APR 22, 2019 Congratulations to Vahishta Vafadari for her Jeff nomination! Vahishta has been nominated by the Joseph Jefferson Committee for Performer in a Principle Role for her performance as Anne Lister in I KNOW MY OWN HEART. The 46th Annual Non-Equity Jeff Awards will be held on June 3, 2019.
Apr 2, 2019 Some exciting news announced today: I will be co-directing HEAD OVER HEELS this summer with Kokandy Productions! This will be the first regional production of the musical since its Broadway run closed in January of this year. My fearless co-director is Kokandy’s newly appointed producing artistic director Derek Van Barham. Breon Arzell
Mar 17, 2019 Broadway World announced today that the HILDEGARD creative team was awarded a grant from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. This is really special news; we took act one of the show to the Chicago Fringe Festival last September, and this grant will give us the push to keep
Jan 13, 2019 And just like that, I KNOW MY OWN HEART is open! We were so fortunate to have Emma Donoghue for joining us for opening night and a post-show conversation. This rehearsal process has been incredibly joyful and life-giving, in large part because of the wonderful ensemble of principle and understudy actors. Special
Jan 9, 2019 Today the Windy City Times published an article about I KNOW MY OWN HEART with interviews from me and playwright Emma Donoghue. Thanks to Chicago playwright Sarah Bowden for writing the article! (And for putting up with background noise from the CTA Red Line during the phone interview! May that be the
Swanson is directing this production
Swanson is dramaturging this production
Feb 21, 2018 Swanson directed the reading and led the preceding rewriting and dramaturgy workshop