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based in Chicago whose passion lies in directing
and developing new work. Ms. Filmer was the recipient
of the 2004-05 Michael Maggio Directing Fellowship
at the Goodman Theatre where she directed Almost
Done, Reunion and Dark Pony as part
of their David Mamet Festival. As the Producing
Director of Chicago Dramatists from 2000-2004, she
directed and developed countless new plays incluiding
the Jeff-Award-winning The Liquid Moon
by John Green, for which she received an After Dark
Award for Direction. She directed the world premiere
of Brett Neveu’s Eric LaRue for A
Red Orchid, and has directed for William Inge Theatre
Festival, Shattered Globe, Live Bait, Stage Left,
Circle Theatre, Famous Door’s Women at the
Door, Collaboraction, Theatre on the Lake, Porchlight,
Prop Thtr, and 29th Street Rep in New York. As co-founder
and former Artistic Director of The Aardvark, Ms.
Filmer directed ten of their shows, including Neveu's
The Last Barbecue and the Chicago premiere
of WASP and Excerpts from Cruel Shoes by
Steve Martin. Ms. Filmer has directed new plays
by Andy Cobb, Lisa Dillman, Sharon Evans, Rebecca
Gilman, Sean Graney, Mark Guarino, Susan Hahn, Quiara
Alegria Hudes, Robert Koon, Susan Lieberman, Rohina
Malik, Arlene Malinowski, Susan Nussbaum, Eric Pfeffinger
and Sarah Ruhl. She was the Associate Artistic Director
of Writers’ Theatre for three years and served
on the board of the League of Chicago Theatres from
2000 – 2004. While at Chicago Dramatists,
she co-produced the National Showcase of New Plays
2004, and was the editor of “New Plays from
Chicago” Chicago’s first every anthology
of new plays. Ms. Filmer is the creator and Artistic
Director of Estrogen
Fest 2000 - 2007 and founder/Artistic Director
of 16th
Street Theater in Berwyn now in its third season.
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