Damon Kiely

Damon Kiely served as the Artistic Director of American Theater Company from 2002 to 2007. Directing credits at American Theater Company include OKLAHOMA! (Nominated for 6 Jeff Awards including Best Musical and Best Direction of a Musical), THE DARK AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS, ORPHEUS DESCENDING, KID-SIMPLE, A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, STRICTLY DISHONORABLE and THE HAIRY APE. Currently he is an assistant professor of directing and acting at The Theatre School at DePaul University. Prior to moving back to Chicago he produced, directed, and taught in New York City. In New York he directed for the Public Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop, the Ontological Theater, Adobe Theater Company, PS122, Ensemble Studio Theater, and New Dramatists. Damon also served as the Artistic Director for Real Time Theater, and was a Producing Director at the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, as well as the Associate Artistic Director for the Children's Theater of
Maine. He is a winner of the 2000-02 NEA/TCG Career Directing Program,
the 2000 Drama League Fall Directing Program, and the 1997 Princess Grace Award. He lives in Edgewater with his wife Jennifer and their children, Isabella and Finnegan.