Jonathan Berry
Jonathan Berry is a director and teacher in Chicago. For Steppenwolf, he co-directed the world premiere of Lindiwe featuring Ladysmith Black Mambazo as well as Lucy Kirkwood’s The Children, Clare Barron’s You Got Older, Nick Payne’s Constellations, the SYA productions of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, The Crucible, and A Separate Peace and the First Look productions of Melinda Lopez’s Gary. He was also the Assistant Director for Anna D Shapiro’s Broadway productions of Of Mice and Men and This is Our Youth. Jonathan is an Artistic Associate with Griffin Theatre, where his productions include Samuel D Hunter’s Pocatello and The Harvest, Maxwell Anderson’s Winterset, Odets’ Golden Boy, Miller/Tysen’s The Burnt Part Boys, Sheik/Sater’s Spring Awakening, the North American premieres of Simon Stephens’ Punk Rock (Jeff award Director, Lead Actor, and Ensemble), Port, and On the Shore of the Wide World, Stephen Sondheim’s Company, William Inge’s Picnic, JB Priestely’s Time and the Conways, Sidney Kingsley’s Dead End, Brendan Behan’s The Hostage and R.C. Sheriff’s Journey’s End. At the Gift Theatre, he has directed the world premieres of both Dirty and Suicide, Incorporated by Andrew Hinderaker, as well as Shakespeare’s Othello. He later directed the NY premier of Suicide, Incorporated for The Roundabout. His Goodman Theatre productions include The Solid Sand Belowand The World of Extreme Happiness for their New Stages Festival. His other work includes Redtwist’s Look Back in Angerand Reverb; Chicago Dramatists’ I am Going to Change the World; Jackalope Theatre’s The Casuals; Strawdog’s Conversations on a Homecoming; Remy Bumppo’s The Marriage of Figaro; Theatre Mir’s Bond’s The Sea and Brecht’s Caucasian Chalk Circle; and Lifeline Theater’s The Piano Tuner (Afterdark Award – Best Production).
Steep Productions
Red Rex
Birdland
Earthquakes in London
Posh
The Life and Sort of Death of Eric Argyle
If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet
The Knowledge
Moment
Festen
The Hollow Lands
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
