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Justin Waldman is the Artistic Director of Two River Theater. He is a theatrical producer and director who has brought over 275 productions to life during his over 25-year career. Prior staff positions include: Associate Artistic Director (The Old Globe Theatre), Artistic Associate (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Artistic Associate (Huntington Theatre Company) and Producing Artistic Director at Next Stages, which he founded. New York directing: The Atheist (with Campbell Scott, Circle in the Square/Culture Project), Sonia Flew (Summer Play Festival), Jester’s Dead (Studio Tisch and The Peoples Improv Theater), 52nd St. Project Playmaking, News Junkie (Lincoln Center Directors Lab). Regional: As You Like It (The Old Globe/USD MFA Program), Samuel J. and K. (with Justin Long), What is the Cause of Thunder? (with Wendie Malick and Betty Gilpin), The Atheist (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Brendan, The Atheist (Huntington Theatre Company), Over It (Next Stages), This Is Our Youth (Theatre Workshop of Nantucket), 12 Angry Men (Stanley B. Theater Company). Assistant Directing:  Saturn Returns (Lincoln Center Theatre, Nicholas Martin, dir), Houdini (musical workshop w/Hugh Jackman, Scott Sanders productions, Jack O’Brien, dir), Present Laughter, The Cherry Orchard, The Rose Tattoo, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Persephone, among others (Huntington Theatre Company), three seasons at Commonwealth Shakespeare Company. He has also directed readings and workshops by Theresa Rebeck, Noah Haidle, Jonathan Marc Sherman, Mat Smart, Sam Forman, Melinda Lopez, and Ronan Noone, among others. Justin is a graduate of Tufts University.

EDWARD TORRES (DIRECTOR) is a theater artist, television actor and professor. His theatrical work has appeared at The Public Theater, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, National Theatre, The Old Globe, Goodman Theatre, and Geffen Playhouse. Currently he is an Assistant Professor of Theater at University of Illinois Chicago. He recently appeared in Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s World Premiere of A Home What Howls. He also performed in the World Premiere of Pulitzer Prize Winner Bruce Norris’ play Downstate, a co-production between Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago and the National Theatre of Great Britain. On television, he has appeared in “Chicago P.D.,” “Luke Cage,” “The Deuce,” “The Romanoffs,” “Gotham,” “The Get Down,” and “The Following.” Most recently he appeared in the film Sender, produced by Jamie Lee Curtis and directed by Russell Goodman. Currently he is the interim Artistic Director of Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago. A Chicago native, he co-founded Teatro Vista in 1990, where he directed the World Premiere of The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity. He directed subsequent productions to critical acclaim at Off-Broadway’s Second Stage Theater (Obie Award for Best New American Play) and at Geffen Playhouse. His recent directing credits include the World Premiere musical La Canción (Repertorio Español), Macbeth (The Public Theater’s Mobile Shakespeare Unit), Mosque Alert (Silk Road Rising), White Tie Ball by Martín Zimmerman (Teatro Vista), and The Happiest Song Plays Last by Quiara Alegría Hudes (Goodman Theatre).