Robin Witt is an American theater director. She is an ensemble member at both the Griffin Theatre and

Steep Theatre Company Steep Theatre Company is a not-for-profit theatre company located in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 2000 by Peter Moore, Alex Gillmor, and Alex Gualino, Steep has become known as one of Chicago's iconic ensemble-based ...

in Chicago. Witt's notable productions include

Enda Walsh Enda Walsh (born 1967) is an Irish playwright. Biography Enda Walsh was born in Kilbarrack, North Dublin on February 7, 1967. His father ran a furniture shop and his mother had been an actress. He is the second youngest of six children. Wal ...

's ''The New Electric Ballroom'' at

A Red Orchid Theatre A Red Orchid Theatre is an Equity theatre company located in the Old Town district of Chicago, founded in 1993 by Michael Shannon, Guy Van Swearingen IV, and Lawrence Grimm. Kirsten Fitzgerald, a long-time ensemble member, has helmed the company ...

Dennis Kelly Dennis Kelly is a British scriptwriter for theatre, television and film. His play ''DNA'', first performed in 2007, became a core set-text for GCSE in 2010 and has been studied by approximately 400,000 students each year. He wrote the book ...

's ''Love and Money'',

Simon Stephens Simon Stephens (born 6 February 1971) is an English playwright and Professor of Scriptwriting at Manchester Metropolitan University. Having taught on the Young Writers' Programme at the Royal Court Theatre for many years, he is now an Artistic ...

' ''Wastwater'', ''Motortown'', ''Pornography'', and ''Harper Regan'' at Steep Theatre, as well as

Ena Lamont Stewart Ena Lamont Stewart (10 February 1912, Glasgow – 9 February 2006, Dalmellington) was a Scottish playwright. Life and career Stewart was the daughter of a Church of Scotland minister whose family was originally from Canada and had settled in Gla ...

's ''Men Should Weep'' (2014-15

Jeff Award The Joseph Jefferson Award, more commonly known informally as the Jeff Award, is given for theatre arts produced in the Chicago area. Founded in 1968, the awards are named in tribute to actor Joseph Jefferson, a 19th-century American theater star ...

: Director, Production), Terence Rattigan's ''Flare Path'' (2013 Jeff Nominations, Director and Production) and Edna Ferber and George Kaufman's ''Stage Door'' (2011 Jeff Nominations, Director and Production) with the Griffin Theatre. A graduate of NYU's

Tisch School of the Arts The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic and media arts school of New York University. Founded on August 17, 1965, Tisch is a training ground for artists, scholars of the a ...

(BFA) and

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

(MFA), Witt is currently an Associate Professor of Directing at the University of North Carolina Charlotte.UNC Charlotte faculty listing
/ref> Witt is the daughter of American television and theater actor

Howard Witt Howard Witt (March 13, 1932 – June 21, 2017) was an American character actor and Chicago native who began his acting career in the Goodman Theatre. Early years Witt attended Von Steuben High School and was a drama student at Goodman School ...

and the great-niece of Sarah Schectman Zelzer, author of "Impresario: The Zelzer Era, 1930-1990." She is from

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References

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‘Men Should Weep’ at Griffin Theatre explores dynamic between poverty and family

Dark and disturbing days, set in Britain's motor city REVIEW: "Motortown" at Steep Theatre ★★★½

Juliet: A Dialogue About Love, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 2013

"Pornography" review, Time Out Chicago

''Family Rituals: Three sisters, one preoccupation in Enda Walsh's play''
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Harper Regan ''Harper Regan'' is a two-act play by Simon Stephens that premiered at the National Theatre in 2008. Setting Set in UK, Autumn of 2006 : from Uxbridge to Stockport to Manchester and back. Synopsis One woman's struggle with the difficulties of ...

'' * Jones, Chris. "'Harper Regan' at Steep Theatre: A four-star telling of the truth about middle age.
Chicago Tribune

Time Out Chicago: Ten Most Wanted

''Not a Game for Boys''

''Abundance''

''Fascists in Love''
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