8/3/2019 Josh Costello Directing Resume

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JOSH COSTELLOjoshcostello@gmail.com (415) 830-6385 www.joshcostello.com

DIRECTINGMarin Theatre Company MY CHILDREN! MY AFRICA! by Athol Fugard (six Bay Area Critics Circle Award nominations)

LOVERS AND EXECUTIONERS by John Strandvarious TYA touring productions, including new plays by Steve Yockey and Lauren Gunde

San Francisco Playhouse REBORNINGby Zayd Dohrn(premiere)

Magic Theatre HOUSE OF LUCKY by Frank Wortham

Custom Made Theatre Company LITTLE BROTHER adapted from the novel by Cory Doctorow(premiere)

Impact Theatre THE WAKE-UP CREW by Zay Amsbury (premiere)(sample listing) COMMEDIA 2000: SOCCER MOM VS. MONSTER BUD(premiere)

The Marsh HOUSE OF LUCKY by Frank Wortham (also played New York Fringe Festival, others)BACC Awards for Original Script, Solo Performance; SF Bay Guardian Solo Performance Award

KOCE-TV: THE ROVER by Aphra Behn, adapted by Josh Costello

Storefront Theatre Live (live television broadcast of Chance Theatre production)(Orange Countys PBS affiliate) OC Weekly Theatre Award nominations for Best Ensemble, Best Direction

The Crucible ROMEO & JULIET: THE FIRE BALLET (premiere)(industrial arts center, Oakland)

Shakespeare-by-the-Sea(LA) HAMLET by Shakespeare(outdoor production performing in parks in LA & the OC)THE MISANTHROPE by Moliere, translated by Wilbur(at Little Fish Theatre)

The MET Theatre(Hollywood) MACBETH by William ShakespeareThe Chance Theater THE EIGHT: REINDEER MONOLOGUES by Jeff Goode(Orange County) OC Weekly Theater Award for Best Ensemble; nominated for Best Production

DIARY OF ANNE FRANK by Goodrich, Hackett, Kesselman (BackStage West Critics Pick)

The Ethnic Cultural Theatre MARISOL by Jos Rivera(Seattle)Mira Theatre Guild (Vallejo) THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST by Oscar Wilde

Cal Shakes, American Conservatory Theatre, South Coast Rep, SF Shakes, UC Riverside, others

many productions for training programs with student actors, including:ANTONY & CLEOPATRA, ALLS WELL THAT ENDS WELL, AS YOU LIKE IT, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS, HENRY IV,PART ONE, JULIUS CAESAR, ROMEO & JULIET, THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA,

THE WINTERS TALE, THE FORCED MARRIAGE by Moliere, GALILEO by Brecht

ASSISTANT DIRECTINGStephen Wadsworth at Berkeley RepValerie Curtis-Newton at NorthWest Asian American Theatre

Steve Pearson at University of Washington

James Bohnen at Boston University

EDUCATIONM.F.A. Directing: University of Washington, Seattle (Studied with Jon Jory)

B.F.A. Theatre: Boston UniversityDirectors Lab West 2004