STAG

KEVIN NEWBURY IS AN OPERA, THEATRE AND FILM DIRECTOR BASED IN NEW YORK CITY. HIS PRODUCTIONS HAVE BEEN PRESENTED BY MANY TOP OPERA COMPANIES, FESTIVALS AND SYMPHONIES INCLUDING CARNEGIE HALL, THE KENNEDY CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO OPERA, LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO, HOUSTON GRAND OPERA, THE SANTA FE OPERA, BARCELONA LICEU, OPERA THEATRE OF ST. LOUIS, MINNESOTA OPERA, THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY, L’OPÉRA DE MONTRÉAL, PROTOTYPE FESTIVAL, BARD SUMMERSCAPE, PORTLAND OPERA, OPERA PHILADELPHIA, PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA, GLIMMERGLASS OPERA, THE VIRGINIA ARTS FESTIVAL AND THE WEXFORD FESTIVAL IN IRELAND, AMONG MANY OTHERS. KEVIN IS ESPECIALLY COMMITTED TO DEVELOPING NEW WORK. HE HAS DIRECTED OVER A DOZEN WORLD PREMIERE OPERAS AND PLAYS, MANY OF WHICH WERE SUBSEQUENTLY PUBLISHED OR RECORDED.

MR. NEWBURY’S PRODUCTION OF VIRGINIA FOR THE WEXFORD OPERA FESTIVAL WON THE 2010 IRISH TIMES THEATRE AWARD FOR BEST NEW OPERA PRODUCTION. HIS WORK HAS ALSO BEEN NOMINATED FOR A GRAMMY AWARD (BERNSTEIN’S MASS WITH MARIN ALSOP, ALSO NAMED “ONE OF THE BEST EVENTS OF THE YEAR” BY THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THE WASHINGTON POST), A DRAMA DESK AWARD (BEST ACTOR, CANDY & DOROTHY) AND THE GLAAD MEDIA AWARD (WINNER: CANDY & DOROTHY, NOMINATED KISS AND CRY). HIS FIRST FILM, THE SHORT MONSURA IS WAITING, HAS SCREENED AT TWENTY-TWO FILM FESTIVALS AND HAS WON SEVERAL AWARDS, INCLUDING BEST DARK COMEDY AT THE HOUSTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, BEST FANTASY FILM AT THE MEXICO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, OPENING NIGHT SELECTION AT THE SANTA FE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AT THE WILLIAMSBURG INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL, AND ONE OF THE BEST OF FEST AT THE MAINE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. THE FILM IS AVAILABLE ON iTUNES. WWW.MONSURAISWAITING.COM KEVIN'S SECOND FILM, STAG, IS CURRENTLY SCREENING AT FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD AND RECENTLY WON "BEST OF NEW YORK" AT THE NYSHORTS FEST AND A SILVER REMI AWARD AT THE HOUSTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. UPCOMING PROJECTS INCLUDE THE WORLD PREMIERES OF THE GOOD SWIMMER (NY), BEL CANTO (CHICAGO), O COLUMBIA (HOUSTON), FELLOW TRAVELERS (CINCINNATI), AND THE (R)EVOLUTION OF STEVE JOBS (SANTA FE).

EDUCATION: BOWDOIN COLLEGE AND OXFORD UNIVERSITY.