Directing

Since 2005 Sean has been directing touring theater work with his company Working Group. His directing style incorporates a playwright’s understanding of story with an actor’s drive for performance all married to an excited visual sense. Credits: The Broken Chord (Hancher Auditorium), Mayberry (Hancher Auditorium; Iowa West Arts Center; Bucksbaum Performing Arts Center), The Birth Witches (Kennedy Center for the Arts; Northwest Missouri State University) Rust (Legion Arts; Riverside Theatre), Denali (Know Theatre of Cincinnati; Actors Theatre of Grand Rapids; Acorn Theatre), We Stood Up (Centre X Centre International Theatre Festival (Kigali, Rwanda), KINA Festival) Theatre (National New Play Network), Northwest Missouri State University (Guest Contract), Iowa Arts Center, Old Creamery Theatre, Adirondack Theatre Festival, Kennedy Center and more.

September 2012
Legion Arts (National Performance Network Commission)
RUST

“Crafted Excellence.”- M Reader

April 2012
Hancher Auditorium
MAYBERRY

“Brilliant.” The Cedar Rapids Gazette

February 23-26
Sean directs
THE TOYMAKERS WAR
for Working Group Theatre

Sean directs
ATLAS OF MUD (a World Premiere)
@ Working Group

“Masterfully directed… a play well worth seeing.” – Blue Planet Green Living

“Imaginative, poetic with a directorial imagination at full bore”- Iowa Theatre

HANDGRENADE HOLLY
produced at the ArtSpark Festival in Austin Texas

Since then they have produced and toured Jennifer Fawcett’s
GOAT SHOW
at Riverside Theatre, Iowa City IA
and Adirondack Theatre Festival, Glens Falls NY

“It’s about family, friendship and finances; dreams, desires and disappointments. It’s about the cradle and the grave… manages to fill the stage with ideas and charm”- Michael Eck, Times Union

Sean Christopher Lewis’
THE INNOCENTS

performed site specifically in Midwestern basements

The Children’s Show:
ODYSSEUS, IOWA

“Bold original theater that challenges convention… must see”- Matt Falduto Iowa Theatre Blog

site specifically at an operational Farm in Iowa

Regionally Sean has directed
MARY’S WEDDING
at Riverside Theatre, Iowa City IA

“A breath of fresh air…Effectively executed in every respect…” Angie Toomsen, Iowa Theatre Blog

Sean’s work on GOAT SHOW and MARY’S WEDDING have kept him very busy in 2010-2011:

Sept 30- Oct 17
Sean directs
WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF
@ Old Creamery Theatre, Amana, Iowa

“A wonderfully intimate theatrical experience”- Iowa Theatre

Nov. 9-15
Sean mentors student directors on
FOUNDING
@ Grand Valley State University

March 13-20
Sean directs
THE SYRINGA TREE
@ Riverside Theatre, Iowa City IA