Phone: 860-486-2281
Fax: 860-486-3110
Email: gary.english@uconn.edu

GARY M. ENGLISH (Department Head, Artistic Director of Connecticut Repertory Theatre.) In 2003, Gary English was appointed to the rank of Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor in Dramatic Arts. His areas of expertise are in stage directing and stage design. BFA University of Arizona; MFA Northwestern University. Faculty member at the State University of New York and at Carnegie-Mellon University. Recent major directing credits include THE MIRACLE WORKER, and AMERICAN PRIMITIVE, both by William Gibson, and produced at The Berkshire Theatre Festival in Stockbridge, MA. Other projects include, Shakespeare's JULIUS CAESAR, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, CAROUSEL, MAN OF LA MANCHA, which received the 1997 Best Musical Award for the Connecticut Critics' Circle, WINGS, THE MUSICAL which was nominated for Best Direction by the Connecticut Critics Circle, IPHIGENIA AND OTHER DAUGHTERS and OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD at CRT. As a designer, his work includes scenery and costumes for Off-Broadway, television and over 70 productions at many of America's leading repertory theatres, including Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse In the Park, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Buffalo Studio Arena, Stage West, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, George Street Playhouse, Barter Theatre, Brunswick Music Theatre, American Stage Festival, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera and North Shore Music Theatre. His most recent design credits include ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD, KING LEAR, and a new production of THE DEAD, based on the short story by James Joyce, at Salt Lake City's Pioneer Theatre Company, OF MICE AND MEN at the Barter Theatre, Tom Dudzick's OVER THE TAVERN at the Pittsburgh Public Theatre, MY FAIR LADY at the Berkshire Theatre Festival, and the world premieres of Beth Henley's L-PLAY and GOOD COMPANY, a new musical by Sheldon Harnick, also at the Berkshire Theatre Festival. He is currently on the Board of Directors serving as Immediate Past President for U/RTA, University/Resident Theatre Association. He is a Full member of United Scenic Artists Local #829, and The Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers. He served as Commissioner of Scene Design for the United States Institute for Theatre Technology, USITT. He is a member of the National Theatre Conference.

*Click on the links below to see some of Gary's scenic desings.

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