Darko Tresnjak

Darko Tresnjak is a director of plays, musicals, and opera. He has won the Tony Award,[1] Obie Award,[2] Drama Desk Award,[3] and Outer Critics Circle Award[4] He was the artistic director of the Hartford Stage (Connecticut).[5]

Darko Tresnjak
Born
Zemun, Serbia
OccupationTheatre director, theatrical producer
Awards2014 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

Biography

He is of Serbian heritage.[6] Tresnjak and his mother moved from Zemun, Yugoslavia (modern-day Serbia) to Maryland in 1976. He graduated from Swarthmore College, became a US citizen, and received a master of fine arts degree from Columbia University. [7]

Tresnjak was the artistic director at Hartford Stage (Hartford, Connecticut) from 2011-12 season through the 2018 - 2019 season,[8] where he commissioned “The Man in the Case” with Mikhail Baryshnikov[9] and directed Kevin Bacon in “Rear Window”.[10] He is leaving the Hartford Stage for freelance work after his current show, The Flamingo Kid, in May to June 2019.[11]

Prior to his role at Hartford Stage, he served as resident artistic director at Old Globe Theatre (San Diego, California).[12] He also directed for eight summers at the Williamstown Theatre Festival (Massachusetts).[7]

He directed two productions on Broadway: A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder in 2013 and Anastasia in 2017. He won the 2014 Tony Award for Direction of a Musical and the Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Director of a Musical for A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder.[13][14]

He directed the Theatre for a New Audience production of Eugène Ionesco's The Killer in 2014 at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center, New York City.[15] Tresnjak won the 2015 Obie Award for direction of The Killer.[16]

Hartford Stage Productions

Tresnjak's productions at Hartford Stage have included:

Other Theater and Opera

References
  1. Rizzo, Frank. "Tony Wins for Hartford Stage Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak And 'A Gentleman's Guide To Love and Murder'" Hartford Courant, June 9, 2014
  2. HAMILTON, Darko Tresnjak, Ayad Akhtar & More Win 2015 Obie Awards - Full List!" BroadwayWorld.com
  3. Cox, Gordon."Outer Critics Circle Applauds Broadway’s ‘Gentleman’s Guide,’ Bryan Cranston" Variety.com
  4. Cox, Gordon."Drama Desk Toasts Broadway’s ‘Gentleman’s Guide’ at 2014 Awards" Variety.com
  5. "Darko Tresnjak" Playbill
  6. Mejia, Carlos. "Darko Tresnjak Readies His Final Performance At Hartford Stage". www.wnpr.org. Retrieved 2019-06-30.
  7. Shirley, Don. "He prefers it rare" Los Angeles Times, July 29, 2004
  8. Gates, Anita. "Darko Tresnjak Takes Over at Hartford Stage" The New York Times, September 18, 2011
  9. Rizzo, Frank. "Misha, 'Man In A Case,' At Hartford Stage" Hartford Courant
  10. Rizzo, Frank. "Kevin Bacon to Star in ‘Rear Window’ at Hartford Stage" Hartford Courant
  11. Arnott, Christopher. "Darko Tresnjak says goodbye to Hartford Stage with the new musical 'Flamingo Kid'" Hartford Courant, May 9, 2019
  12. BWW News Desk. "Old Globe’s 2009 Summer Festival" BroadwayWorld.com
  13. "Reviews" The New York Times, 2013
  14. "Awards" ibdb.com, retrieved May 19, 2019
  15. "Theatre for a New Audience's THE KILLER, Starring Michael Shannon, Begins Tonight" broadwayworld.com, May 16, 2014
  16. Winners in 2015 obieawrds.com, 2015
  17. Arnott, Christopher. The Heartbreak House Hartford Courant, 2017
  18. Harrison, Joseph. "Review. The Comedy of Errors'" Broadway World, 2017
  19. Fillo, Maryellen. "'Romeo and Juliet'" Connecticut Mag
  20. Rizzo, Frank. "Kevin Bacon to Star in ‘Rear Window’ at Hartford Stage" Hartford Courant
  21. McNulty, Charles. " 'Kiss Me Kate' Review" Los Angeles Times
  22. Gates, Anita. "Review. 'Private Lives'" The New York Times, 2015
  23. Rizzo, Frank. "Review. Hamlet'" Hartford Courant, 2014
  24. Rizzo, Frank. "Review. Macbeth" Hartford Courant, 2013
  25. Gold, Sylviane. "Review. La Dispute" The New York Times, 2013
  26. Gold, Sylviane. "Review. Twelfth Night" The New York Times
  27. Gold, Sylviane. "Review. Breath and Imagination" The New York Times, 2013
  28. Isherwood, Charles. "Reviews" The New York Times, 2012
  29. Gold, Sylviane. The New York Times
  30. Rizzo, Frank. "Behind the Curtain" Hartford Courant, 2012
  31. Davidson, Justin. "Opera Review: The Met Brings Back 'Samson et Dalila', With Just Enough Fromage" Vulture, September 25, 2018
  32. Swed, Mark. "Plácido Domingo's sound and fury in L.A. Opera's 'Macbeth' Los Angeles Times, September 18, 2016
  33. Martinez, Matthew. " 'The Ghosts of Versailles' a triumph at LA Opera" Bachtrack, February 9, 2015
  34. Green, Jesse. "Review" Vulture, 2014
  35. Der zerbrochene Krug / Der Zwerg Opera Today, February 21, 2011
  36. Mermelstein, David. "New Life for Works Hitler Tried to Kill" The New York Times, February 10, 2008
  37. Jones, Kenneth. "Goodspeed's 'City of Angels' Will Star D.B. Bonds, Burke Moses, Laurie Wells, Nancy Anderson" Playbill, August 17, 2011
  38. Nestruck, J. Kelly. "Stratford’s 'Titus Andronicus' is electrical" The Globe and Mail, July 15, 2011
  39. Billington, Michael. The Guardian
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