Oskar Eustis

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Oskar Eustis
Born (1958-07-31) July 31, 1958 (age 63)

Oskar Eustis (born July 31, 1958) has been the Artistic Director at the Public Theater in New York City since 2005. He has worked as a director, dramaturg, and artistic director for theaters around the United States. [1]

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Early life

Eustis grew up in Minnesota. His parents, Warren Eustis, a district attorney and an official of the Democratic Party in Minnesota, and Doris Marquit, a women's studies professor, [2] divorced when he was ten. He graduated from high school at age 15 and moved to New York City, briefly attended New York University, and then co-founded the Red Wing Theater Company. After working in Switzerland, he moved to San Francisco, and started working at the Eureka Theatre Company. He met his wife, Laurie, at the Mark Taper Forum. [3]

Career

Eustis has been the Artistic Director of the Public Theater since 2005. He was the artistic director at the Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, Rhode Island from 1994 to 2005. From 1989 to 1994 he was the associate artistic director for the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. He was the resident director and dramaturg for the Eureka Theatre Company in San Francisco, California from 1981 to 1986 and then artistic director from 1986 to 1989. [1] He started the Red Wing Company when he was sixteen with Stephan Muller. [4]

At the Public, Eustis directed the New York premieres of Rinne Groff's Compulsion and The Ruby Sunrise, Lawrence Wright's The Human Scale, and the 2008 Shakespeare in the Park production of Hamlet . At Trinity Repertory Company he directed the world premiere of Paula Vogel's The Long Christmas Ride Home in 2003 [5] and Tony Kushner’s Homebody/Kabul in 2002, [6] both recipients of the Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Production.

While at the Eureka Theatre, he commissioned Tony Kushner’s Angels in America , and directed its world premiere at the Mark Taper Forum. [7] In 2019, he directed Suzan-Lori Parks's play White Noise . [8]

He was a professor of theatre, speech and dance at Brown University, where he founded and chaired the Trinity Rep/Brown University Consortium for professional theater training. He also served on the faculty of the Bread Loaf School of English at Middlebury College.

Eustis is a professor of dramatic writing and arts and public policy at New York University, and has held professorships at UCLA, Middlebury College, and Brown University. [2] He also teaches a small seminar at Saint Ann's School (Brooklyn). [3]

Filmography

YearTitleMediumRoleNotes
2007Working in the TheatreTV seriesHimselfEpisode 29.6
2010Made HereTV series documentaryHimself
2011Stage Left: A Story of Theatre in San FranciscoDocumentaryHimself
2011-2012Charlie RoseTV seriesHimself2 episodes
2012Gossip GirlTV seriesHimselfEpisode 6.2
2013Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of BelarusDocumentaryHimself

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References

  1. 1 2 "Oscar Eustis Bio" publictheater.org, accessed July 19, 2016
  2. 1 2 Mead, Rebecca. "Stage Left" The New Yorker, March 22, 2010
  3. 1 2 Green, Adam. "Inside the High-Drama Life of Hamilton Impresario Oskar Eustis" Vogue, February 24, 2016
  4. ↑ Bogart, Anne. Conversations with Anne: Twenty-four Interviews. New York: Theatre Communications Group, 2012. Print.
  5. ↑ Taylor, Markland. "Review. 'The Long Christmas Ride Home'" Variety, June 18, 2003
  6. ↑ Hernandez, Ernio. "Kushner's 'Kabul' Makes Regional Premiere at RI's Trinity Rep, March 15-April 21" Playbill, March 7, 2002
  7. ↑ Shirley, Don. "All's Angelic at L.A. Drama Critics' Awards" Los Angeles Times, April 10. 1993
  8. ↑ Stayton, Richard (17 April 2019). "Suzan-Lori Parks and Oskar Eustis on the 30-year relationship that led to 'White Noise'". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  9. ↑ "Oskar Eustis".
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