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CONNER WILSON
DIRECTOR

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ABOUT ME

Conner Wilson is a Freelance Director and Broadway Associate Director. 

He has worked all over the world, but is based out of Brooklyn, NYC where he lives with his wife and their beagle Millie. 


He has studied from and worked with many great international directors including Moisés Kaufman, John Tiffany, Nick Bowling, PJ Paparelli, Jim Edmondson and Paul Mason Barnes.

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.

FEATURED PROJECT

Conner is a member of the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child directing team. He staged the first Japanese Language production at the TBS Akasaka ACT Theatre, the sit-down production in San Francisco, and currently maintains the show on Broadway. 

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HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD BROADWAY

Lyric Theatre

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HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD TOKYO

ACT Akasaka Theatre

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HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD

SAN FRANCISCO

Curran Theatre

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CONTACT

Conner is represented by Seth Glewen at the Gersh Talent Agency. 
Email: SGlewen@gersh.com

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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. 

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TORCH SONG BROADWAY

Helen Hayes Theatre

Associate Director to Moisés Kaufman

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TORCH SONG BROADWAY

Helen Hayes Theatre

Associate Director to Moisés Kaufman

RECENT PROJECTS

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This is Our Youth

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This is Our Youth

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This is Our Youth

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Almost, Maine

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Almost, Maine

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All My Sons

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All My Sons

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The Tempest

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The Tempest

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The Comedy of Errors

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The Comedy of Errors

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Pericles

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Pericles

List of Production

Henry IV Part 1 | Southern Shakespeare Festival *Upcoming*
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 Theatre Company
How to Make a Black Boy Disappear | American Theatre Company
Love’s Labour’s Lost | Commission Theatre 
This is Our Youth | 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

Readings

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 

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

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

As Text Coach / Dramaturg

Coriolanus | Commission Theatre
The Humans | American Theatre Company 
The Projects | American Theatre Company 
Sons of the Prophet | American Theatre Company
It’s a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play | American Theatre 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
Second Annual @Will Short Play Festival

As Producer at American Theatre Company

10 x 10 Short Play Festival 
Big Shoulders Short Play Festival 


As Masterclass Teacher / Guest Lecturer

Broadway Speakers Bureau
The Growing Studio
Norwalk Conservatory 
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 Theatre Company Youth Ensemble
Great River Shakespeare Festival 
Adapt Theatre Company  

Associations / Fellowships 

Founding Artistic Director - Commission Theatre
Assistant to the Artistic Director / New Works Fellow - American Theatre 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 Oklahoma - BFA - Drama
University of Birmingham UK - MA - Shakespeare and Early Modern Theatre
Funny School of Good Acting Clown School - Chris Bayes
I.O. (Improv Olympic) Summer Intensive

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/).

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