About me
Bridget Kathleen O'Leary is a freelance director, dramaturg and theater educator. Since 2022 she has been the Director of New Play Development for Moonbox Productions where she curates and oversees the annual Boston New Works Festival. From 2008-2018 she served as the Associate artistic director at New Repertory Theatre. Directing credits include: Heartland, Ripe Frenzy (IRNE Award winner for Best New Play), Blackberry Winter (Elliot Norton Nomination, Best New Play), Pattern of Life (IRNE Award winner for Best New Play), Lungs, Collected Stories (Elliot Norton Nomination, Best Production 2012), Doll House (Elliot Norton Nomination, Best Production, 2011), and Fool for Love. At New Repertory Theatre; Mermaid Hour, at Moonbox Productions; Soft Star, Jado Jehad, Reconsidering Hanna(h) and The Devil's Teacup (IRNE Nomination, Best New Play, 2007) at Boston Playwrights' Theatre; Grand Concourse, for Speakeasy Stage Company; Othello, for Actor's Shakespeare Project; The Flick, for Gloucester Stage Company; The Other Place, for The Nora Theatre Company and Underground Railway Theater; Recent Tragic Events and Aunt Dan and Lemon, for Whistler in the Dark. Bridget served on the Executive Committee for the National New Play Network (NNPN) from 2014-2020 where she oversaw the selection process for both the NNPN Showcase of new works and the Kennedy Center's MFA Playwrights' Workshop. She was the production dramaturg on the premiere of Finish Line: A documentary play about the 2013 Boston Marathon (Elliot Norton Nomination, Best New Play) and has worked as a dramaturg with the Kennedy Center and Washington University's Hotch Fest. She is currently part time lecturer at Tufts University and an affiliated artist at Emerson College. Bridget received her MFA in directing at Boston University.
