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Susan V. Booth –Jennings Hertz, Jr. Artistic Director
Susan V. Booth - Jennings Hertz, Jr. Artistic Director
(Jennings Hertz, Jr. Artistic Director) joined the Alliance Theatre in 2001. In the past nine seasons, she has initiated the Collision Project for teens, the Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition, and created local producing partnerships with Georgia Shakespeare, True Colors and the nine theatre companies that participated in the Alliance’s City Series. She has also overseen regional collaborative productions with Actors Theatre of Louisville, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Arena Stage, Goodman Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Pasadena Playhouse, St. Louis Repertory Theatre, Syracuse Stage, as well as commercial partnerships on projects including
Come Fly Away; The Color Purple;
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee;
SISTER ACT the Musical;
Bring in Da’ Noise, Bring in Da’ Funk;
Jesus Christ Superstar GOSPEL; and this season’s productions of
Twist and
Bring It On: The Musical. As a director, Alliance projects have included
Jesus Christ Superstar GOSPEL, Proof,
Doubt,
Day of the Kings,
Intimate Apparel,
Jacques Brel,
Bluish and
Frame 312, and she has directed nationally at theatres including Goodman, La Jolla Playhouse, New York Stage and Film, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Northlight Theatre, Victory Gardens, Court Theatre and many others. She holds degrees from Denison and Northwestern universities and was a fellow of the National Critics Institute and the Kemper Foundation. She has held teaching positions at Northwestern and DePaul University and Emory University. She is a member of Leadership Atlanta’s Class of 2003, has been cited as a Lexus Leader of the Arts by WABEFM, and has been named “Best New Visionary” by
Atlanta Magazine and Best Local Director in the
The Sunday Paper’s Readers Choice Awards and by
Creative Loafing. She is the immediate past President of the Board of Directors for Theatre Communications Group (the national service organization for the field) and serves on the board of the Metro Atlanta Arts and Culture Coalition. Susan is married to Max Leventhal and is the proud mother of Moira Rose Leventhal.
susan.booth@woodruffcenter.org
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