Davis McCallum
Davis is in his tenth season as the Artistic Director at Hudson Valley Shakespeare in Garrison, NY. For HVS, he has directed productions of Henry V, Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play, Cymbeline, Richard II, The Winter’s Tale, Measure for Measure, and the rolling world premiere of Lauren Gunderson’s The Book of Will. Notable productions in New York include Greater Clements (LCT) Lewiston/Clarkston (Rattlestick —
Drama Desk nomination for Best Play), The Harvest (LCT3); Stupid Fucking Bird (Pearl), Fashions for Men and London Wall (Mint — Drama Desk and Lortel nomination for Best Revival); The Whale (Lortel Award for Best Play, and Calloway nomination for Best Director) and Pocatello (Playwrights Horizons); Water by the Spoonful (Second Stage — Pulitzer Prize for Drama); and February House (The Public). Other NYC credits include Signature Theatre, The Acting Company, 13P, Clubbed Thumb, Play Company, Page 73, and the New Victory. Regional credits include the Denver Center, Dallas Theater Center, South Coast Rep, Old Globe, Guthrie, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the O’Neill, American Shakespeare
Center, Williamstown, Humana Festival, among others. A graduate of Princeton, he studied Shakespeare at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, and trained as a director at LAMDA. He has taught acting and directing at Princeton and The New School for Drama.