Allison Bergman is a veteran director of over 30 theatre productions in LA, Boston, Pittsburgh and New York City. She holds an MFA in directing from Carnegie Mellon University where she was a Steven Bochco Scholar, and a BFA in theatre studies from Boston University. She has studied acting, dance and voice at L.A. City College Theatre Academy, American National Academy of Performing Arts, and Southern California Conservatory of Music, and has won a Drama-Logue Award for Directing.
 

Directing Credits Include:

A WONDERFUL LIFE
DRIVING MISS DAISY
LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO
BEAU JEST
COME BACK LITTLE SHEBA (7 Dramalogue Awards)
FORGET HEROSTRATUS!
ORPHEUS (Cocteau)
ANGRY HOUSEWIVES
SWEENEY TODD
THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT (3 Dramalogue Awards)

Original Plays and Musicals:

THE FIRST BEDROOM
TURTLE TEARS
UNCLE SAM'S UMBRELLA
FOREVER THE OLDEST
MYTH OF PLASTIC MOON
INSOMNIA
I FEEL A SONG COMIN' ON
SHE WRITES THE SONGS

Developmental Workshops:

PABLO
MATES
LAUGHING MATTERS
STORMY WEATHER
THE LITTLE WITCH OF WICHITA

 


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In tandem with her directing career, Allison is a Dramaturgical Consultant with several projects in development in New York and LA. She also teaches acting, writers' labs, and professional skills workshops. She has co-authored ACTING THE SONG - Performance Skills for the Musical Theatre, and has penned the libretto for a new musical, ANCIENT CITY. Ms. Bergman is the former Artistic Director of Broadway On Sunset and co-founder of The West Coast Musical Theatre Conference. Before moving to NYC, she had been named Outstanding Woman in Theatre in Los Angeles.

 
     

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