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GENERAL BIO:
Rebecca Novick is a theater director and arts management consultant based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Rebecca was the founder of Crowded Fire Theater Company and served as its artistic director for ten years. She also developed and led the Triangle Lab, a collaboration between California Shakespeare Theater and Intersection for the Arts that explored how art can be more deeply integrated into community life, and then went on to serve as Cal Shakes’ associate artistic director. Rebecca has also consulted for many foundations and arts non-profits, served as the interim program officer for the arts at the SF Foundation, and was a senior member of the staff at Theatre Bay Area. She frequently speaks at national convenings and writes regularly on field issues, including her widely-shared essay “Please Don’t Start a Theater Company." She has developed and directed new plays for many theaters in the Bay Area and elsewhere, and her directing work has been recognized by the Goldie for outstanding local artists among other awards.
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DIRECTING BIO:
Rebecca Novick is a theater-maker based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Recent projects have included Ghost Town, a world premiere by Juliette Carillo for Cornerstone Theater in Los Angeles, a production of Shakespeare’s Tempest for Cal Shakes that toured homeless shelters, prisons, and community centers, and a production of Erik Ehn's Dogsbody was presented at La Mama in New York. She has also worked with the Magic Theatre, the Bay Area Playwrights Festival, the Aurora Theatre, the EXIT Theatre, Shotgun Players, Berkeley Opera, Playground, and Woman's Will among others. Her directing has been recognized with the SF Bay Guardian’s Goldie Award for Outstanding Local Artists. Rebecca was the founder of Crowded Fire Theater Company and served as its artistic director for ten years. She also developed and led the Triangle Lab, a collaboration between California Shakespeare Theater and Intersection for the Arts that explored how art can be more deeply integrated into community life, and then went on to serve as Cal Shakes’ associate artistic director.