Misti Brooke Wills                                               Email:misti@mistiwills.com

 

"Misti B. Wills's production generates some effective, nuanced performances" Timeout NY about Afterlight

"Director Misti B. Wills has assembled an appealing cast and injected some nice flourishes"  Backstage about The Drunken City

**Directing Experience

 

Off- Broadway

Twilight the Musical        Assistant Director                   New World Stages, Dir: Gabriel Barre
In Search of Euphoria                                                        New World
Stages (Richard Frankel Productions, Fidelity Futurestage)    
                      
           

Off-Off Broadway

*=Equity Staged Reading


        The Drunken City                                                        Jump for Joy Productions, NY Workshop Theater
      *Twelfth Night                                                                Shakespeare's Sister Company, Hudson Guild Theater

Afterlight by Monica Flory                          The Cherry Lane Theater, FringeNYC and Threads Theater Company
The Pearl Merchant                                     Times Sq. Arts Center. Threads Theater Co.

*Another Man’s Poison by George O’Brome       The Player’s Club, NYC

*The Princess and the Goblin                                 Threads Productions, Times Sq. Arts Center

The Imaginary Invalid (National Tour)                       National Theatre for Arts and Education,

              The Lamb’s Theater, NYC

Songs for A New World                                                  The 411, NYC

*The Importance of Being Earnest                          The Lamb’s Theatre

*The Heidi Chronicles                                           Threads Productions, Times Sq. Arts Center

*Deadheading Roses                                                Threads Productions, NYC

*Twilight by Monica Flory (original)                       Threads Productions, Times Sq. Arts Center

*Asleep in the Arms of God by Jay Duffer             Threads Productions, Times Sq. Arts Center

 

Regional

Thistle Blossoms                                                        Ryan Repertory Theater

A Thing of Beauty                                                     Ryan Repertory Theater

 

Academic/other Professional

Twelfth Night                                                Long Island University, Brooklyn campus
A Doll's House                                                Fordham University
No Exit                                                           Long Island
University, Brooklyn campus

The Music Man                                             Eastern Nazarene College

Alice in Wonderland                                     Eastern Nazarene College

Bocon!                                                             Eastern Nazarene College & Emerson College

The Sound of Music                                       Eastern Nazarene College

West Side Story                                             Westwood High School            

*Shades of Black (original)                           Westwood High School

Damn Yankees                                               Westwood High School

Fortress                                                           Westwood High School

Once on this Island                                         Framingham Center for Performing Arts

Our Town                                                        Westwood High School

Annie                                                                Thurston Middle School   

The Wizard of Oz                                            Thurston Middle School

A Thousand Cranes                                         Long Lake Camp for the Performing Arts

The Secret Garden                                           Long Lake Camp for the Performing Arts

 

 

Education
Master of Arts in Theater Education          Emerson College    Boston, MA  1997
Bachelor of Arts in Communication Arts   Eastern Nazarene College   Quincy, MA  1992
  

Related Work Experience

Casting Director Hydra (independent film) Karmic Entertainment
Instructor of Speech and Acting                   New York Film Academy 2007-present

Instructor of Theater and Speech                 Eastern Nazarene College 2002-2005

Theater Producer                                               Eastern Nazarene College Seasons 2003-2005
Production Assistant                                        Drama Desk Awards Show 2005-2009

 

Awards

 * Shades of Black winner of the MA High School Drama Festival Competition preliminary round       2002


* Fortress  winner of the MA High School Drama Festival Competition preliminary round        2001


New England Theatre Conference Award for Outstanding College Production 2004 for The Diary of Anne Frank, Eastern Nazarene College.  Served as Producer.

 

Special Training

Directing with Anne Bogart at SITI Company, NYC

Acting Shakespeare with Alec Harrington at HB Studios

 

Related Skills: Spanish, Piano, Drama workshops, Theater Education Study Guides.

 

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 **The Director is a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union.

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