Director—Pericles

Previously at the Festival: Scapin, The Imaginary Invalid, Cymbeline, The Comedy of Errors

Off-Broadway: Signature Theatre—A Lesson Before Dying

Other Theatres: Denver Center Theatre Company—Plainsong, Eventide, Benediction, King Lear, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Sweeney Todd, The Taming of the Shrew, Measure for Measure, Othello, Irving Berlin's White Christmas; Alabama Shakespeare Company—Macbeth (and U.S. military base tour), Richard II, Henry IV Part One, The Winter's Tale, Much Ado about Nothing, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Richard III, The Cherry Orchard; Goodspeed Musicals—Great Expectations: The Musical

Other Credits: producing srtistic director, Denver Center Theatre Company and Alabama Shakespeare Festival; commissioned sixty-five new plays and produced forty-eight world premieres

Publications: Directing Professionally: A Practical Guide to Developing a Successful Career in Today's Theatre (Bloomsbury/Methuen Drama)

Education: BA, William & Mary; ASGM, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London

Professional Affiliations: Stage Directors and Choreographers Society

Website: kent-thompson.net