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CONNER WILSON
DIRECTOR

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ABOUT ME

Conner Wilson is a Freelance Director and Broadway Associate Director; who specializes in maintaining the Broadway Play. 

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He has worked all over the world; including directing and casting theatre in both Tokyo and São Paulo. He is based out of Brooklyn, NYC where he lives with his incredible wife. 

 

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.

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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.

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Proud member SDC. Prouder husband of Lindsey Kite.

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FEATURED PROJECTS

Waiting for Godot

Conner is the Associate Director of Jamie LLoyd’s, Waiting for Godot. Opening at the Hudson Theatre this fall, staring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter.

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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

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 maintained the show on Broadway for 5 years. 

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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. 

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His students have gone on to attended many of the top collegiate institutions in the United States, alongside successful regional and Broadway careers. 

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He is available for monologue and side coaching, with a speciality in Auditioning for Shakespeare. 

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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

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TORCH SONG BROADWAY

Helen Hayes Theatre

Associate Director to Moisés Kaufman

UPCOMING PROJECTS

MacBeth
by William Shakespeare
The Post Theatre Company at Long Island University

Cinderella
Music by Richard Rodgers
Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein
Adapted for the Stage by Tom Briggs
Oklahoma State University 

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Once 
Book by Enda Walsh
Music and Lyrics by Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová
Le Petit Théâtre du Vieux Carré, New Orleans

SELECT RECENT PROJECTS

List of Productions
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Once | Le Petit Théâtre du Vieux Carré *Upcoming*
Cinderella | Oklahoma State University *Upcoming*
Macbeth | Long Island University POST Theatre *Upcoming*
Henry IV Part 1 | Southern Shakespeare Festival 
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 Theater Company
How to Make a Boy Disappear | American Theater Company
Love’s Labour’s Lost | Commission Theatre 
This is Our Youth | Clarence Brown Theatre
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
​​Henry Makes a Bible | Ensemble Theatre NYC
American Yu | Prologue Theatre DC
If Only Once | Commission Theatre
The Raven and the Sparrow | Adapt Theatre

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As Associate 
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Waiting for Godot | Hudson Theatre *Upcoming*
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

*10 Tony Nominations / 6 Wins including Best Play and Best Director
**2 Tony Nominations
**2 Lucille Lortel Nominations 
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As Assistant
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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
Passengers | American Theater Company
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As Text Coach / Dramaturg
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Coriolanus | Commission Theatre
The Humans | American Theater Company *First Workshop*
The Projects | American Theater Company 
Sons of the Prophet | American Theater Company
It’s a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play | American Theater Company
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As Producer at Commission Theatre
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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
(Including plays by Lauren Yee, Calamity West, and Caity-Shea Violette)
Second Annual @Will Short Play Festival

As Producer at American Theater Company

10 x 10 Short Play Festival 
Big Shoulders Short Play Festival 
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As Masterclass Teacher / Guest Lecturer
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International Thespian Festival 2025
University of Arizona 
Oklahoma State University 
Southern Shakespeare Festival (Bardling Program)
University of Oklahoma - School of Law
Broadway Speakers Bureau
The Growing Studio LINK Program
Norwalk Conservatory of the Arts
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 Theater Company Youth Ensemble
Great River Shakespeare Festival
Adapt Theatre Company  

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Associations / Fellowships 
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Founding Artistic Director - Commission Theatre
Assistant to the Artistic Director - American Theater Company
New Works Fellow - American Theater Company
Classical Directing Fellow - Great River Shakespeare Festival 
Directing Fellow - Three Brothers Theatre
Assistant to the Production Manager - Ravenswood Studio and Farbication
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Education
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University of Birmingham UK - MA - Shakespeare - Summa Cum Laude
University of Oklahoma - BFA - Directing - Cum Laude
Funny School of Good Acting Clown School - Chris Bayes
I.O. (Improv Olympic) Chicago - Summer Intensive

Grants

International Arts Movement Grant 
Theatre Bay Area Grant
Drama League Foundation Grant 
Hillary Teachout Grant 
SDC General Operating Grant 

Publications / Conferences
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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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