Tony Speciale

Tony Speciale conceived, coauthored and directed the world premiere of Unnatural Acts: Harvard’s Secret Court of 1920 (Classic Stage Company—Drama Desk Award nomination, GLAAD Media Award nomination). Off-Broadway: James Lecesne’s The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey (Dixon Place, Westside Theatre); A Midsummer Night’s Dream featuring Bebe Neuwirth, Christina Ricci, Steven Skybell and Taylor Mac (Classic Stage Company); The Boy Who Danced On Air, The Dork Knight, The Gentleman Caller (Abingdon Theatre Company); and Matthew-Lee Erlbach’s Handbook for an American Revolutionary (The Gym at Judson).

Regional: Angels in America: Millennium Approaches & Perestroika (St. Louis Rep), The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey (National Tour: Kirk Douglass, Old Globe, Hartford Stage, Bay Street), Barry Manilow’s Harmony (Alliance Theatre, Ahmanson Theatre) and Romeo and Juliet (Actors Theatre of Louisville). Tony has developed new work at The Goodman Theatre's New Stages Festival, Berkeley Rep's Ground Floor, Sundance Theatre Lab at Mass MoCA and The Public Theatre's Under the Radar Festival. He holds an MFA in Directing from Columbia University and is a proud recipient of a Princess Grace Theatre Honorarium and Suzi Bass Award.