In addition to having directed many established scripts, one of my passions is working with playwrights on developing new work and reworking pieces that already have a life. I’ve enjoyed helping playwrights realize their visions for over 25 years. Many of the projects were through Working Title Playwrights, in Atlanta. There I worked with new and veteran playwrights to help them clarify their ideas, flesh our their characters, and remain true to (or to change) their vision, to the story they want to tell—all in service to making the most dynamic production of the play that reflects what the playwright wants to say to the world. Currently, I’m working with Preston Fox on his play, Doubt That the Stars Are Fire. The hallmark of my work as a director is a keen, inclusive collaboration, with the playwright’s ideas always resonating in my head, to create theatre that challenges, inspires, entertains, and has real relevance.