Charlie Marie McGrath Associate Member SDC

(224) 392-2718 • charliemariemcgrath@gmail.com • www.charliemariemcgrath.com

* denotes dramaturgical work

• STAGE DIRECTING • Sense and Sensibility (Upcoming) adapted by Kate Hamill Island Shakespeare Festival, 2018 The Jungle Book (Upcoming) by Greg Banks Birmingham Children’s Theatre, 2017 God is Dead & April’s Getting Married by Anna Alison Brenner Shakespeare Theatre Company (Fellow Project), 2017 Lysistrata adapted Adam Webster the side project, 2016 Les Liaisons Dangereuses adapted by Christopher Hampton AstonRep Theatre Company, 2015 The Game of Love and Chance (Remount) by Marivaux, trans: Wadsworth Dead Writers Theatre Collective, 2014 The Game of Love and Chance* by Marivaux, trans: Wadsworth Open Door Repertory Company, 2014 Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth* adapted by Dawn Keeler Dead Writers Theatre Collective, 2014 H.M.S. Pinafore* ! by W.S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company, 2014 Making the Call by Jane Martin Women’s Theatre Alliance: Showcase, 2013 The Dumb Waiter* by Harold Pinter Proud Kate at Profile’s Alley, 2013 Six Dance Lessons In Six Weeks* ! by Richard Alfieri Open Door Repertory Company, 2013 Humbug ! by John Wooten Proud Kate at Stage 773, 2012 November* by David Mamet Proud Kate at Greenhouse Theatre, 2012 The Ruby Sunrise* by Rinne Groff Proud Kate at Second Stage, 2012

• SELECTED ASSISTANT DIRECTING • Noura (Upcoming) dir. Joanna Settle Shakespeare Theatre Company, 2018 Twelfth Night (Upcoming) dir. Ethan McSweeny Shakespeare Theatre Company, 2017 School for Lies dir. Michael Kahn Shakespeare Theatre Company, 2017 Macbeth dir. Leisl Tommy Shakespeare Theatre Company, 2017 The Secret Garden ! dir. David Armstrong Shakespeare Theatre Company, 2016 Romeo and Juliet dir. Alan Paul Shakespeare Theatre Company, 2016 Long Day’s Journey Into Night* dir. David Auburn Court Theatre, 2016 Looking Over the President’s Shoulder* dir. Timothy Douglas American Blues Theatre, 2016 Mothers and Sons dir. Steve Scott Northlight Theatre, 2016 Fulfillment dir. Ethan McSweeny American Theatre Company, 2015 Love and Information dir. Shawn Douglass Remy Bumppo, 2015 Red dir. Steve Scott Redtwist Theatre, 2015 A Christmas Memory ! dir. Bill Pullinsi/chor: Allyson Graves Theatre at the Center, 2014 Smokefall dir. Anne Kauffman Goodman Theatre, 2014 Saudade: Dreams & Longing (Premiere)! dir/chor. Jessica Reddish The Music Theatre Company, 2014 Big Love dir. Matt Hawkins Strawdog Theatre Company, 2013 A Time to Kill (SDC Foundation Observer)* dir. Ethan McSweeny Broadway: John Golden Theatre, 2013 Chesapeake dir. Shawn Douglass Remy Bumppo, 2012

• AFFILIATIONS and RELATED WORK • Directing Fellow Shakespeare Theatre Company 2016-2018 Resident Director Proud Kate Theatre Incubator Project 2012-present Lab Member Director’s Lab North (Toronto, ON) 2016 Artistic Associate Open Door Repertory 2012-2016 Literary Circle Member American Theatre Company 2015-present Script Assessor Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center 2015-present National Reading Committee Member Bay Area Playwrights Foundation 2016-present Script Assessor Stage Left Theatre Company 2011-present

(224) 392-2718 • charliemariemcgrath@gmail.com • www.charliemariemcgrath.com

• SELECTED DEVELOPMENTAL READINGS/FESTIVALS • The Bashful Man at Court (Reading) by Tirso de Molina Shakespeare Theatre Company, 2017 7th Annual 1 Minute Play Festival ! by various authors Chicago 1 Minute Play Festival, 2017 Shaken (Midwest Premiere) by Deirdre Gerard Route 66 Theatre Company, 2017 Dear (Premiere) by Lily Houghton 20% Theatre Company: Darkroom, 2017 6th Annual 1 Minute Play Festival by various authors Chicago 1 Minute Play Festival, 2016 King Lear (Reading)* by William Shakespeare Proud Kate Theatre Incubator Project, 2015 Resolution (Staged Reading)* by Nancy Nyman and Heather McNama Pride Films and Plays: Lez Fest Winner, 2015 Foil (World Premiere) ! by Sara Sevigny and Corrbette Pasko Broken Nose Theatre: Bechdel Fest 3, 2015 Postal Service (World Premiere)* by Samantha Beach Madkap Productions: Short Play Festival, 2015 Hieronymus Bond, Secret Agent by Kent Forseberg Prologue Theatre Co: Landmark Festival, 2015 Poet and Warrior (Reading) by Amy Crider Greenhouse Theatre: Trellis Series, 2015 Home: A Festival of Storytelling by various authors the side project, 2015 If That Was Me…Scrabbled (Premiere) by Adam Webster Shift Seven Productions at RhinoFest, 2015 Superheroines* (World Premiere) by Keely Flynn 20% Theatre Company: Snapshots, 2014 Poet and Warrior (Reading) by Amy Crider Greenhouse Theatre: Trellis Series, 2014 Punk Rock Julius Caesar (Benefit Perf.)! by William Shakespeare CUBE Collaborative Arts Ensemble, 2014 Thing 100 (Staged Workshop) by Samantha Beach 20% Theatre Company: Darkroom, 2014 Loos Ends (Staged Benefit Reading) by Brenda Kilianski Dead Writer’s Theatre Collective, 2013 Womb of Time (World Premiere)* by Dennis Sook City Lit: Art of Adaptations Festival, 2012 Land Where My Fathers Died (Reading)* by Ron Hirsen Polarity Ensemble: Festival Winner, 2012 Minimalistic Men (Premiere) by Spenser Davis Appetite Theatre Co: Bruschetta Festival, 2011 Sticks and Stones (Staged Reading) by Aaron Mays The Den, 2011 Chekhov’s Anyuta (World Premiere)* adapted by Amanda Renee King Prologue Theatre Co: Landmark Festival, 2011

• EDUCATIONAL THEATRE • Taming of the Shrew* by William Shakespeare Northwestern University, Evanston, IL I Hate Hamlet* by Paul Rudnick Northwestern University, Evanston, IL All’s Well That Ends Well (Outdoors)* by William Shakespeare Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

• SPECIAL SKILLS • • Casting with integrity • Dramaturgy and world-building research • High level of computer literacy • Text analysis/new script development • Focused interpretations of American musicals • Project management including strategic • Clear storytelling with heightened text • Ability to prepare understudies within planning, event coordination, dramaturgy • Reimagining classical texts the director’s concept •Paying my rent on time

• EDUCATION and TRAINING • Northwestern University B.S. in Drama, Minor in Theatre Evanston, IL American Musical and Dramatic Academy Occupational Studies Degree in Acting and Musical Theatre New York, NY British American Dramatic Academy Certificate for the Midsummer in Oxford Program Oxford, England Chicago Shakespeare Theatre First Folio Technique Chicago, IL Primary Stages: ESPA Workshop: Directing the Short Play with John Rando New York, NY Primary Stages: ESPA Workshop: Directing the Unproducible Play with Moritz von Stuelpnagel New York, NY SDC Foundation Observership New York, NY

School of the Art Institute of Chicago Design courses including: Animation, Graphics: 3-D Design, Graphics: Fonts, Fashion Design and Fashion Construction Chicago, IL