Director

Gary has directed the Australian premieres and National tours of several large-scale commercial shows, as well as classic texts, contemporary plays, new Australian scripts, and devised projects. His work encompasses large scale commercial plays and
musicals, main-stage works, independent shows and self produced theatre projects.

His recent directing credits include the return season of “Yentl” at Malthouse Theatre, premiere season of “Driftwood”, for the Umbrella Foundation, the Australian premiere of “Admissions” for Melbourne Theatre Company , “Lucrezia Borgia” for Melbourne Opera, “Iphigenia In Splott” at Red Stitch Actors Theatre, “Yentl”, “Durk A Modne Gloz” and “Ghetto Cabaret” for Kadimah Yiddish Theatre”, “33 Variations” starring academy award winning actor Ellen Burstyn at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre, the Australian premieres of “Hand to God” and “Bad Jews” for The Vass Theatre Group. In 2017 he directed “Angels In America: Parts One and Two” for Cameron Lukey Productions, and the national tour of his adaptation of “Therese Raquin” for his company Dirty Pretty Theatre.

Other recent credits include “POMONA”, “ROAM”, “The Pride”, “Day One. A Hotel. Evening”, “Laramie.10 Years On” and “Oh Well Never Mind Bye” all for Red Stitch Actors Theatre, and “Buyer and Cellar” for Melbourne Theatre Company.

He recently won the Green Room Award for Outstanding Playwriting for “Yentl”, and has been nominated for several awards for his plays. As a director he is twice the winner of the Green Room Award for Outstanding Direction, and he has been nominated a further five times. He is a recipient of THE GRACE WILSON TRUST AWARD for writing, THE JIM MARKS SCHOLARSHIP for Artistic Practice and THE MIKE WALSH FELLOWSHIP for directing.