[Jef Hall-Flavin]

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 honed my skills in marketing, 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 clear vision, creativity, planning, and hard work.  Click here for a 2015 radio interview on Williams and the Festival.

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.

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.

I held several positions at one of the largest regional theaters in the United States. In my six years on staff, I coordinated over 400 volunteers, gave hundreds of workshops throughout Minnesota, and taught learners of all ages as a teaching artist in programs ranging from summer camps to writing workshops to professional acting and directing courses.

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In addition to developing and directing a regional touring production that was seen in 5 states by over 10,000 students, I served as an assistant director to Joe Dowling, John Miller-Stephany, and Mark Lamos on productions by Tom Stoppard, Stephen Sondheim, and William Shakespeare.