FUNDAMENTALS OF DIRECTING with Jonathan Berry at – Evanston, IL
FUNDAMENTALS OF DIRECTING with Jonathan Berry at – Evanston, IL
Get your tickets to see FUNDAMENTALS OF DIRECTING with Jonathan Berry in Evanston, IL. Happening on Sunday, January 11, 2026 at . Doors open at 10:00 AM.
FUNDAMENTALS OF DIRECTING -Developing a creative process
Taught by Jonathan Berry
Sundays, January 11, 2026 – February 15, 2026, 10 AM – 1 PM
$299
CLASS DESCRIPTION:
A director invites collaborators to be in conversation with the play. Over six weeks, we will explore how to clarify our own perspective and aesthetic while learning how to invite other collaborators into the creative process. We will learn preparation techniques and engage in conversations that will result in a clearer, more cohesive, and ultimately more effective production. Participants will choose the play they would like to explore, and we will take that play through the process leading to a first rehearsal.
This is a great class for people who are showing early interest in directing, as well as more established directors looking to clarify their own collaborative process.
Instructor Bio:
JONATHAN BERRY is back in Chicago having served for 3 years as the Artistic Director of Penobscot Theatre Company in Bangor, Maine. A director and teacher, he is also a proud ensemble member of both Steep Theatre and Griffin Theatre and a former Artistic Producer at Steppenwolf Theatre Company. He directed the Steppenwolf productions of: Lindiwe, The Children, You Got Older, Constellations, and the SYA productions of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, The Crucible, and A Separate Peace. Steep Theatre Company: Paris, Red Rex, Earthquakes in London, Posh, The Life and Sort of Death of Eric Argyle, If There Is I Haven’t Found it Yet, The Knowledge, Festen, Moment, The Hollow Lands and The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. At Griffin, productions include: The North American premiers of Simon Stephens’s Punk Rock (Jeff award Director, Lead Actor, and Ensemble), Port, and On the Shore of the Wide World, as well as The Harvest, Winterset, Pocatello, Balm in Gilead, Golden Boy, The Burnt Part Boys, Spring Awakening Company, Picnic, Time and the Conways, Dead End, The Hostage and Journey’s End. He was the Assistant Director for Anna D Shapiro’s Broadway productions of Of Mice and Men and This is our Youth. Gift Theatre: The world premiers of both Dirty and Suicide, Incorporated, as well as Othello. Goodman Theatre: The Solid Sand Below and The World of Extreme Happiness for their New Stages Festival. Other work includes: American Theatre Company: Kill Floor, American Blues: Little Shop of Horrors and Sideman; Redtwist: Look Back in Anger and Reverb, Chicago Dramatists: I am Going to Change the World, Jackalope Theatre: The Casuals, Strawdog: Conversations on a Homecoming, Remy Bumpo: The Marriage of Figaro, Theatre Mir: The Sea and Caucasian Chalk Circle, Lifeline Theater: The Piano Tuner (Afterdark award – Best Production). He pursued his MFA in directing from Northwestern University. He has taught acting, directing, and viewpoints at University of Michigan, Northwestern University, University of Chicago, Act One Studios, Columbia College and is incredibly proud to have served as the director for the ensemble training program The School at Steppenwolf.
Questions? Email education@brambletheatre.org.
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