Eric ZiegenhagenTheater guy. Music guy. Idea guy.

DIRECTING


TWO GHOST STORIES by Emily Schwartz, Collaboraction
IT WAS FUN WHILE IT LASTED by Laura Eason, American Theater Company
ETHNIC CLEANSING DAY by BrettNeveu, The Side Project
THE REVENGERS’ COMEDIES by AlanAyckbourn, Northern Illinois University
BAD NEWS by Eric Ziegenhagen, Collaboraction Sketchbook at the Steppenwolf Garage
RADIO PLAYS by John Henry Roberts et al, Strawdog Theatre
THINGS ARE TOUGH ALL OVER by Suzan Lori-Parks, part of 365 DAYS/365 PLAYS, Collaboraction at AV-Aerie
PHOTO OPPORTUNITY by Wendy MacLeod, Collaboraction Sketchbook at the Chopin
TORNADO by Wendy MacLeod, Collaboraction Sketchbook at the Chopin
UNTITLED #2 by Rachael van Wormer, Collaboraction Sketchbook at the Chopin
HANDS ON A HARD BODY by Matty Selman and JohnPeilmeier, The New Harmony Project
“STATIC NICE” BY HELEN K. YEER by BrettNeveu, Estrogen Fest
CHEMISTRY by Wendy MacLeod, Collaboraction Sketchbook at the Viaduct
TOUGH CHOICES FOR THE NEW CENTURY by Jane Anderson and THE COLLECTION by Harold Pinter, Wing & Groove
SOMETHING MADE UP by Barrie Cole, Penlight Theater at the Rhinoceros Theater Festival
FACTS AND FIGURES by Eric Ziegenhagen, Penlight Theater at the Rhinoceros Theater Festival (Minneapolis)
COWS by Mike Hansel, Rhinoceros Theater Festival
THE HOUSE ON THE LAKE BY THE WOODS NEAR THE OCEAN by Beau O’Reilly, Curious Theater Branch
THE STRANGE by Jenny Magnus, Curious Theater Branch
HEAT by Joyce Carol Oates, Penlight Theater (Minneapolis)
MOON by Stephen Dixon, Penlight Theater (Minneapolis)
FOOTFALLS by Samuel Beckett, Penlight Theater (Minneapolis)
Also: workshops of plays by EllenFairey, BrettNeveu, Mark Young, and others at Chicago Dramatists

ASSISTANT DIRECTING


THE BALLAD OF LITTLE JO, Steppenwolf Theater; assistant to Tina Landau

PLAYWRITING


BAD NEWS, premiere at Collaboraction Sketchbook at the Steppenwolf Garage
ON AIR, premiere at Collaboraction Sketchbook at the Chopin
SCHOOL, premiere directed by Stephanie McCanles at Lunar Cabaret
FACTS AND FIGURES, premiere at the Rhinoceros Theatre Festival
SMALL ANIMALS, winner of Muriel C.Bradbrook Prize for Playwriting, Kenyon College
GOOD LUCK, developed at The Playwrights’ Center, Minneapolis
SENIORITY, produced at Playwrights Horizons as part of the Dramatists Guild’s Young Playwrights Festival

ACTING


PURA VIDA, solo show by PaulPeditto, at Live Bait Theater
BONA FIDE CONVERSATION by Barrie Cole, Live Bait Theater
TALKING ABOUT GODARD by Beau O’Reilly, Curious Theater Branch
LIGHTING DESIGN
LETTER PURLOINED, Theater Oobleck at Live Bait Theater

ALSO


Participant in the Lincoln Center Directors Lab
$15,000 fellowship from the Thomas J. Watson Foundation to examine bilingual theater in Canada and Europe.