Lee Stark

832.971.3071
lee.stark@gmail.com
Directing
Your Terrible Beautiful Heart, a short play: Cut to the Chase festival, The Artistic Home 2015
But Elvis Were Dead, a short play: Big Shoulders Festival at American Theater Company 2014
Peripheral Resistance, a world premiere short play: Cut to the Chase festival, The Artistic Home 2014
A Discussion on Immigration, a world premiere short play: 10x10 at American Theater Company 2014
#409, a world premiere short play: Big Shoulders festival at American Theater Company 2013
2nd Story Directing Ensemble Member: Chicagos Premier Storytelling Series 2013-2015
Homecoming: Stories of Return and Departure
The Aftermath: Stories of Miracles and Beyond
Epic Fail: Stories of Extraordinary Blunders
Cant Hold Us: The 2nd Story PRIDE Party
Look Mom, No Hands: Stories of Valiant Effort
Tales of the Table, in conjunction with Fte Chicago
The Promise, by Jos Rivera
Northwestern University
War Hall, by Alex Robins (World Premiere)
Northwestern University

Assistant Directing
STORM, d. Anna-Helena McClean
Other Desert Cities, d. Henry Wishcamper
Harold and The Purple Crayon, d. Sean Graney

Walkabout Theatre Co. with MoonFool (UK)

The Goodman Theatre
Chicago Childrens Theatre

Script Reading
Steppenwolf, Aaron Carter
Writers Theatre, Bobby Kennedy

Teaching
The Artistic Home, Chicago: Classical Lab
6-week courses in acting Shakespeare text
The Pearl Theatre, NYC: Owning Heightened Text: Making the Verse Your Own
4-day workshop monologue workshop and 1-day scene workshop
Northlight Theater, Skokie, IL, Summer drama teacher and intern
Broadway Off the Beltway, Houston, TX, summer drama teacher
Camp Bluebonnet, Houston, TX, summer drama teacher

Acting
The Iceman Cometh
Margie
The Goodman Theatre/Robert Falls
*2012 Jeff Awards, Ensemble and Production 2015 transfer to BAM Harvey
Buzzer
Suzy
The Goodman Theatre/Jessica Thebus
The Goddess
Rita Shawn
The Artistic Home/John Mossman
Disgraced
Emily Kapoor
American Theater Co./Kimberly Senior
*World Premiere, 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Eurydice
Eurydice
Victory Gardens/S. Shinner & J. Thebus
Talking Pictures
Katie Bell
The Goodman Theatre/Henry Wishcamper
The Crucible
Betty Parris
Steppenwolf Theatre Co./Anna Shapiro
Short Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet
Juliet
Chicago Shakespeare/Amanda Denhart
Scenes from the Big Picture
Connie Dean
Seanachai Theatre Co./Scott Cummins
Henry IV, Part 1
Lady Percy
The Pearl Theatre/Davis McCallum
The Sneeze
Popova
The Pearl Theatre/JR Sullivan

Misalliance
The Playboy of the Western World
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Dracula
Pride and Prejudice
The Cherry Orchard
Seven Keys to Slaughter Peak
The Letters
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
The Fly Honeys Show, 2013 and 2014
Beach Party at the End of the World

Hypatia
Pegeen Mike
Julia
Mina
Elizabeth Bennet
Anya
Mary Hitchcock
Anna
Julia
Dancer/Singer/Spoken Word

Dancer and Chorus

The Pearl Theatre/Jeff Steitzer

The Pearl Theatre/JR Sullivan
Indiana Repertory/Tim Ocel
Indiana Rep/Geva Theatre/Peter Amster
Milwaukee Repertory/JR Sullivan
Milwaukee Repertory/Ben Barnes
Milwaukee Repertory/Joe Hanreddy
Cardinal Stage Company/Randy White
Great Lakes/Idaho/Tahoe Shakes/Charles Fee

The Inconvenience
Walkabout Theater Company

Long-form Improv
The Titanic Players, Northwestern University, 4 years

Producing
The Titanic Players, Northwestern University
Vertigo Productions, Student Theater Board President, Northwestern University

Stage Managing
Spiderman v. Batman

Stage Manager

Ubu Roi

Stage Manager/AD

Book of Days

ASM

Taking Leave

ASM

Northwestern University
d. Blake Meriiman
Northwestern University
d. Brian Deneen
Actors Theatre of Houston
d. James Black
Actors Theatre of Houston
d. Brandon Smith

Education
BA, Northwestern University, Theatre
500 Clown: Risk and Play, Partnership, Adrian Danzig, Chicago
Red Nose Clown Workshop, Paola Colletto, Chicago
Meisner Technique, The William Esper Studio, William Esper, NYC
Meisner Technique, The Artistic Home, Kathy Sciambiaterra, Monica Payne, Chicago
Long-form Improvisation, The Second City, Bill Arnett, Chicago
Long-form Improvisation, The Magnet Theater, Peter McNerney, NYC
Vocal Training, Robert Heitzinger, Melissa Foster and Andra Velis-Simon, Chicago