David F. Chapman

DAVID F. CHAPMAN (Director) A Chicago native, David has worked in theatre in many places. Highlights include performing his solo shows in Edinburgh, Montreal, Budapest, and London, directing Tennessee Williams in Ho Chi Minh City, leading a devised theatre workshop in Cambodia, and interning for the International Theatre Institute in Paris and NYC. David has directed for Ars Nova's ANT Fest, FringeNYC, Studio 42, Metropolis Opera Project, NYU Grad Acting, NYMF, New Leaf (Chicago), The Old Vic / New Voices TS Eliot Exchange (London),Millbrook Playhouse (PA), and Northwestern's Cherubs program. He has directed readings/workshops for Reverie, EST/Youngbloods, and the Lark, and has worked many talented playwrights including Matthew-Lee Erlbach, Anna Moench, A. Zell Williams, Bekah Brunstetter, Jason Grote, Andrew Muir, Joe Tracz and Philip Dawkins. Assisting includes The Pitmen Painters (MTC/Broadway), That Hopey Changey Thing (The Public), The Addams Family (Chicago& Broadway), plus Playwrights Horizons, Primary Stages, Encores!, and four productions at Chicago Shakespeare. Member: Civilians R&D Group, Directors Lab Chicago, Lark Lit Wing, and Studio 42. Awards: Fulbright to Hungary, Luce Scholarship to Vietnam, Chicago Artists Grant, and Drama League Fall Fellowship. Training: BA with Highest Honors (UNC-Chapel Hill).

Shows participated in:
No Poem No Song (2010 - 11) Director