Jeremy Wechsler

Jeremy Wechsler is the artistic director of Theater Wit where he has directed Spin (Penny Penniston), Chemin de Fer (Georges Feydeau), Men of Steel (Qui Nguyen), Thom Pain (based on nothing) (Will Eno), Two for the Show (James Fitzpatrick and Will Clinger) and The Santaland Diaries (David Sedaris and Joe Mantello). He has directed over forty shows in the last fifteen years at various theatres, including: A Taste of Honey (Shelagh Delaney), The Flu Season (Will Eno), The Play about the Squirrel (Mia McCullough), The White Devil (John Webster), The Real Thing (Tom Stoppard), Szinhaz (Itamar Moses), The Duchess of Malfi (John Webster), Titus Andronicus (Shakespeare), The Roaring Girl (Thomas Middleton), Flight (Mikhail Bulgakov), The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told (Paul Rudnick), This is the Rill Speaking (Lanford Wilson), Hay Fever (Noel Coward) Now Then Again (Penny Penniston), A Month in the Country (Brian Friel), Europe (David Grieg), Henry VI (Shakespeare), The Promise (Jose Rivera), Un Robot (Laura Jacqmin), The Coarse Acting Show (Michael Green), Life is a Dream (Calderon), The Prisoner's Dilemma (David Edgar), Cabaret (Kander/Ebb) and The Threepenny Opera (Brecht).  He has taught at several universities, is an artistic associate at Collaboraction and currently serves on the board of the League of Chicago Theatres.  His productions have been nominated for and won multiple awards for design, performance, adaptation and best new work.  During the TCG conference, you can see his work in American Theater Company's The Silver Project and Collaboraction's Sketchbook X.