# Robin Witt > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Robin_Witt > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Robin_Witt.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Witt > Source revision: 1351906541 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American theatre director}} '''Robin Witt''' is an American theater director. She is an ensemble member at both the Griffin Theatre and [Steep Theatre Company](/source/Steep_Theatre_Company) in Chicago. Witt's notable productions include [Enda Walsh](/source/Enda_Walsh)'s ''The New Electric Ballroom'' at [A Red Orchid Theatre](/source/A_Red_Orchid_Theatre), [Dennis Kelly](/source/Dennis_Kelly)'s ''Love and Money'', [Simon Stephens](/source/Simon_Stephens)' ''Wastwater'', ''Motortown'', ''Pornography'', and ''Harper Regan'' at [Steep Theatre](/source/Steep_Theatre_Company), as well as [Ena Lamont Stewart](/source/Ena_Lamont_Stewart)'s ''Men Should Weep'' (2014-15 [Jeff Award](/source/Joseph_Jefferson_Award): Director, Production),{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.suntimes.com/entertainment/post/london-wall-probes-life-working-women-1930s-england/|title='London Wall' probes the life of working women in 1930s England|work=[Chicago Sun-Times](/source/Chicago_Sun-Times)|access-date=4 February 2016}} 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](/source/Tisch_School_of_the_Arts) (BFA) and [Northwestern University](/source/Northwestern_University) (MFA), Witt is currently an Associate Professor of Directing at the [University of North Carolina Charlotte](/source/University_of_North_Carolina_Charlotte).[http://www.coaa.uncc.edu/Academics/Department-of-theatre/Faculty-and-staff/Detail/176-robin-witt UNC Charlotte faculty listing] Witt is the daughter of American television and theater actor [Howard Witt](/source/Howard_Witt) and the great-niece of Sarah Schectman Zelzer, author of "Impresario: The Zelzer Era, 1930-1990." She is from [Chicago](/source/Chicago), [Illinois](/source/Illinois). == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == * [http://chicago.suntimes.com/uncategorized/7/71/181827/men-should-weep-at-griffin-theatre-explores-dynamic-between-poverty-and-family/ ‘Men Should Weep’ at Griffin Theatre explores dynamic between poverty and family] * [https://www.chicagotribune.com/2013/10/11/dark-and-disturbing-days-set-in-britains-motor-city-3/ Dark and disturbing days, set in Britain's motor city REVIEW: "Motortown" at Steep Theatre ★★★½] * [http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/juliet-a-dialo-c-chambers-stre-9145 Juliet: A Dialogue About Love, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 2013] * [http://timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture/theater/14876067/pornography-at-steep-theatre-company-theater-review "Pornography" review, Time Out Chicago] * [http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/chicago-theater-new-electric-ballroom-enda-walsh-orchid-theater/Content?oid=3191349 ''Family Rituals: Three sisters, one preoccupation in Enda Walsh's play''] * ''[Harper Regan](/source/Harper_Regan)'' * Jones, Chris. "'Harper Regan' at Steep Theatre: A four-star telling of the truth about middle age." [http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/the_theater_loop/2010/01/harper-regan-at-steep-theatre-a-fourstar-telling-of-the-truth-about-middle-age.html Chicago Tribune] * [http://timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture/theater/140811/ten-most-wanted Time Out Chicago: Ten Most Wanted] * [http://www.theatreinchicago.com/review.php?playID=1806 ''Not a Game for Boys''] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120927093527/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1992-05-15/entertainment/9202130051_1_mail-order-brides-reproductive-rights-simple-truths ''Abundance''] * [http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/fascists-in-love/Content?oid=884786 ''Fascists in Love''] * [''Bug'' (play)](/source/Bug_(play)) {{DEFAULTSORT:Witt, Robin}} Category:American theatre directors Category:American women theatre directors Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:New York University Tisch School of the Arts alumni Category:Northwestern University alumni Category:University of North Carolina at Charlotte faculty --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Robin Witt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Witt) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Witt?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.