HOWARD MEYER
Howard Meyer is the founding Artistic Director of Axial Theatre and Program Director of Howard Meyer's Acting Program. He founded Axial Theatre 8 years ago out of a passion to create new plays with a year-round ensemble of actors, writers and directors. Select directorial credits include the New York City premiere of Athol Fugard's Hello and Goodbye presented at New York Theatre Workshop and Rattlestick Productions and the original workshop production of The Pavillion by Craig Wright at The Playwright's Center in Minneapolis. He was a directing member of the Usual Suspects at New York Theatre Workshop and an inaugural member of The Lincoln Center Theatre Director's Lab.
His playwriting career began in 1997 with SWIM, his collaborative play commissioned and presented by Barnspace Productions in Katonah, NY. Axial productions of his plays include Cherrie, presented at The Samuel French One-Act Festival; Jerry, presented at HERE Arts Center; The Kiss and All That's Fair presented at The Colleen Dewhurst Theatre in Mt. Kisco, NY. He spent 2005 writing a new play in collaboration with playwright Linda Giuliano and Axial company members, entitled The Contract. His most recent full length play, Lost in Paradise, was presented in May 2006 at the Bedford Hills Theatre, has been filmed for television, and optioned for a motion picture. His one-act play, Twenty, was produced this season in Axial's first Ten-Minute Play Festival, Power Lunches and Disorderly Conduct. Deeply committed to the artistic process, Howard created the educational component of Axial Theatre and the Axial Playwrights Program. His students now attend some of the most prestigious acting programs nationally including Carnegie Mellon, SUNY Purchase, USC, The American Repertory Theatre's Conservatory at Harvard University, NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and Emerson College .
His playwriting career began in 1997 with SWIM, his collaborative play commissioned and presented by Barnspace Productions in Katonah, NY. Axial productions of his plays include Cherrie, presented at The Samuel French One-Act Festival; Jerry, presented at HERE Arts Center; The Kiss and All That's Fair presented at The Colleen Dewhurst Theatre in Mt. Kisco, NY. He spent 2005 writing a new play in collaboration with playwright Linda Giuliano and Axial company members, entitled The Contract. His most recent full length play, Lost in Paradise, was presented in May 2006 at the Bedford Hills Theatre, has been filmed for television, and optioned for a motion picture. His one-act play, Twenty, was produced this season in Axial's first Ten-Minute Play Festival, Power Lunches and Disorderly Conduct. Deeply committed to the artistic process, Howard created the educational component of Axial Theatre and the Axial Playwrights Program. His students now attend some of the most prestigious acting programs nationally including Carnegie Mellon, SUNY Purchase, USC, The American Repertory Theatre's Conservatory at Harvard University, NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and Emerson College .