John Collins (director)

John Collins (born c.1969 Chapel Hill, North Carolina) is an American director and designer of experimental theatre from New York City.

A native of Vidalia, Georgia; he and graduated from Yale University in 1991, cum laude.

He is founder and artistic director of Elevator Repair Service theatre, a New York-based theatre ensemble. He has also worked as a sound designer for the Wooster Group. John is also a private pilot.

Awards

• 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship^[1]
• 2010 Elliot Norton Award for Best Director^[2]
• Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Director (Gatz, 2011)
• United States Artists Donnelley Fellowship (2011)

Works

• Fondly, Collette Richland (new play by Sibyl Kempson, premiering 2015).
• Arguendo (The Public Theater, 2013)
• Shuffle (The New York Public Library, 2011).
• The Sun Also Rises (New York Theatre Workshop, 2011).
• Gatz (The Public Theater, 2010)
• The Sound and the Fury (April Seventh, 1928) (New York Theatre Workshop, 2008)
• No Great Society (P.S.122, 2006)
• Gatz (World Premiere, Brussels, 2006)
• Room Tone (P.S.122, 2002)
• Highway to Tomorrow (HERE Arts Center, 2000).
• Total Fictional Lie (P.S.122, 1998).
• Cab Legs (P.S.122, 1997).
• Shut-up I Tell You (I Said, Shut-up I Tell You) (P.S.122 1996).
• McGurk: A Cautionary Tale (HERE Arts Center, 1994).
• Language Instruction: Love Family vs. Andy Kaufman (HERE Arts Center, 1994).
• Spine Check (Soho Rep, 1993).
• Marx Brothers on Horseback Salad (Ohio Theater, 1992).
• Mr. Antipyrine, Fire Extinguisher (Nada, 1991).

References

External links

• Elevator Repair Service
• "Interview", Harvard Arts Beat