Lee Sunday Evans

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Lee Sunday Evans is a two-time Obie Award-winning director and choreographer. She is Artistic Director of Waterwell.

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Education

Evans attended college in Boston. [1]

Career

Evans has worked for theatres such as The Public Theater, Lincoln Center, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, [2] and Playwrights Horizons [3] and for festivals such as the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, BAM Next Wave Festival, Edinburgh International Festival, and the Humana Festival. [4] [5]

In 2018, Evan was named Artistic Director of Waterwell. [3] [6]

In 2025, it was announced that Evans would be directing a musical version of A Wrinkle in Time at Washington, D.C.'s Arena Stage. [7]

Theatre work

YearWorkRoleTypeRef
2016CaughtDirectorOff-Broadway
2017Bull in a China ShopDirectorOff-Broadway
2017The Winter's TaleDirectorOff-Broadway
2018[PORTO]DirectorOff-Broadway
2018 Dance Nation Director, ChoreographerOff-Broadway
2019The CourtroomDirectorOff-Broadway
2019 In the Green DirectorOff-Broadway
2019SundayDirector, ChoreographerOff-Broadway
2020Riddle of the TrilobitesDirectorOff-Broadway [8]
2020Oratorio For Living ThingsDirectorOff-Broadway [9] [10]
2023FoodCo-director [11]
2023A Good Day to Me Not to YouDirector [12]
2024Munich MedeaDirector [13]
2024Safety Not GuaranteedDirectorOff-Broadway [14]
2025Oratorio For Living ThingsDirectorOff-Broadway
2025A Wrinkle in TimeDirectorOff-Broadway

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Lee Sunday Evans Takes on Seven Questions About Directing Sunday at Atlantic Theater Company, Her Formative 20s, & Her Casting Process | the Daily Scoop".
  2. ↑ "Lee Sunday Evans". Steppenwolf Theatre Company . Retrieved 2025-06-16.
  3. 1 2 Aukland, Cleo (2018-11-15). "Lee Sunday Evans Named New Artistic Director at Waterwell". Playbill .
  4. ↑ "Lee Sunday Evans". Lincoln Center Theater . Archived from the original on 2025-01-21. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
  5. ↑ "Lee Sunday Evans". Singapore International Festival of Arts . Retrieved 2025-06-16.
  6. ↑ "Lee Sunday Evans - Bio". WATERWELL. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
  7. ↑ "see-whos-starring-in-world-premiere-of-a-wrinkle-in-time-musical". Playbill .
  8. ↑ Graeber, Laurel (2020-02-10). "Can Puppets Save the World From Extinction? (Published 2020)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2022-11-25. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
  9. ↑ Solís, Jose (2022-03-16). "Heather Christian's Choral Work Is a Study of Time. Patience, Too". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2022-12-07. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
  10. ↑ Green, Jesse (2022-03-30). "Review: In 'Oratorio for Living Things,' the Song Is You (Published 2022)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2024-02-26. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
  11. ↑ Bahr, Sarah (2023-11-06). "In 'Food,' Geoff Sobelle Explores the Extremes of Eating". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2023-11-17. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
  12. ↑ Kumar, Naveen (2023-11-21). "Full Exposure? Four Solo Shows Ponder the Art of True Nature". The New York Times . Archived from the original on 2024-05-01. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
  13. ↑ Feng, Rhoda (2024-02-14). "'Munich Medea: Happy Family' Review: A Friendship Crushed by the Past". The New York Times . Archived from the original on 2024-02-24. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
  14. ↑ Collins-Hughes, Laura (2024-10-04). "Time-Traveling Film 'Safety Not Guaranteed' Hits Some Bumps Onstage". The New York Times . Archived from the original on 2024-10-04. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
  15. 1 2 Myers, Victoria (2016-11-16). "An Interview with Lee Sunday Evans". The Interval. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
  16. ↑ "Lee Sunday Evans". PlayMakers Repertory Company. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
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