LIESL TOMMY (Director) is an award-winning international theatre director known for her innovative interpretation of classics and development of exciting new works. Premiers: Eclipsed (now on Broadway); The Good Negro, The Urban Retreat. Informed Consent, A Melancholy Play, Kid Victory, Party People, Appropriate, The White Man – A Complex Declaration of Love, Peggy Picket Sees the Face of God, A History of Light, Angela’s Mixtape. Classics: Les Misérables, Hamlet, A Raisin in the Sun, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Ruined. Associate artist at Berkeley Rep; Sundance Institute program associate and artists trustee. Facilitated the inaugural Sundance East Africa Theatre Director’s Lab in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Awards: Obie Award, Pioneer of the Arts Award, Lillian Hellman Award, Susan Stroman Award and NEA/TCG Directors Grant. Alumnus of Trinity Rep Conservatory. Proud native of Cape Town, South Africa.

	Production	Theatre	Opened	Credit
1	Relevance	Lucille Lortel Theatre	02/20/2018	Director
2	Kid Victory	Vineyard Theatre	02/22/2017	Director
3	Party People	Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Anspacher Theater	11/16/2016	Director
4	Eclipsed	Joseph Papp Public Theater/ LuEsther Hall	10/14/2015	Director
5	Informed Consent	The Duke on 42nd Street	08/18/2015	Director
6	Appropriate	Pershing Square Signature Center/ The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre	03/16/2014	Director
7	The Good Negro	Joseph Papp Public Theater/ LuEsther Hall	03/16/2009	Director
8	Antigone Project	Julia Miles Theater	10/13/2004	Director

	Production	Theatre	Opened	Credit
1	Party People	Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Anspacher Theater	11/16/2016	Developer

		Award	Production	Function
1	WON	2016 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Director	Eclipsed	Director
2	NOMINATED	2016 AUDELCO Award, Director/Dramatic Production	Eclipsed	Director
3	WON	2014 Obie Award, Direction	Appropriate	Director