ERIC NIGHTENGALE served as artistic director of 78th Street Theatre Lab in New York city from 1995 thru 2008, directing over 50 productions and overseeing the development of countless others. Other New York directing credits include work with Circle Repertory Theatre, The Acting Company, Circle in the Square, Cherry Lane Theatre,The River Ensemble, Ensemble Studio Theatre, 45 Bleecker, SoHo Rep, Barefoot Theatre Company, HERE, and Classic Stage Company. Eric has served as Artistic Director for Anchorage Theatre in Louisville, Zone 9 Productions in Indianapolis, and Actors Repertory Theatre in Chicago. Chicago directing credits also include work with Victory Gardens Theatre, Bailiwick Repertory Theatre, Steppenwolf, Chicago Dramatists Workshop, and Second City. He has served as Associate Artistic Director for the Developing Artists Series at the Drama League of New York and developed work at the New Harmony Project, National Playwrights Conference, and the Last Frontier Theatre Conference. Radio drama credits include work broadcast nationally over NPR affiliate stations, and in the UK over BBC channel 4. His work at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe has resulted in three Fringe First awards, eight published scripts, four adaptations for BBC radio, a Best Ensemble award, and a London transfer. Recent work includes The Frog Singer, an electro-luminescent-wire puppet play and An Idiot, produced by Propinquity Productions for the New York City Fringe Festival. This is not a picture of him.