Production/Research Area: Director
Teaching Areas: Directing, Dramaturgy, Script Analysis
Courses: Directing I, Directing II, Script Analysis
Bob McGrath is the co-founder and Artistic Director of Ridge Theater in New York. He has directed theater and opera at venues including the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Lincoln Center, The American Repertory Theater, Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall, Vineyard Theater, La MaMa E.T.C., and Arts at St. Ann's. He has collaborated with composers and writers including John Adams, Gavin Bryars, Ben Katchor, David Lang, Michael Gordon, Neil Labute, Warren Leight, Mark Mulcahy, Ben Neill, D.B.R. Daniel Bernard Roumain, Mikel Rouse, Susan Sontag, DJ Spooky, Mac Wellman, and Julia Wolfe. Mr. McGrath is the recipient of three OBIE awards.
Since arriving at Tech, he has directed Lightning' At Our Feet, Her Sexy Outfit, Shakespeare's Othello, Persephone, and The Glass Menagerie.
web site: www.ridgetheater.org