Max Truax Named New Artistic Director of Red Tape Theatre

Following a nearly 18 month search, Red Tape Theatre has announced award-winning director and theatre-maker, Max Truax, as its new Artistic Director, effective immediately.

Truax brings years of experience producing and directing experimental theatre and has been hailed by TimeOut Chicago as "one of the most visually visionary directors in Chicago's storefront scene." His previous work with Red Tape includes his direction of Brand in 2011.

Max Truax served as Artistic Director of Oracle Productions from 2011 until 2016, where he directed No Beast So Fierce, The President, The Mother, The Sandman, Woyzeck, The Ghost Sonata and Termen Vox Machina. His production of The Mother received several Jeff Awards, including awards for Best Production and Best Ensemble. Prior to his tenure as Artistic Director of Oracle, Max served as Oracle's Director of Outreach and as Company Manager. Max has been a Resident Director at Trap Door Theatre since 2008, where he directed several productions, including No Matter How Hard We Try, The Balcony, They Are Dying Out, Hamletmachine, A Couple of Poor Polish-Speaking Romanians, and No Darkness Round My Stone. His production of A Couple of Poor Polish-Speaking Romanians performed at the Fun Underground Festival in Arad, Romania and at the Bagatela Theatre in Krakow, Poland. Other notable directing credits include A Dream Play at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts (University of Illinois). Max studied visual art, performance art, and post-modern choreography at Oberlin College, and he received his MFA in Theatre Directing from California Institute of the Arts.

Finalizations for Red Tape's 2016-2017 season have yet to be determined, so Truax will play a large part in developing the company's immediate future.