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Court Theatre
MISSION: Discovering the power of classic
theatre.
VISION: To be the nationally celebrated professional
center of excellence for classic theatre at the University
of Chicago.
CHARLES NEWELL (Director/Artistic Director) has been Artistic
Director of Court Theatre since 1994, where he has directed
over 25 productions. He made his Chicago directorial debut
in 1993 with The Triumph of Love, which won the Jefferson
Award for Best Production. Directorial credits at Court include
The Glass Menagerie, Man of La Mancha, The Importance of Being
Earnest, Travesties, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,
Cyrano, Guys and Dolls, James Joyce's "The Dead",
Hamlet, Piano, The Invention of Love, The Little Foxes, The
Cherry Orchard, and Nora. Mr. Newell has also directed at
the Guthrie Theatre (Resident Director: The History Cycle,
Cymbeline), Arena Stage, John Houseman's The Acting Company
(Staff Repertory Director), the California and Alabama Shakespeare
Festivals, Juilliard, and New York University. He is the recipient
of the 1992 TCG Alan Schneider Director Award and is a multiple
Jeff Award recipient/nominee. He served on the Board of Directors
of Theatre Communications Group, as well as on several panels
for the National Endowment for the Arts. His opera directing
credits include the Lyric Opera of Chicago with Marc Blitzstein’s
Regina, and Rigoletto at Opera Theatre of St. Louis. Mr. Newell
recently returned from Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven where
he directed the remount of Court's critically acclaimed production
of Man of La Mancha.
DAWN HELSING (Executive Director) is in her second season
as Court Theatre’s executive director. She comes to
Chicago from Baltimore, where she served for four years as
director of development for CENTERSTAGE, overseeing growth
in all areas of the theater’s fundraising. While completing
her master’s degree in theatre management at Yale School
of Drama, Dawn served as associate managing director of Yale
Repertory Theatre and managing director of Yale’s Summer
Cabaret. She has held marketing and public relations positions
at both Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., and at CENTERSTAGE,
and has served as a thesis reviewer for Goucher College’s
graduate Arts Administration program.
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