LPTW Lucille Lortel Award 2005 - Mandy Hackett

MANDY HACKETT, Founder, The Underwood Theater

Prior to joining the Public Theater as Associate Artistic Director, Ms. Hackett was the founder and producer of The Underwood Theater, a new company dedicated to supporting and producing new work from emerging playwrights. At Underwood, she produced the world premiere of Julian Sheppard's Buicks (nominated for two Drama Desk Awards including Outstanding Play and Outstanding Lead Actor, Norbert Leo Butz) and the New York premiere of Sunil Kuruvilla's Fighting Words.  Prior to founding the Underwood Theater, Mandy served as Literary Manager/Resident Dramaturg at New York Theatre Workshop where she had the privilege of collaborating on many projects including James Lapine's Dirty Blonde, Tony Kushner's Homebody/Kabul, Doug Wright's Quills, Jonathan Larson's Rent, Paul Rudnick's The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, John Guare's Lydie Breeze, Theresa Rebeck’s A View From the Dome, Naomi Wallace’s The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek, David Rabe's A Question Of Mercy and Dael Orlandersmith's The Gimmick. Ms.  Hackett sits on the board of Ars Nova and graduated cum laude from Barnard College.