M i c h a e l U n g e r
Director (S.D.C)
| Email: mu@ungerdirect.com |
Website: www.ungerdirect.com |
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DIRECTOR
(bold = upcoming/current – Click on links to see photos and reviews.)
| MATILDA
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A Benefit Concert for Parkland |
NewArts, Newtown, CT BB&T Arena, Sunrise, FL NewArts, Newtown, CT |
| YOU’RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN | Off-Broadway – available on CD | York Theatre |
| A CHRISTMAS CAROL | Annual Production | McCarter Theatre (Winter, 2013) |
| A CHRISTMAS CAROL | December, 2016, 2017 | NewArts, Newtown, CT |
| A ROCKIN’ MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM | Also conceived, produced and co-adapted |
NewArts, Newtown, CT Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland, FL |
| THE MAGIC FLUTE | Nominated for Best Director and Best Musical – Theatre Tampa Bay Awards | St. Petersburg Opera |
| TIEFLAND | Available on DVD (Upcoming) | Sarasota Opera |
| THE LION KING, JR. | NewArts, Newtown, CT | |
| JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT | NewArts, Newtown, CT | |
| ROALD DAHL’S WILLY WONKA | NewArts, Newtown, CT | |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | NewArts, Newtown, CT | |
| THE WIZARD OF OZ | NewArts, Newtown, CT | |
| LIBERTY SMITH | Regional Premiere | NewArts, Newtown, CT |
| THE 101 DALMATIANS MUSICAL | Also produced and co-adapted with Dennis DeYoung | NewArts, Newtown, CT |
| BIG: The Musical | Musicals in Mufti | The York Theatre |
| SEUSSICAL | With John Tartaglia and 84 Newtown Youth | NewArts, Newtown, CT |
| FROM BROADWAY WITH LOVE | A Benefit Concert for Sandy Hook, CT | Palace Theatre – Waterbury, CT |
| TIME STANDS STILL | Cape Cod Chronicle, Best of 2015 | Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre |
| SUSANNAH | Opera by Carlisle Floyd – available on DVD | St. Petersburg Opera Company, FL |
| PERIOD OF ADJUSTMENT | Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre and Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival | |
| RIGOLETTO | Opera Idaho, Boise, ID | |
| GREASE | Paramount Theatre – Aurora, IL | |
| OF MICE AND MEN | Opera by Floyd and Steinbeck | Sarasota Opera Company |
| TWO POINT OH | Premiere – New York Times Critics’ Pick | 59 E 59 |
| VANESSA | Opera by Barber and Menotti | Sarasota Opera Company |
| MY SISTER IN THIS HOUSE | Revised Version – Ovation Recommend | Deaf West, LA |
| THE CRUCIBLE | Opera by Robert Ward | Sarasota Opera |
| THE RINK | Revised Version | The Cape Playhouse, MA |
| HMS PINAFORE |
Operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan | Opera, NJ |
| THE CONSUL | Opera by Gian Carlo Menotti | Opera, NJ |
| THE DUCHESS OF CHICAGO | Operetta by Kalman | Sverdlovsk Academic Theatre of Musical Comedy in Yekaterinburg- Russia |
| THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE | World Premiere- Berkshire Eagle #1 Pick | Barrington Stage Company |
| THE HAPPY TIME | Revised Version | Signature Theatre, DC |
| LOADED | World Premiere |
Lion Theatre, Off-Bway |
| A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE | Opera by Bolcom/Weinstein/Miller | Vertical Player Repertory |
| KNICKERBOCKER HOLIDAY | Musicals in Mufti | The York Theatre |
| CRIMES OF THE HEART | Theatre Aspen | |
| LA RONDINE | Sarasota Opera Company | |
| L’AMICO FRITZ | Sarasota Opera Company | |
| TINY DANCER | World Premiere | Prince Music Theatre |
| THE LAVENDER NECKTIE | World Premiere | American Globe (15-Minute Play Festival) |
| I FORGIVE YOU RONALD REAGAN | Workshop | Beckett Theatre, Off-Bway |
| DIE FLEDERMAUS | Sarasota Opera Company | |
| CALIGULA | World Premiere – Audience Favorite Award | Theatre at St. Clements NYMF |
| La GIOCONDA | World Premiere | Clurman Theatre, Theatre Row, NY |
| RETRIBUTION | World Premiere | The Lambs Theatre |
| HAVEN: The Musical | World Premiere | Gindy Auditorium, L.A. |
| MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS | St. Louis MUNY | |
| LOVE’S FIRE | Top Ten Pick | Asolo Conservatory |
| NOISES OFF | New Harmony Theatre | |
| ON THE RAZZLE | Babcock Theatre, University of Utah | |
| TRIUMPH OF LOVE | Weston Playhouse | |
| SCHOOL FOR WIVES | Weston Playhouse | |
| CHANGES OF HEART | BRAVO Best Pick Award | Barrington Stage Company |
| THE MIKADO | The Depot Theatre | |
| KISS ME KATE | The Depot Theatre | |
| CLEAVAGE AND SMOKES | Taper Too – World Premiere | Mark Taper Forum |
| LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES | French Language Production | Sanford Meisner Theatre |
| IN PERPETUITY… UNIVERSE | Guest Artists (Group 27) | Juilliard |
| STILL | World Premiere | Prop Theatre, Chicago, IL |
| STEEL MAGNOLIAS | Guest Artist | Freed Center for the Arts |
| GAME OF LOVE & CHANCE | French Language Prod. | The Arclight Theatre |
| CRIES FROM THE MAMMAL HOUSE | American Premiere | The Limelight Playhouse |
| TAMING OF THE SHREW | The Complex Theatre, LA | |
| BOY GETS GIRL | Guest Director | American Academy of Dramatic Arts |
| LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST | “ | AADA |
| DANCING AT LUGHNASA | “ | AADA |
| BURIED CHILD | “ | AADA |
| THE THREE SISTERS | “ | AADA |
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ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
| STEEL PIER | Scott Ellis | Richard Rodgers Theatre |
| KING DAVID | Mike Ockrent | New Amsterdam Theatre |
| A CHRISTMAS CAROL | Mike Ockrent | Madison Square Garden |
| BURIED CHILD | Gary Sinise | Brooks Atkinson/Steppenwolf |
| EYES FOR CONSUELA | Terry Kinney | Manhattan Theatre Club |
| CLOSER THAN EVER | Richard Maltby, Jr. | Cherry Lane |
| A CLOCKWORK ORANGE | Terry Kinney | Steppenwolf Theatre |
| THE NIGHT THEY RAIDED MINSKYS | Mike Ockrent/Susan Stroman | Reading |
REFERENCES (Call for contacts)
Susan Stroman, John Kander, Emily Mann, Gary Sinise, Mark Waldrop, Richard Maltby, Jr.
Terry Kinney, David (Tommy) Thompson, Steve Stettler, Mara Isaacs, Greg Trupiano
| BOY GETS GIRL THE THREE SISTERS |
Guest Director Guest Director |
American Academy of Dramatic Arts AADA |
| DANCING AT LUGHNASA | Guest Director | AADA |
| LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST | Guest Director | AADA |
| BURIED CHILD | Guest Director | AADA |