Stan Wojewodski, Jr.
Distinguished Artist-in-Residence
M.F.A., Catholic University of America

Stan Wojewodski, Jr., the former dean of the Yale School of Drama, has been appointed Distinguished Artist-in-Residence in the Division of Theatre. He will teach directing and also direct the 18th-century comedy of manners She Stoops to Conquer. From 1991-2002, he was artistic director of Yale Repertory Theatre and dean of the Yale School of Drama. During his tenure, he nourished the careers of playwrights Suzan-Lori Parks (winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for drama) and Eric Overmyer and presented innovative dance-theatre by choreographer Ralph Lemon, whose cross-cultural interdisciplinary Geography trilogy received the 1999 Alpert Award. His own productions at Yale included the premieres of David Edgar’s Pentecost, Dawn Powell’s Big Night and Figaro/Figaro, and Eric Overmyer’s adaptations of Beaumarchais and Odon von Horvath.  Prior to Yale, Stan served as artistic director of Baltimore’s Center Stage from 1975 to 1991, directing over 40 productions including the American premieres of plays by Edward Bond, Odon von Horvath, Vaclav Havel and Antonio Buero-Vallejo. While at Center Stage, he also produced over a dozen world premieres by now-established American playwrights including James Yoshimura, Grace McKeaney and Russell Davis.

During his career, Stan has also staged productions at, among others, the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, Guthrie Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Dallas Theater Center, Old Globe, Mixed Blood, and Williamstown Theatre Festival, where he was an associate director.

He has served on the board of directors for Theatre Communications Group, and he has been a frequent panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts. He has also been a member of the standards & membership committee for the League of Theatre Training Programs.