John Simpkins

John Simpkins is excited to be working again with Joe Iconis - after directing Things to Ruin: The Songs of Joe Iconis at Ars Nova, Joe's Pub, and the New York Musical Theatre Festival. Other recent directing includes Annie and Cabaret (Sacramento Music Circus), Evita (Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma), Go-Go Beach (NYMF – 37 Arts), and Queen Esther (Merkin Hall). A strong supporter of the development of new work, he has directed workshops/readings/productions of Next Thing You Know: New Songs from Salzman and Cunningham (Provincetown Playhouse), Half Married (Cunningham/ Antin), Plastic! (Maddock/Iconis/Jacobs - York Theatre), You Don't Know Jack (York Theatre), Bad Kid School (Barrington Stage), 29 (Alter/ Newman), Blood Drive (Rachel Sheinkin), Beasts and Saints (Mindi Dickstein), and Like You Like It. John is a member of the music theatre faculty at New York University, where he has directed Floyd Collins, Urinetown, Merrily We Roll Along, Parade, and A New Brain. Upcoming projects with Joe Iconis include The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks for Theatreworks, USA (Lucille Lortel - Summer 2008).