Birgit Schreyer Duarte
Stratford: Director of Nathan the Wise (2019); translator of The Physicists (2015); assistant director of King Lear (2014), Mary Stuart (2013). Elsewhere: Director of Hamlet (Shakespeare in High Park/Canadian Stage), Taking Care of Baby (Storefront Theatre), Purgatory in Ingleton, Kaspar & the Sea of Houses (SummerWorks). Translator of Liv Stein (Canadian Stage), The Thing (London, U.K./Canadian Stage), The Test (Company Theatre), Life of Galileo (Small Wooden Shoe). Training: Michael Langham Workshop for Classical Direction; University of Toronto (PhD in Drama); Munich University (MA in Dramaturgy). Awards: SummerWorks Prize for Outstanding Production (Kaspar & the Sea of Houses); nomination for 2010 Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize; Stratford Douglas Campbell Award. Artistic Associate and Dramaturge at Canadian Stage. Guest director at Randolph College and York University. Originally from Munich, Germany. Online: birgitschreyerduarte.com.
