DAVID CATLIN

DAVID CATLIN

Ensemble Member

Since 1988

Board Member

Teaching Artist

David Catlin is a founding Ensemble Member, actor, writer, director, and former Artistic Director of Lookingglass. David adapted and directed Moby Dick, which debuted at Lookingglass in summer 2015, toured nationally, and played again at Lookingglass in summer 2017. Other Lookingglass writing credits include: Lookingglass Alice, Icarus, Her Name Was Danger, and The Idiot (Jeff Award for Adaptation). He is currently directing A Midsummer Night’s Dream, an adaptation of Shakespeare’s original, for Alliance Theatre in Atlanta.

Additional Lookingglass directing credits include: The Little Prince, Black Diamond (co-director), Metamorphosis, and West. Lookingglass acting credits include: Hard Times, The Arabian Nights, Our Town, Argonautika, La Luna Muda, The Odyssey, and The Jungle.

David is an Artistic Associate with Actors Gymnasium and serves on the acting faculty at Northwestern University.

Bio as of 2018

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LOOKINGGLASS PRODUCTIONS

MARY SHELLEY’S FRANKENSTEIN, 2019
HARD TIMES, 2017
MOBY DICK, 2017
MOBY DICK, 2015
LOOKINGGLASS ALICE, 2014
THE LITTLE PRINCE, 2013
LOOKINGGLASS ALICE, 2010
ICARUS, 2009
THE ARABIAN NIGHTS, 2009
OUR TOWN, 2009
LOOKINGGLASS ALICE, 2008
LOOKINGGLASS ALICE, 2007
BLACK DIAMOND, 2007
ARGONAUTIKA, 2006
MANUSCRIPT FOUND IN SARAGOSSA, 2005
LOOKINGGLASS ALICE, 2005
HARD TIMES, 2002
SUMMERTIME, 2002
LA LUNA MUDA, 2002
HARD TIMES, 2001
METAMORPHOSIS, 2000
LOOKINGGLASS HAMLET, 2000
HER NAME WAS DANGER, 1999
THE IDIOT, 1998
THE ARABIAN NIGHTS, 1997
THE VANISHING TWIN, 1996
THE NAKED KING, 1995
THE MASTER AND MARGARITA, 1993
THE SCARLET LETTER, 1993
THE ARABIAN NIGHTS, 1992
THE THIRD VOYAGE, 1992
ALL SOULS DAY, 1992
WEST, 1991
THE JUNGLE, 1990
THE ODYSSEY, 1990
TREATMENT, 1989
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, 1988

EDUCATION

B.S. in Theatre, Northwestern University

CREDITS AND AWARDS

  • THEATRE CREDITS

    ADAPTING/DIRECTING

    Chicago:

    • A Midsummer Night’s Day Dream (Northwestern University)

    Regional:

    • Moby Dick (Alliance Theatre Company, Arena Stage, South Coast Repertory)
    • Lookingglass Alice (Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Alliance Theatre Company, Syracuse Stage, Arden Theatre Company, McCarter Theatre)

  • FILM CREDITS

    • Since You’ve Been Gone (1997)
    • Humanoid

  • AWARDS

    • Lookingglass Spirit Award (2010)
    • Jeff Award for New Adaptation for The Idiot (Lookingglass Theatre Company, 1998)
    • SALT Award for Play of the Year for Lookingglass Alice (Syracuse Stage, 2011)
    • Jeff Award for Best Ensemble for Arabian Nights (Lookingglass Theatre Company, 1993)
    • Jeff Award for Director – Play for West (Lookingglass Theatre Company, 1992)
    • Jeff Award for Best Ensemble for The Odyssey (Lookingglass Theatre Company, 1991)
    • Jeff Award for Best Ensemble for The Jungle (Lookingglass Theatre Company, 1991)