Stephen Wrentmore
Stephen Wrentmore is a British theatre director, writer, educator, and strategist currently working in the United States.
Career
Wrentmore is currently a lecturer at the University of Kentucky’s College of Fine Arts, Department of Theatre & Dance.[1] He previously worked as Artistic Producer at Poole's Centre for the Arts (UK)[2] and as Associate Artistic Director at Arizona Theatre Company,[3] where he founded the new play development series, featuring workshop performances with writers such as Larissa FastHorse, Caridad Svich, Kristiana Colón, Lauren Yee, and Brian Dykstra.[4][5] Wrentmore was also Artistic Director of The Byre Theatre[6] in St Andrews, Scotland, and worked with Trevor Nunn and John Caird at the Royal National Theatre in London and as Associate Director on the world tour of Hamlet, featuring Simon Russell Beale in the title role.
Wrentmore's directing work has been showcased internationally and throughout the United States, including productions in New York, California, Arizona, Minneapolis, Boston, London, Edinburgh, Dublin, Berlin, Copenhagen, Paris, Moscow, Omsk, Kosovo, Latvia, Cyprus, Kazakhstan and Serbia.[7] His writing has been published by Theatre Communications Group[8][9] and featured in contemporary adaptations of the works of William Shakespeare, including productions in Arizona,[10] Oklahoma,[11] and Kentucky,[12] and his work as a curator includes an exhibition and publications by artist Ineke Van der Val[13] and Denise Webber. As an educator, he also developed the MyShakespeare learning program, focused on forging connections between Shakespearean themes and the modern world, and worked as a learning consultant for Tate Gallery.
Personal life
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Wrentmore grew up in north and west London. He studied at the University of Cambridge and the Royal Central School of Drama at the University of London, and is a Fellow of the Clore Leadership Programme.
References
- ^ University of Kentucky https://finearts.uky.edu/theatre-dance/faculty-staff?tid_1=All&keys=&page=1.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "The Poole Directory - April/May 2007". Dorset Directories Ltd. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- ^ Allen, Kathleen (Jan 21, 2011). "Brit joins ATC as its associate artistic director". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- ^ Hadley, Debbie (September 8, 2011). "The Play Process". Tucson Weekly. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- ^ "New Plays Will Be Read at ATC's Cafe Bohemia". Downtown Tucson Partnership. September 2, 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- ^ "New Artistic Director Appointed to Byre Theatre". Fife Today. November 27, 2003. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- ^ "Stephen Wrentmore | Phoenix Theater: An Eccentric History". Phoenix Theatre: An Eccentric History. 8 June 2014.
- ^ Svich, Caridad (July 14, 2019). Innovation in Five Acts: Strategies for Theatre and Performance. Theatre Communications Group. ISBN 978-1559365116.
- ^ Theatre Communications Group https://www.tcg.org/Portals/0/InnovationinFiveActs.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Allen, Kathleen (April 10, 2014). "Arizona Repertory production has makings of a dream". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- ^ Jones, Rod (March 25, 2016). "Play is 'As You Like It'". Oklahoma City University. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- ^ "Fall Arts 2019 - Theatre & Performance". Smiley Pete. Smiley Pete Publishing. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- ^ Van der Wal, Ineke. "Ineke Van der Wal Quartet by Stephen Wrentmore". YouTube. Ineke Van der Wal. Retrieved 11 September 2019.