Edward Sobel (Director) – At PlayPenn: Appetite, Slip/Shot, Heartland, Bobby James, Dimenticar.  Other directing credits: world premieres of Moon Man Walk (Orbiter 3), The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington (Flashpoint) and Nimisha Ladva’s Uninvited (First Person Arts and tour); productions of Endgame, Clybourne Park, Superior Donuts, Women in Jep and At the Old Place (all at Arden); The Chosen, Huck Finn, and A Lesson Before Dying (all at Steppenwolf).  Credits as dramaturg include Broadway productions of The Minutes (Pulitzer Finalist and Tony nomination) Linda Vista, Superior Donuts, and August: Osage County (Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award). Recipient of the Elliot Hayes Award from Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas for outstanding contribution to the field. Current Associate Professor at Villanova University.