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David Travis, Associate Director and Founder

:: david@synapseproductions.org

Recent New York directing credits include the world premieres of Barbara Hammond's Norman & Beatrice and Michael Aronov's Manigma, as well as the American premiere of Richard Bean's The God Botherers, and Animal Farm (the Puppet Musical) as part of The Orwell Project (currently on a national tour). Also in New York, The Chicago Conspiracy Trial, Travis' own multi-media re-translation of Euripides' The Phoenician Women at the Ohio Theatre, and The Elephant Man and Howard Brenton's Bloody Poetry at The Connelly Theater. No Exit (Jean Cocteau Rep), Eugene O'Neill's Beyond the Horizon (Chain Lightning), Mamet's The Woods (the first production of the play to be granted NYC performance rights in over 15 years), and Grimm Tales at The Connelly Theater and Henry Street Settlement's Harry Dejur Playhouse.

At the Williamstown Theatre Festival, Travis directed Richard Nelson's Bal, and Bloody Poetry by Howard Brenton. In Great Britain, he directed the Scottish premiere of Lanford Wilson's The Rimers of Eldritch at the 50th Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

As a recipient of a Sheldon Fellowship, David assisted the touring company of Trevor Nunn's production of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia, and the British Premiere of August Wilson's Two Trains Running.

Other directing credits include Burn This, The Crucible, and Feydeau's A Flea in Her Ear at the Loeb Drama Center.

Education: Harvard University.