BIO

Hunter Bird (he/him) is a Brooklyn-based theater artist and director of new works, particularly new musical theater.

Directing highlights include the world premieres of Bronco Billy: The Musical (London’s Charing Cross Theater, TimeOut 5-star rated; Los Angeles’ Skylight Theater, 2 Ovation Awards), XY (Village Theater with Alhadeff Productions), and The Laodamiad (Signature Theatre, Dramaturg Oskar Eustis with development at Roundabout Theater Company). He's developed new work with Ars Nova, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, The McKittrick Hotel, Musical Theater Factory, NAMT Festival, and the Getty Villa.

As a writer, Bird co-created The Pansy Craze starring Mason Alexander Park (London’s Underbelly Boulevard developed with Rachel Brosnahan’s company Scrap Paper Pictures), She Reached for Heaven (SOMA Stage, Red Mountain Theater Company, Nashville Rep), and The Golden Record (Ferguson Center for the Arts, Pilot Arts). He's held writing residencies at the Johnny Mercer Writers Grove at Goodspeed Musicals, Warren Miller PAC, and Rhinebeck Writers Retreat.

Notable associate/assistant directing credits include the national tours of Beetlejuice: The Musical and The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, the original Pulitzer Prize-winning production Clybourne Park (CTG’s Mark Taper Forum), the Flaming Lips’ musical Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (La Jolla Playhouse), Richard Greenberg’s Our Mother’s Brief Affair (Broadway, MTC starring Linda Lavin), and works directed by Lynne Meadow, Des McAnuff, Alex Timbers, Pam MacKinnon, Susan Booth, Graciela Daniele, Doug Hughes, Gilbert Cates, Kristin Hanggi, The Debate Society, V (formerly Eve Ensler), and the National Theater of Scotland.

Affiliations include CTG's Mid-Career Alumni, MTC Jonathan Alpert Fellow, and The Civilians R&D Group. He has guest lectured and directed at NYU Steinhardt, Molloy College, and CAP21. Training: UCLA (BA Directing/Musical Theatre) and RADA.

WORK WITH ME

I'm always excited to collaborate with writers, artists, and creatives who share my passion for bold, imaginative storytelling. Whether reinvestigating an existing property or developing a new work from the ground up, I approach each project with a spirit of rigorous exploration and joyful possibility.

As a director, I’m interested in creating work that collides music, movement, and narrative together in unexpected ways. I have a particular focus on nurturing new musicals from conception to final production. I enjoy facilitating deeply collaborative rooms and encouraging dynamic, cross-departmental design vocabularies with creative teams.

As a creator, my work usually falls into one of two boxes: intimate chamber musicals exploring life’s biggest questions and high-camp spectacles. I love stories that illuminate our collective humanity, show the weird/impossible-to-define oddities of being alive, and are FUN.

I also work as an experienced script dramaturg/project developer to provide expert feedback and consult on a work's path to production.

Want to make something together? Get in touch!