Around 2000 he wrote Princess Turandot, inspired by Carlo Gozzi's play written in 1762 (upon which Puccini's opera Turandot was based). Tresnjak's play was performed by the Blue Light Theater Company in New York City in December 2000.
He served as resident artistic director at Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, California, in 2009, and directed for eight summers at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts.
He was the artistic director at Hartford Stage in Hartford, Connecticut from the 2011–2012 season through the 2018–2019 season, where he commissioned The Man in the Case with Mikhail Baryshnikov and directed Kevin Bacon in Rear Window. He left the Hartford Stage for freelance work in June 2019, and was succeeded by Melia Bensussen.
He directed two productions on Broadway: A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder in 2013 and Anastasia in 2017.
He directed the Theatre for a New Audience production of Eugène Ionesco's The Killer in 2014 at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center, New York City.
Darko Tresnjak, Anastasia
Darko TresnjakThe Killer
Darko Tresnjak, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Darko Tresnjak, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Darko Tresnjak, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Darko Tresnjak has been nominated for several awards, including Outstanding Director of a Musical at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Anastasia," Direction at the Obie Awards for "The Killer," Outstanding Director of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for "A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder," Outstanding Director of a Musical at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder," and Best Direction of a Musical at the Tony Awards for "A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder."
Darko Tresnjak has won several awards for his direction, including the Obie Award for The Killer, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical for A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical for A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder, and the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder.
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