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"Alison is sensitive with actors; they seem to trust her implicitly...she possesses a keen eye towards story-telling
through pictures
and movement..."
- Barbara Lhota,
​Playwright

Directing Credits (selected)

DANCE NATION (2/2023)                                    Clare Barron                              Columbia College Chicago
DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI OF THE                         Ryan Oliveria                             Steppenwolf Theatre Lookout Series 
   STANTON SCHOOL                                                                                                 Broken Nose Theatre (BF7)
THE GIRL IN THE RED CORNER (2/2019)
♦          Stephen Spotswood                  Broken Nose Theatre
GIRL FOUND                                                        Barbara Lhota                            Idle Muse Theatre Company
BIG The Musical (TYA)                                         John Weidman,                         Wilmette Center for the Arts
                                                                            David Shire & Richard Maltby
GIRL FOUND 
∞                                                    Barbara Lhota                           20% Theatre Company
GIRL FOUND ∞                                                    Barbara Lhota                           Raven Theatre
GIRL FOUND ∞                                                    Barbara Lhota                            Idle Muse Theater Company  
THE TALKING CURE*                                            Christopher Hampton                 Idle Muse Theater Company
WITCH SLAP!  ∞                                                 Jeff Goode                                 Babes With Blades Theatre Company
180 DEGREE RULE ∞                                          MEH Lewis                                 Babes With Blades Theatre Company
                                                                           and Barbara Lhota 
THE RIVALRY*                                                     Norman Corwin                          Ford’s Theatre 
BACK THERE                                                       Peter Lerman                             American University (New Works Series)
HYPE •                                                                Danny Bernardo                         4 + 1 Productions
MRS. DIRE’S HOUSE OF CRUMPETS                    Byron Hatfield                            Babes With Blades Theatre Company
AND SOLUTIONS 
BABES WITH BLADES:                                        Various                                       Babes With Blades Theatre Company
CLIFFHANGERS
MOST MASSIVE WOMAN WINS                           Madeline George                        Act One Studios
‘OUTTA CONTEXT                                               Various                                       Columbia College of Chicago
CHRYSALIS •                                                       Katie Carey                                Women’s Theatre Alliance
DEATHTRAP*                                                      Ira Levin                                     Buffalo Theatre Ensemble
ACCOMPLICE*                                                     Rupert Holmes                           Buffalo Theatre Ensemble
WORKING                                                           Stephen Schwartz                     Columbia College of Chicago
                                                                           and Nina Faso  
THE REAL THING                                                Tom Stoppard                            Columbia College of Chicago
HOW THE OTHER  HALF LOVES*                        Alan Ayckbourn                          Broutil and Frothingham Productions 
GIANT STEPS*                                                    Youth Theater Wksp                  Chernin Center for the Arts
MARTIN FUREY’S SHOT*                                    Maureen Gallagher                     Prop Theatre / New Plays Festival
ANTIGONE                                                         Sophocles                                   Columbia College of Chicago
HOT ‘N’ THROBBING                                          Paula Vogel                                Columbia College of Chicago

• Workshop   ∞ Non-staged reading   *Assistant Director  ♦ Associate Director
Producing Credits
SUSAN SWAYNE AND THE                                  Reina Hardy                               Babes With Blades Theatre Company
   BEWILDERED BRIDE
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS                                  William Shakespeare                  greasy joan & co.
MARISOL                                                             Jose Rivera                                 greasy joan & co.

Education
Masters of the Arts in Arts Management, American University (Washington, DC)
Bachelor of the Arts in Directing and Acting, Columbia College Chicago

Related Experience
  • Artistic Director of Theatre Programming, Wilmette Center for the Arts 
  • Babes With Blades Theatre Company ensemble member (2001 – present)
  • Babes With Blades Theatre Company Marketing Coordinator (2003 – 2008, 2010 - present), Casting Team (2018-present), Inclusion Strategies Team (2017 - present)
  • Graduate Fellow of Theater, American University (Washington, DC, 2008 - 2010)
  • greasy joan & co emeritus member (active company member, 2001-2003)
  • New Plays reader, Literary Department, The Goodman Theatre (2003-2004)
  • SAFD Actor / Combatant  in Unarmed, Rapier & Dagger, Small Sword, Broadsword, Sword and Shield, Knife, Quarterstaff, and Single Sword
Photo credit:  Wilmette Center for the Arts' production of BIG TYA, photo by Alison Dornheggen
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