Anna D. Shapiro
Anna D. Shapiro joined the Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble in 2005 and became Artistic Director in 2015.
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BIO
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.
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Artistic Director Glenn Davis, ensemble members Ora Jones and Audrey Francis, Max Stewart, Amanda Fink, Vaneh Assadourian, Andrew Leeds, Rick Holmes, director/ensemble member Anna D. Shapiro, ensemble member Francis Guinan, Executive Director Brooke Flanagan and ensemble member James Vincent Meredith
From: Photos: Steppenwolf Celebrates Opening Night of NOISES OFF
The Noises Off understudies include David Lind, Michaela Petro, Al’Jaleel McGhee, director/ensemble member Anna D. Shapiro, Mark David Kaplan, Lucinda Johnston, Felicia Oduh, Alexandra Chopson, Ricki Romano and Joe Dempsey
From: Photos: Steppenwolf Celebrates Opening Night of NOISES OFF
Ensemble members Audrey Francis and Ora Jones, Max Stewart, Amanda Fink, Andrew Leeds, Rick Holmes, director/ensemble member Anna D. Shapiro, Vaneh Assadourian and ensemble members Francis Guinan and James Vincent Meredith
From: Photos: Steppenwolf Celebrates Opening Night of NOISES OFF
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Awards and Nominations
Anna D. Shapiro, Eureka Day
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
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Anna D. Shapiro, August: Osage County
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Anna D. Shapiro, August: Osage County
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Anna D. Shapiro, Osage County
Videos
Photos/Video: ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN Starring Norbert Leo Butz, Bob Odenkirk, T.R. Knight, Molly Ringwald and More
by A.A. Cristi - 2026-07-16 18:03:02
Video: EUREKA DAY Team Talks Tony Win for Best Revival of a Play
by Joey Mervis - 2025-06-08 23:11:15
Video: Watch a Scene From NOISES OFF at Steppenwolf Theatre Company
by Stephi Wild - 2024-10-01 09:23:47
LEROY AND LUCY World Premiere, NOISES OFF & More Announced For Steppenwolf's 2024/2025 Season
by Joshua Wright - 2024-03-13 13:29:34
VIDEO: Go Inside Opening Night Of Broadway-Bound THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA In Chicago
by Alan Henry - 2022-08-07 23:21:09
Photo/Video: Get A First Listen To The Songs Of THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA; Cast Meets The Press In Chicgo
by Alan Henry - 2022-07-13 10:28:46
VIDEO: Watch a Clip From Second Stage's STRAIGHT WHITE MEN, Starring Josh Charles, Armie Hammer, Stephen Payne, and Paul Schneider
by Stephi Wild - 2020-05-29 08:21:22
News
by Peter Rouleau - Oct 23, 2026
A generally riveting account of an important historical episode.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 22, 2026
Arena Stage will present a special HBCU and Friends Night for Eric Bentley's docudrama ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN, directed by Tony Award winner Anna D. Shapiro, with discounted tickets available.
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 21, 2026
Arena Stage will present a Young Professionals Night event featuring Eric Bentley's docudrama ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN?, directed by Tony Award winner Anna D. Shapiro, with networking and discounted tickets.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 16, 2026
Join Arena Stage for Are You Now or Have You Ever Been? Pride Night. Straight from Off-Broadway comes Eric Bentley's timely American docudrama, Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?, directed by Tony Award winner Anna D. Shapiro.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 16, 2026
Arena Stage will present a college-priced performance of Eric Bentley's docudrama ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN?, directed by Tony Award winner Anna D. Shapiro, with $35 tickets available to students.
by Nicole Rosky - Oct 13, 2026
BroadwayWorld has just learned that Richard Greenberg’s acclaimed Pulitzer Prize finalist THREE DAYS OF RAIN will begin performances on Saturday, January 30, 2027, and officially open Monday, March 1, 2027 at Broadway’s Longacre Theatre.
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 9, 2026
Get a first look inside rehearsals for ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN? at Arena Stage, directed by Anna D. Shapiro and running October 17 through December 6, 2026.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 29, 2026
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater has revealed the company for Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?, Eric Bentley’s political docudrama.
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 28, 2026
Read reviews of the Broadway production of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, now open at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 28, 2026
Arena Stage will present SCRIPTED, an immersive script reading club examining Eric Bentley's political docudrama ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN?, directed by Tony Award winner Anna D. Shapiro.
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 8, 2026
Eric Bentley's docudrama, drawn from HUAC hearing transcripts, will move to Arena Stage's Kreeger Theater following its Off-Broadway run at New York City Center, with Anna D. Shapiro again directing.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 26, 2026
Manhattan Theatre Club has revealed the latest recipients of their Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Initiative commissions for new theatrical works surrounding themes of science, math, and technology.
by Alex Freeman - Aug 10, 2026
New leadership across theater: Juilliard names its next Drama Division dean, Michael Cassel Group expands with a new producing head, and regional theaters name new artistic directors. Plus Edinburgh Fringe 2026 coverage.
by - Aug 7, 2026
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is August 7, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 6, 2026
Juilliard has appointed Tony Award–winning director, educator, and artistic leader Anna D. Shapiro as the next Richard Rodgers dean and director of the Drama Division.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 21, 2026
Steppenwolf Theatre Company will welcome veteran Production Stage Manager Laura D. Glenn into the company’s ensemble. Glenn, whose journey with Steppenwolf began as a summer intern in 1988, has worked on more than 100 Steppenwolf productions.
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 16, 2026
The third rotating guest cast of ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN is now appearing at New York City Center Stage I. Check out photos and video of the new cast.
by Bruce Glikas - Jul 16, 2026
See photos of the legendary Jane Fonda visiting the cast of Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been on Broadway. The production is now in performances at New York City Center Stage I.
by - Jul 10, 2026
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is July 10, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 9, 2026
The third cycle of guest stars for Eric Bentley’s 1972 docudrama, Are You Now or Have You Ever Been, directed by Tony winner Anna D. Shapiro, will begin performances, including Bob Odenkirk, Molly Ringwald and more.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A PLAY (Drama League Awards) for Eureka Day, Outstanding Director of a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for The Minutes, Outstanding Director of a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Domesticated, Outstanding Director of a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Motherf**cker With the Hat, Best Direction of a Play (Tony Awards) for The Motherf**ker with the Hat, Outstanding Director of a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for August: Osage County, Best Direction of a Play (Tony Awards) for August: Osage County and Outstanding Director of a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Osage County.
Anna D. Shapiro has won the following awards: Outstanding Director of a Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for August: Osage County, Best Direction of a Play at the Tony Awards for August: Osage County, and Outstanding Director of a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for August: Osage County.
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