Leigh Silverman

Leigh Silverman (Director) has directed over 60 world premiere new plays and musicals including Jump/Cut and Bright Half Life for WP. She received Tony nominations for her direction of the musicals Suffs and Violet and received a 2011 Obie Award and 2019 Obie for Sustained Excellence. Broadway credits: Yellow Face (Roundabout), Suffs (Tony nomination), Grand Horizons, The Lifespan of a Fact, Violet (Tony nomination), Chinglish, Well. Select Off-Broadway: The Seat of Our Pants (Public Theater), Harry Clarke (Audible with the Vineyard (Lortel nom), Minetta Lane, Berkeley Repertory Theater and West End (Ambassadors); The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (Shed, Taper), Soft Power (Public Theater; Ahmanson Theater/Curran Theater; Drama Desk nomination), Sweet Charity (New Group). Encores: Violet, The Wild Party and Really Rosie. Audible projects include Harry Clarke and Dykes to Watch Out For, which was named Best of Year for Audible and Slate.