Archives: Team Members

Heidi Stillman (she/her) is an actor, writer, director, and Ensemble Member at Lookingglass. She has both written and directed at Lookingglass: Cascabel (with Tony Hernandez and Rick Bayless,) The North China Lover, Hephaestus (with Tony Hernandez), The Brothers Karamazov (2009 Raven Award for Excellence in Arts and Entertainment), Hard Times (five Jeff Awards; also produced at Arden Theatre Company in Philadelphia), and The Master and Margarita (Jeff Nominated). Directing work with Lookingglass includes: Death Tax, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Trust, The Wooden Breeks, and Hillbilly Antigone. Additional writing credits with Lookingglass include: The Last Act of Lilka Kadison with Nicola Behrman, David Kersnar, Abbie Phillips and Andrew White, The Old Curiosity Shop with Laura Eason and Raymond Fox (Jeff Award for New Adaptation), and The Baron in the Trees with Lawrence E. DiStasi (Jeff Nominated).

Heidi’s adaptation of The Book Thief premiered at Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 2012. She directed Minita Gandhi’s Muthaland for Silk Road Rising Solos and Victory Gardens Theater’s Ignition Festival in 2015, Consortium of Asian American Theaters & Artists (CAATA) ConFest in 2016, and at 16th Street Theater in 2017. Most recently, she wrote (with Caroline Macon) and directed The Year I Didn’t Go to School at Chicago Children’s Theatre. She looks forward to revisiting Hard Times in the 30th Anniversary Season at Lookingglass. She lives in Evanston with her husband and her 14 year-olds, Sadie and Jude.

Philip R. Smith (he/him)

Lookingglass Credits include Dr. Astor in Life Sucks, Captain Smollett in Treasure Island, Bass in Big Lake Big City, Ethan in Ethan Frome, Will in Trust and Ivan in The Brothers Karamazov. Other recent regional credits include: Doctor Sartorius in The March, Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird, Reverend Parris in The Crucible (all at Steppenwolf Theatre Company), Captain Smollett in Treasure Island at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days at Baltimore’s Center Stage and James Harthouse in Hard Times at the Arden Theatre in Philadelphia. Additional Lookingglass credits include: The Wooden Breeks, Hillbilly Antigone, Metamorphoses, Hard Times, The Idiot, The Vanishing Twin, The Arabian Nights and Up Against It. Other regional credits include work at McCarter Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Brooklyn Academy of Music (NYC), and The Actors’ Gang (LA). TV and film credits include: Boss, Prison Break, Friends, Chicago Hope, Early Edition, Kissing a Fool, The Dilemma, The Express, Since You’ve Been Gone, High Fidelity and Widows, directed by Steve McQueen. Involved in the Artistic leadership of the company since 2000, he has helped produce over 70 plays. As Creative Producer, he co-serves as the Lookingglass Casting Director, artistic producer of the unGala, and acts as a primary artistic liaison to the Development Department.

He is married to fellow Ensemble Member Louise Lamson. They have two boys, Guthrie and Wesley.