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Edward Elefterion

Director

EDWARD ELEFTERION is the Artistic Director and a founding member of Rabbit Hole Ensemble.

Awards:

Outstanding Director, New York Innovative Theatre Award 2008

Outstanding Direction, Midtown International Theatre Festival 2007.

Work:

Recent work includes SHADOW OF HIMSELF (world premiere by Neal Bell), BIG THICK ROD (FringeNYC 2008), THE NIGHT OF NOSFERATU, A ROPE IN THE ABYSS, LAND OF THE UNDEAD, THE TRANSFORMATION OF DR. JEKYLL (FringeNYC 2006), and THE SIBLINGS (MITF 2006).

He directed the world premiere of THERESE RAQUIN by Neal Bell in 1991 at New York University, and acclaimed productions of IN THE JUNGLE OF CITIES, MACBETH, and THE MISANTHROPE.

He was a guest director at The Juilliard School in 1993 where he directed IF SHE SCREAMS by Stanton Wood. While in England, he spent time working with refugees of the war in Kosovo and created two commissioned pieces with them for the Midlands Refugee Council, NOBODY YOU KNOW and A REFUGEE STORY.

Edward is a member of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab and New York Theatre Workshop's artistic community (The Usual Suspects) and has received annual production assistance grants from NYTW since 2001. He holds a BFA from NYU's TISCH School of the Arts and an MFA from Indiana University. He teaches acting at Hofstra University and a classical scene study class in Manhattan.

His website is www.edwardelefterion.com.