Lee Lewis | |
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Artistic Director of Griffin Theatre Company | |
In office 2012–unknown | |
Artistic Director of Queensland Theatre Company | |
Assumed office 2019 | |
Preceded by | Sam Strong |
Personal details | |
Education | Columbia University,National Institute of Dramatic Art |
Awards | Helpmann Award |
Lee Lewis is an Australian theatre director.
Lewis trained as an actor at Columbia University in New York. [1] Returning to Australia,she completed a Masters of Directing at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 2005. [2] [3]
In In 2006 she directed a play by New Zealand writer Matthew J. Saville about the Boer War entitled Kikia te Poa,which was performed at the Old Fitzroy Theatre in Sydney. [4] [5]
She was appointed artistic director of Sydney's Griffin Theatre Company in 2012. [6]
Lewis was appointed artistic director of the Queensland Theatre Company in 2019,succeeding Sam Strong who was her predecessor at Griffin as well. [7]
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