Markus Potter received the Outer Critics Circle Award nomination, New York Times Critic’s Pick, and was a Callaway Award finalist for the off-Broadway production of Stalking the Bogeyman at New World Stages. Other directing projects include Church & State at New World Stages (Off-Broadway Alliance Nominated for best new play), Why You Beasting? (Time Out NY Critics’ Pick), and the Associate Director for the Donmar Warehouse production of Blindness at the Daryl Roth Theatre. Regional: Lost Boy Found in Whole Foods by Tammy Ryan at The Portland Stage Company, London’s Southwark Playhouse (Off-West End Award nomination for Best Production and Best Direction), Red Speedo at Center REP (Shellie Award nomination for best direction), Kansas Repertory Theatre production of Chasing Gods by Paris Crayton III. As an actor, several seasons at The Guthrie, Denver Center, Long Wharf, tour of Death of A Salesman with Christopher Lloyd, and many more. As Producer, he was on the team that brought the Arena Stage production of Eric Cobble’s The Velocity of Autumn to Broadway, starring Estelle Parsons, who received a Tony Award nomination. Artistic leadership: Artistic Director/Assistant Professor at the University of Kansas, current Acting Artistic Director of Center Rep in the Bay Area. Former Founding Artistic Director or NewYorkRep, Interim Artistic Director of Theatre Aspen. MFA, Columbia University.
Website: MarkusPotter.com