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Anna D. Shapiro joined the Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble in 2005 and became Artistic Director in 2015. She was awarded the 2008 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play for August: Osage County (Steppenwolf, Broadway, London), and was nominated in 2011 in the same category for The Motherf**ker with the Hat (Public Theatre, Labyrinth Theater). Other directing credits at Steppenwolf include Visiting Edna, Mary Page Marlowe, Three Sisters, A Parallelogram, Up, The Crucible, The Unmentionables (also at Yale Repertory Theatre), The Pain and the Itch (also in New York), I Never Sang for My Father, Man from Nebraska, Purple Heart (also in Galway, Ireland), The Drawer Boy, Side Man (also in Ireland, Australia and Vail, Colorado), Three Days of Rain, The Infidel and This is Our Youth (which transferred to Broadway). Other Broadway credits include Of Mice and Men (with James Franco) and Fish in the Dark (with Larry David). Off-Broadway credits include Domesticated (Lincoln Center). Shapiro is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama and Columbia. She is a full professor in Northwestern University's Department of Theatre.
Anna D. Shapiro, The Minutes
Anna D. Shapiro, Domesticated
Anna D. Shapiro, Motherf**cker With the Hat
Anna D. Shapiro, The Motherf**ker with the Hat
Anna D. Shapiro, August: Osage County
Anna D. Shapiro, August: Osage County
Anna D. Shapiro, Osage County
Anna D. Shapiro has been nominated for several awards throughout her career. She was nominated for Outstanding Director of a Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "The Minutes," "Domesticated," and "Motherf**cker With the Hat." She was also nominated for Best Direction of a Play at the Tony Awards for "The Motherf**ker with the Hat," "August: Osage County," and "Osage County." Additionally, Shapiro received a nomination for Outstanding Director of a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "Domesticated" and "Osage County."
Anna D. Shapiro has won several awards for her work as a director. She won the Outstanding Director of a Play award from the Outer Critics Circle Awards for her work on "August: Osage County." She also won the Best Direction of a Play award from the Tony Awards for the same production. Additionally, Shapiro received the Outstanding Director of a Play award from the Drama Desk Awards for her work on "Osage County."