JEF HALL-FLAVIN

I am a director and multidisciplinary theater maker based in the UK and the US.

 

After more than 25 years making things happen as a director, teacher, non-profit leader, administrator, producer, designer, and writer, I'm currently refocusing my creative energy in an academic setting, researching performance practice at the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama.

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I've found that theater makers are among the most resourceful, flexible people I know. In our careers we must often wear many hats, think in creative ways, and learn to collaborate with everyone. 

I oversaw the Tennessee Williams Festival from 2007 - 2018 with a small team of dedicated people. I managed its growth from a bold idea into a viable reality that has transformed the fall tourism economy in Provincetown Massachusetts while shedding an international spotlight on the avant-garde spirit and still-expanding canon of America's great playwright.

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In my 13 years of leadership at the Festival, I've honed my skills in marketing, graphic design, development, producing, community engagement, and general management, all while directing more than a dozen of my own productions in hotel rooms, porches, living rooms, schools, town halls, beaches, fishing piers, and even theaters.

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Presenting 130 productions and engaging more than 1400 artists and staff has taught me a great deal about what can be achieved with limited resources through creativity, clear vision, and a willingness to do whatever needs to be done.

Executive Director

PROVINCETOWN TENNESSEE WILLIAMS THEATER FESTIVAL
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At the largest classical theatre in the United States, I was a key member of the artistic team for two and a half years with Artistic Director Michael Kahn from 2003 - 2005.

 

There I served as casting director, assisted on four productions and directed one of my own while supporting guest directors in casting, dramaturgy, and as a production liaison. As a senior staff member, I oversaw budgets in excess of $1.3M, held over 2,000 auditions a year, supervised artistic interns and acting fellows, rehearsed understudies, and directed readings.

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In addition to working with some of the most accomplished classical actors in the country, I developed working relationships with directors such as Mark Lamos, Bill Alexander, Keith Baxter, Kate Whoriskey, Douglas C. Wager, Ethan McSweeny, and Mary Zimmerman.

Associate Director

THE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE COMPANY
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I have been fortunate to direct the first productions of three short plays by world-renowned playwright Tennessee Williams, and produce nine others.

 

The Parade kicked off the first Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival in 2006: a bittersweet, openly gay autobiographical play about love and heartbreak in 1940.

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Green Eyes followed in 2008, a kinky Vietnam-era thriller about a dysfunctional newlywed couple that I have now adapted into a short film.

 

In 2009, I directed an un-produced short called The Enemy: Time, a play that Williams eventually developed into Sweet Bird of Youth.

Bringing unknown plays by Tennessee Williams to life

WORLD PREMIERE PRODUCTIONS
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© 2019 by Jef Hall-Flavin