Brian Kulick is a director, writer, teacher, producer, and current Chair of the Graduate Theatre Program at Columbia University. He has been the Artistic Director of Classic Stage Company where he directed?Galileo?with F. Murray Abraham,?The Tempest?with Mandy Patinkin, and?The Forest?with Dianne Weist. He commissioned and co-directed poet Anne Carson's award-winning?An Oresteia, collaborated with composer Duncan Sheik on productions of Brecht’s?Caucasian Chalk Circle,?Man’s A Man, and?Mother Courage, and produced CSC's much lauded?Chekhov Cycle (Ivanov, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, The Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard)?with Alan Cumming, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ethan Hawke, Joley Richardson, Peter Sarsgaard, John Turturro and Dianne Weist. He initiated CSC’S Music Theatre Initiative and produced revivals of Stephen Sondheim’s Passion and Pacific Overtures, and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s rarely performed Allegro. He also made CSC the home for playwright David Ives whose?Venus in Fur?transferred to Broadway and was nominated for a Tony Award for best play. Prior to this, he was an Artistic Associate and then Associate Producer for the Public Theatre where he directed the New York premiere of Tony Kushner’s adaptation of?A Dybbuk, as well as acclaimed productions of?Twelfth Night,?Winter’s Tale, and?Timon of Athens?at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. He is the author of?Staging Shakespeare (Methuen), How Greek Theatre Works, The Elements of Theatrical Expression, The Secret Life of Theatre (all for Routledge). His most recent book, Staging the End of the World; Theatre in a Time of Climate Crisis, will be released by Methuen.
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‘Staging Shakespeare’ by Theatre Program Chair Brian Kulick Released by Bloomsbury
Staging Shakespeare: A Director’s Guide to Preparing a Production by Professor and Theatre Program Chair Brian Kulick was recently released by Bloomsbury.
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Professor Brian Kulick Releases New Book ‘How Greek Tragedy Works’
Professor and Department Chair Brian Kulick recently released his new book How Greek Tragedy Works: A Guide For Directors.?
Chair, Theatre
Professor of Professional Practice, Theatre
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