WILL DETLEFSEN ⎮ DIRECTOR
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DIRECTING
I AM A POSITIVE PERSON (Zoom) by Danny Rocco, Atlantic Theater School, NYC
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF by Tennessee Williams, New York University, NYC (postponed due to COVID-19)
THE BREWERY by Manning Jordan, Dixon Place, NYC
THE STRAIGHTS by T. Adamson, JACK, NYC
YOU'RE GONNA BE FAMOUS by York Walker, Atlantic Theater School, NYC
THE FUNFAIR by Simon Stephens, California Repertory Theatre, Long Beach, CA
LARVAE by Kelsey Torstveit, Alchemical Theater, NYC
PICK A COLOR by Emily Feldman, Dixon Place, NYC
MACHINALIA by Steph Del Rosso, JACK, NYC
CONFIRMATION by Chris Thorpe, Oakland Theater Project, Oakland, CA
MACHINALIA by Steph Joy Del Rosso, Oakland Theater Project, Oakland, CA
STRANGE MEN by Will Snider, UC San Diego, CA
MACHINALIA by Steph Joy Del Rosso, UC San Diego, CA
VIEUX CARRÉ by Tennessee Williams, UC San Diego, CA
GO. PLEASE. GO. by Emily Feldman, UC San Diego, CA
RHINOCÉROS by Eugene Ionesco, UC San Diego, CA
DEATH OF A DRIVER by Will Snider, UC San Diego, CA
LEAR by Young Jean Lee, UC San Diego, CA
HOUSE & VARIATIONS by T. Adamson, Dixon Place, NYC
THE MYSTERY OF PEARL STREET by Toni Schlesinger, Dixon Place, NYC
BLASTED by Sarah Kane, Duo Theatre, NYC
HIDING LIKE ELEPHANTS (based on Jean-Luc Godard's film BREATHLESS) adapted by Will Detlefsen, Hangar Theatre, Ithaca, NY
A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD by Robert & Willie Reale, Hangar Theatre, Ithaca, NY
AUTHENTIC LESBIAN CUISINE by Jeremy Hersh, Manhattan Rep, NYC
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY by Harold Pinter, 14th Street Y, NYC
XIX by Jessica Almasy, New York University, NYC
THE HAPPY JOURNEY TO TRENTON AND CAMDEN by Thornton Wilder, New York University, NYC
ARTISTIC DIRECTING | MULTIPURPOSEROOM
YEAR OF THE HIPPO devised by MultiPurposeRoom, Space on White, NYC
BUILDINGS. devised by MultiPurposeRoom, LaMama, NYC
TELEVISE THIS! devised by MultiPurposeRoom, 440 Studios, NYC
ASSISTANT / *ASSOCIATE DIRECTING
THE PAIN OF MY BELLIGERENCE by Halley Feiffer, Playwrights Horizons (dir. Trip Cullman)
I WAS MOST ALIVE WITH YOU by Craig Lucas, Playwrights Horizons (dir. Tyne Rafaeli)
FELLOW TRAVELERS by Jack Canfora, Bay Street Theatre (dir. Michael Wilson)
*ANGELS IN AMERICA by Tony Kushner, Berkeley Repertory Theatre (dir. Tony Taccone)
SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL by Colman Domingo, Robert Cary, & Des McAnuff, La Jolla Playhouse (dir. Des McAnuff)
WAITING FOR GODOT by Samuel Beckett, UC San Diego (dir. Gabor Tompa)
THE LAST TIGER IN HAITI by Jeff Augustin, La Jolla Playhouse (dir. Joshua Kahan Brody)
UP HERE by Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson-Lopez, La Jolla Playhouse (dir. Alex Timbers)
THE BABYLON LINE by Richard Greenberg, New York Stage & Film / Powerhouse Theatre (dir. Terry Kinney)
STRAIGHT WHITE MEN (workshop) by Young Jean Lee, 5th Avenue Armory (dir. Young Jean Lee)
LEAR by Young Jean Lee, New York University (dir. Rachel Chavkin)
THE CHERRY ORCHARD by Anton Chekhov, New York University (dir. Robert Moss)
DINNER AT EIGHT by George S. Kaufman & Edna Ferber, New York University (dir. Robert Moss)
EDUCATION / RECOGNITION
University of California, San Diego, Master of Fine Arts in Directing, 2017
New York University, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre, Art History minor, 2011
*National Directors Fellowship through O'Neill Theater Center, National New Play Network, and Kennedy Center, 2019-2021
*Robert Moss Playwrights Horizons Directing Fellow, 2018-2019
*Manhattan Theatre Club Directing Fellow, 2017-2018
*Recipient of the Inaugural Stage Directors & Choreographers Society MFA Student Initiative Award, 2017
*Drama League Summer Directing Fellow, 2013
*Recipient of the Drama Award for Playwrights Horizons, 2011
