Anne Bogart

Anne Bogart (born September 25, 1951) is an American theatre and opera director. She is currently one of the artistic directors of SITI Company, which she founded with Japanese director Tadashi Suzuki in 1992. She is a professor at Columbia University where she runs the Graduate Directing Concentration and is the author of four books of essays on theatre making: A Director Prepares; And Then, You Act; What's the Story; and The Art of Resonance. She is a co-author, with Tina Landau of The Viewpoints Book, a "practical guide" to Viewpoints training and devising techniques. Conversations with Anne, a collection of interviews she has conducted with various notable artists was published in March 2012.

Anne Bogart
Anne Bogart in 2019
Born	(1951-09-25) September 25, 1951 (age 73) Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.
Occupation	Theatre director opera director
Education	Bard College (BA) New York University (MFA)

Bogart's influence is felt throughout the contemporary theatre: through the widespread adoption of SITI's training methods of Viewpoints and Suzuki, her oeuvre of groundbreaking productions, and her guidance at SITI and including at Columbia University of such diverse talents as Pavol Liska, Diane Paulus, James Dacre, Kim Weild, Jay Scheib, Sophie Hunter, Shura Baryshnikov, Darko Tresnjak, Robert O'Hara, Rachel Chavkin, Brian Swibel, and many others.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Awards and recognition

In 2018 the Leverhulme Trust awarded Bogart a Leverhulme Visiting Professorship at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.^[6]

See also

• LGBT culture in New York City
• List of LGBT people from New York City
• NYC Pride March
• Opera director
• Theatrical director