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Sam Buntrock (born 19 September 1975) is an English

stage director
.

Career

Buntrock studied Drama at University of Bristol.[1]

Buntrock directed the first

Tony Award and Drama Desk Award nominations. The production ran at Studio 54, from 21 February - 29 June 2008.[4][6] The production made its West Coast debut in 2009 at 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, Washington.[7]

Other directing credits include the London revival of

McCarter Theater, Marcus Brigstocke's God Collar (Edinburgh, UK Tour and West End), the European tour of The Rocky Horror Show[9] and Marcus Brigstocke's one-man shows Get a Life and Help Yourself (both in Edinburgh and UK tour). As resident assistant director at the Donmar Warehouse,[1] he worked on productions of Juno and the Paycock, Three Days of Rain, Helpless and The Real Thing (which subsequently transferred to the West End and Broadway).[10] He directed the first London revival of Assassins in 1997 at the New End Theatre in Hampstead.[11]

As part of the British comedy team Club Seals,

BBC2. He has worked as an animation director on numerous commercial and corporate projects, most recently the television film Stuart: A Life Backwards (2007) for Neal Street Productions, HBO and the BBC
.

Other projects include the world premiere of Rob Handel's "A Maze" (

McCarter Theater.[14] He directed the Benjamin Britten opera The Turn of the Screw at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in February 2013.[15] He directed the new play Sleeping Rough by Kara Manning Off-Broadway by Page 73 Productions in April 2013.[16] He directed the new musical The A to Z of Mrs P at the Southwark Playhouse, starring Isy Suttie and Frances Ruffelle in 2014.[17]

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References

  1. ^ a b Kaye, Kimberly. "Interview" broadway.com, June 12, 2008
  2. ^ "Menier Chocolate Factory".
  3. ^ "Olivier Awards 2007" officiallondontheatre.co.uk
  4. ^ a b Jones, Kenneth. "Freshly Framed, Sunday in the Park With George Revival Opens on Broadway" Playbill, February 21, 2008
  5. ^ a b Zinoman, Jason. "Theater. Who’s That Kid Staging Sondheim?" New York Times, 17 February 2008
  6. ^ Sunday in the Park With George ibdb.com
  7. ^ "Creative" Archived 2012-07-29 at archive.today 5thavenue.org
  8. ^ Jones, Kenneth. "Maria Dizzia and Greg Keller Are Two Couples in Cradle and All, Beginning May 10 Off-Broadway", Playbill, May 10, 2011
  9. ^ "Buntrock Directing Richard O'Briens New Production of Rocky Horror Show in Berlin" broadwayworld.com, January 1, 2001
  10. ^ "Playbill Biography: SAM BUNTROCK". Archived from the original on 2008-07-06. Retrieved 2009-04-13. Playbill
  11. ISBN 0195391373
    , p. 224
  12. ^ "Rebecca Naomi Jones, Austin Lysy and Mariann Mayberry to Navigate a Maze at Powerhouse Theater - Playbill.com". Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2011-07-12. Playbill
  13. ^ Jones, Kenneth. "Maureen McGovern Will Carry It On at Two River Theater; Season Also Includes Michael Cumpsty" Archived 2012-10-21 at the Wayback Machine Playbill, May 25, 2011
  14. ^ Gans, Andrew. "McCarter Season to Include John Doyle Musical and World Premiere of John Guare Play" Archived 2012-10-21 at the Wayback Machine Playbill, March 15, 2011
  15. ^ Tommasini, Anthony. "‘The Turn of the Screw,’ Britten Opera, Brooklyn Academy of Music" New York Times, February 25, 2013
  16. ^ Stewart, Zachary. "review. Sleeping Rough" theatermania.com, April 12, 2013
  17. ^ "The A to Z of Mrs P" westendtheatre.com, March 1, 2014
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