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CTW DIRECTORS

Aaron Umsted

AARON UMSTED

Producing Artistic Director

Originally from Durant, Oklahoma, Aaron is a Chicago based teacher, actor, dancer, director and choreographer whose work has taken him around the world.

 

His Chicago area theatre credits include productions with the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Paramount Theatre, Drury Lane Oakbrook, and Marriott Theatre where he was nominated for a Jeff Award for his role as Will Parker in Oklahoma. He has also toured North America in the Broadway companies of A Chorus Line, Disney’s Mary Poppins, and the Tony Award winning revival of Anything Goes.

 

Aaron taught musical theatre classes at Roosevelt University, Chicago Academy for the Arts, and in India with the organization, Artists Striving to End Poverty.

 

His directing/choreography credits include: Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Northwestern University, and Bravo Performing Arts in Oak Park.

 

Aaron is a ten-year member of Actor’s Equity Association, received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre from the University of Oklahoma, and a Master of Education in Theatre Pedagogy from Southeastern Oklahoma State University.  

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