DIRECTOR:
Steven Young
RECENT PRODUCTIONS:
The Cambridge Shakespeare Festival, UK.
Director of The Comedy of Errors,
Robinson College Gardens.
Director of The Taming of the Shrew,
Trinity College Gardens & Robinson
College Gardens.
REVIEW
The Cambridge News: Paul Holland reviews Taming of
the Shrew: "If I be waspish, beware
my sting or something like that. There were a few wasps in Robinson
College gardens last night (Thurs, July 24) for the performance of
Taming of the Shrew due to the picnics, but there was a lot of fun
to be had by cast and audience alike.
This is the third show in the Shakespeare Festival I have seen and
it was a delight. Arriving just in time to catch the opening on what
was a hot July evening my partner and I were greeted with a lawn full
of a picnicking audience.
We quickly sat down and stuffed a few sandwiches down our throats,
batting the wasps away. Then, as if a summer's evening in a purpose-built
theatre garden, with a picnic wasn't enough - the play started. And
it was funny, frantic and relaxed. The central relationship between
the shrewish Kate and the boorish Petruchio was, almost literally,
a riot.
The wooing of Kate in the play is always a stage battle of words which
doesn't need swords to draw blood and this was one of the best I have
seen.
The play run's until Saturday at Robinson and then transfers to Trinity
College gardens from August 18 to September 6."
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EDUCATION:
A Masters of fine Arts in Directing from Illinois State University.
In 1996 Steven was selected as an Alternate for the New York Drama
League’s Director’s Fellowships.
EXPERIENCE:
Steve has directed over 70 productions including The Illusion-Swine
Palace Productions, Hard Road-Theatre Building Chicago, Last Night
of Ballyhoo & Noises Off-New American Theatre, Arms and the
Man-American Southwest Theatre, Mad Forest-The Milwaukee Repertory
Theatre and Antony and Cleopatra & Henry VI part 2-The Shakespeare
Project.
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS:
2003 The Firebugs “Stead Style” one of the best productions
of 2001-2002.
2003 The Wal*Mart-ians, Chicago Arts and Entertainment “best
comic play of the 2001-2002 season.”
2001 The Resurrectionists nominated for two Joseph Jefferson citations,
Chicago.
2001 Charlie Sexboots chose, as Chicago’s hottest tip, The
Chicago Tribune.
1996 Much Ado about Nothing, nominated by the Pantagraph for Best
Production, Direction, and Design.
1994 Six Degrees of Separation voted best Studio Production of
the year.
1992 Hamlet Journal Star pick for Best Production of the Year.
* For complete directing resume please contact Steven
Young
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