Gene Santarelli

Teaches at ANDTheatre Company

includes in his NYC directing credits the award winning production of Rats at the Direct Theatre. For Soho Rep, Gene directed G.B. Shaw’s Overruled, Dandy Dick, A Time to Remember (original musical), and We Have Always Lived in the Castle . While working with the American Jewish Theatre he directed Cold Storage at the Henry Street Settlement and later King David and His Wives for  AJT’s American premiere production at the 92St.Y. Other NYC credits include The Misanthrope , You Can’t Take It with You , The Man With a Load of Mischief , and The Gingerbread Lady . While on the administrative staff at the Juilliard School’s Drama Division, he stage managed for Jack O’Brien and also the American Opera Center. He has directed and taught theatre arts to middle and high school students in Manhattan and at the Usdan Center for the Performing Arts, Long Island. As a founding member of Artistic New Directions, he currently leads the works-in-progress rehearsal workshop, Anything Goes, as part of the theatre company’s mission to continue to help artists bring inspiration to life.