D I R E C T I N G

July 30, 2013 Comments off

Kris Stewart has worked widely, both as a freelance theatre director and as an artistic director.

As a director, Kris has directed 30+ productions for companies such as Opera Australia, the Sydney Festival, the State Opera of South Australia, Melbourne Theatre Company, Sydney Theatre Company, The Broward Stage (Miami), International Management Group, Next Wave Festival, The Jacobsen Group, The Gateway Playhouse (New Jersey), The Production Company, Playbox and Handspan Visual Theatre.

Largely focussing on new music theatre, Kris’ work has been recognized with the $100,000 Jujamcyn Theaters Prize, the Sir Keith Murdoch Prize for Leadership and Innovation and a Churchill Fellowship. Kris is an alumnus of the Lincoln Center Theatre’s Director’s Lab and completed his post-graduate study at the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts.

To find out more, click through to the Directing page, where you can find our more about a number of shows that Kris has directed, including the Trocadero Dance Palace, Into the Woods, Virgins, My One and Only, Life’s A Circus and many others.

P R O D U C I N G

July 29, 2013 Comments off

In addition to his work as the executive director of NYMF, Kris Stewart is an experienced producer, both in the commercial and non-profit realms. In 2008, his commercial production company, Red Sand Media Partners, produced the feature film Red Hook and the TONY nominated musical [title of show], and has two commercial musicals and a television drama in active development.

In 2010 and 2011, Kris consulted with Century Venues on a series of nonprofit projects that they were taking on, such as the Sydney Fringe (created in partnership with the City of Sydney and the City of Marrickville), New Musicals Australia (created with the Australia Council), and the Concourse, a new arts centre in the City of Willoughby where Kris consulted on programming and major events.

You can find more on Kris’ producing experience by visiting the Festivals and Major Events page of the site, where you can read more on Kris’ experience on events such as the Festival of Voices, the Sydney Fringe, the New York Musical Theatre Festival, and others.

For more information on Kris’ work as a producer, click:

N E W W O R K

July 28, 2013 Comments off

From early in his career, Kris has made a clear commitment to the development of new musical theatre.

This can be seen in his early work in Australia developing Prodigal and Virgins, before he travelled overseas and founded the New York Musical Theatre Festival and produced [title of show] on Broadway.  He also worked as executive director of the National Music Theatre Network and consulting director for the Theatre for American Musicals.  Upon his return, he established New Musicals Australia in Sydney, the first company of its type in Australia and funded by the Australia Council to develop new Australian musicals.

For his work, Kris received the $100,000 Jujamcyn Theaters Prize, as well as the Sir Keith Murdoch Prize for Leadership and Innovation and a Churchill Fellowship.  He spoke on new musicals as a guest speaker or panellist for  Opera America, the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, The 2008 UK Musical Theatre Conference, The Entertainment Industry Expo NYC, NY Theatre Resources, The American Theatre Wing, the League of American Theatres and Producers and the NYC Emerging Artist and Producers panel, and he has been part of the nominating and judging committees for the Macarthur Fellowship, The Victorian Premier’s Literary Prize (musical theatre) and Dance Break NYC.

 

M E D I A

July 26, 2013 Comments off

Kris has been featured in a number of different publications, both here and in NYC.

Click HERE to look at videos and articles on the work Kris has done has a director and producer.

F E S T I V A L S

January 1, 2013 Comments off

Experienced in the particular demands of major event and festival production, Kris is currently the director of the Festival of Voices, Hobart’s largest winter cultural event.

This follows on from his work on such events as the Sydney Fringe,  the New York Musical Theatre Festival, the Australian Ballet’s Ballet in the Park, Madison Square Garden/Radio City Entertainment’s A Christmas Carol, the Lygon Street Festa (over 300,000 attendees), the Myer Music Bowl Millennium Concert, the Waterfront Festival, the Williamstown Festival, The LIVE Youth Festival, the VIVA Cultural Diversity Festival and numerous outdoor concerts and events.

To find out more, click any of the links above or visit the FESTIVALS AND MAJOR EVENTS page.

A B O U T K R I S

September 22, 2011 Comments off

Kris Stewart is a multidiscipline and multigenre performing arts producer and director whose work has been seen through the US, Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.

He has had great success both heading events of significant cultural footprint for festivals, non-profit and commercial institutions, and acting as an independent artist.

He was the founding director of the New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF), the world’s largest annual musical theatre event, and was the inaugural Artistic Director of The Sydney Fringe, NSW’s key major event for the alternative and independent arts sector.

Currently, he is the Director of the Festival of Voices, Tasmania’s largest winter cultural event and the Director of New Musicals Australia, a state funded body charged with the development of new Australian musicals.  He was one the Broadway producers of [title of show] and the feature film Red Hook, and worked as Resident Director of the musical Wicked in Australia for the Gordon/Frost Organization.

For Kris Stewart’s full biography, click HERE.

This is his website, and you can click the links to explore. Hang a while and check it out.