10 Tony Nominations / 6 Wins including Best Play and Best Director
**2 Tony Nominations
**2 Lucille Lortel Nominations
As Assistant
City of Angels | Marriott Theatre
The King and I | Marriott Theatre
HAIR | American Theatre Company
All’s Well That Ends Well | Stage Left
Of Mice and Men | Clarence Brown Theatre
MacBeth | Great River Shakespeare Festival
Twelfth Night | Great River Shakespeare Festival
A Streetcar Named Desire | Jedlicka Performing Arts Center
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui | The University of Oklahoma
Passengers | American Theater Company
As Text Coach / Dramaturg
Coriolanus | Commission Theatre
The Humans | American Theater Company *First Workshop*
The Projects | American Theater Company
Sons of the Prophet | American Theater Company
It’s a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play | American Theater Company
As Producer at Commission Theatre
Clearing by Beth Hyland
Treasure Island by Ella Raymont and Omen Sade
Skin Song by Katherine Gwynn
The Smoking Mirror by Jose Nateras
The Young Astronomers Club by Kyle Whalen
2007 by Grace McLeod
Desire in a Tinier House by Ryan Oliveira
Pizza Hut Heartbreaker by Brynne Frauenhoffer
Closing the Gap by Ian Geers
First Annual @Will Short Play Festival
(Including plays by Lauren Yee, Calamity West, and Caity-Shea Violette)
Second Annual @Will Short Play Festival
As Producer at American Theater Company
10 x 10 Short Play Festival
Big Shoulders Short Play Festival
As Masterclass Teacher / Guest Lecturer
International Thespian Festival 2025
University of Arizona
Oklahoma State University
Southern Shakespeare Festival (Bardling Program)
University of Oklahoma - School of Law
Broadway Speakers Bureau
The Growing Studio LINK Program
Norwalk Conservatory of the Arts
Austin Shakespeare Festival
Summer Theatre of New Canaan
East Utah State University
Commission Theatre
University of Tennessee
Governor’s State University, Chicago
Chicago Youth Shakespeare
American Theater Company Youth Ensemble
Great River Shakespeare Festival
Adapt Theatre Company
Associations / Fellowships
Founding Artistic Director - Commission Theatre
Assistant to the Artistic Director - American Theater Company
New Works Fellow - American Theater Company
Classical Directing Fellow - Great River Shakespeare Festival
Directing Fellow - Three Brothers Theatre
Assistant to the Production Manager - Ravenswood Studio and Farbication
Education
University of Birmingham UK - MA - Shakespeare - Summa Cum Laude
University of Oklahoma - BFA - Directing - Cum Laude
Funny School of Good Acting Clown School - Chris Bayes
I.O. (Improv Olympic) Chicago - Summer Intensive
Grants
International Arts Movement Grant
Theatre Bay Area Grant
Drama League Foundation Grant
Hillary Teachout Grant
SDC General Operating Grant
Publications / Conferences
2022, Conference Presenter “The Galenic Body as an Agent of Empathy in Shakespeare’s Others.” Shakespeare in the Context of a Pandemic: The bard and/as Medicine, Inter-University Shakespeare Research Center of Ukraine.
2021, “Early English Books Online: Mass Digitization and the Archive,” Midland Historical Review, (http://www.midlandshistoricalreview.com/early-english-books-online-mass-digitization-and-the-archive/).
VIDEO / INTERVIEWS
