Sheila Hickey Garvey is an artistic associate and resident director who has directed over 50 productions across various theaters and universities. Some of her most notable works include the world premiere of the opera Letter from Italy, 1944 and a documentary about its creation. She has received awards for her women's initiative production and invited productions at regional theater festivals. Garvey has a Ph.D. in Performance Studies from NYU and over 40 years of experience in directing, producing, and staging readings.

1. DIRECTING RESUME SHEILA HICKEY GARVEY
Ph: (203) 530-0945 Associate Member SDC
Greater Middletown Chorale, Artistic Associate for Theatrical Production
and Resident Director
Letter from Italy, 1944 Score Sarah Meneely Kyder; Libretto Nancy Kyder-
Meneely; Conductor Joe D’Eugenio, with Jack Anthony Pott and Patricia
Schuman and members of the Greater Middletown Chorale (world premiere April
28, 2013; Television broadcast May 15 and 22, 2016)
Documentary about the creation of Letter from Italy, 1944’s narrated by Meryl
Streep - television premiere June 18, 2015 – Regional Emmy Award (June 2016)
ELIJAH Felix Mendelssohn’s
Conductor Joe D’Eugenio, with Paul Laurence Fletcher, Adele Paxton,
Margaret Tyler, Jack Anthony Pott (May 2, 2010)
International Festival of Arts and Ideas, New Haven, CT - Short and Neat
Resident Director
- Jerry Thompson's THE ELEVATOR - JUNE 2004
- Thomas G. Dunn's THE NATURE OF LOVE - JUNE 2002
- Mark Lambeck’s MELBA IN 603 - JUNE 2001
- Jerry Shaff’s A REASONABLE REQUEST - June 2000
Producer and Theatrical Director of Ricco Productions
- Daniel Ort’s IS THIS THE END OF LITTLE RICCO - 1997
Southern Connecticut State Univ.
Main Stage, The Lyman Center for the Performing Arts, New Haven, CT.
- Noel Coward HAY FEVER - 2013
- Elmer Rice STREET SCENE - 2011
- William Shakespeare OTHELLO – 2009
- Catherine Filloux ALL DRESSED UP AND NOWHERE TO GO -2009
- Shirley Lauro A PIECE OF MY HEART - 2007
MERIT AWARD American College Theatre Festival 2008 Region
I - "Outstanding Women's Initiative Production"
- De Filippo SATURDAY, SUNDAY, MONDAY - 2007
- Nilo Cruz ANNA in the TROPICS - 2005
First Alternate American College Theatre Festival 2005 Region
I - Kaufman and Hart LIGHT UP THE SKY - 2002
- Helen Edmundson THE CLEARING - 2002
- Shakespeare TWELFTH NIGHT- 2001
- O’Neill AH, WILDERNESS! - 1998
- Goldoni A SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS - 1998
- Kaufman and Hart YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU - 1997
- August Wilson JOE TURNER’S COME AND GONE - 1993
Kendall Drama Lab, The Lyman Center for the Performing Arts
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2. - John Cariani ALMOST, MAINE 2015 Invited Production John F
Kennedy American College Theater Festival Region I and Best
Acting Ensemble John F Kennedy American College Theater
Festival Region I
(full production on utube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=iyCfjoyEDpU&list=FLSeLfRO2y6_IGWIxZ2W6KLw&index=7)
- Lawrence Thelan HIGGINS IN HARLEM 2014
- Sarah Ruhl DEAD MAN’S CELL PHONE 2011
Invited Production John F Kennedy American College Theatre
Festival 2004 Region I
- Ellen Kaplan PULLING APART (World Premiere) 2005
Winner of the Moss Hart Award
- Rebecca Gilman SPINNING INTO BUTTER - 2003
First Alternate John F Kennedy American College Theatre
Festival 2004 Region I
- Arthur Kopit Oh Dad Poor Dad Mama’s Hung You in the Closet 1999
- Shakespeare MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING - 1995
- Christopher Durang THE MARRIAGE OF BETTE AND BOO - 1994
- Emily Mann EXECUTION OF JUSTICE - 1994
- Chekhov THE CHERRY ORCHARD - 1991
- Ann Comier STARTING MONDAY -1991
First Alternate John F Kennedy American College Theatre
Festival 1992 Region I and Moss Hart Award Nominee
- John Guare THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES - 1989
- A. R. Gurney THE DINING ROOM 1989
Dickinson College The Mathers Theatre, Carlisle Pennsylvania
- O’Neill AH, WILDERNESS 1988
- George Kaufman and Edna Ferber THE ROYAL FAMILY - 1987
- Michael Weller LOOSE ENDS - 1987
- Moliere THE MISANTHROPE - 1985
- Shakespeare THE WINTER’S TALE - 1984
- Tennessee Williams CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF - 1983
- Elmer Rice STREET SCENE - 1982
- Chekhov A COUNTRY SCANDAL - 1982
Rutgers University (Camden, N.J.)
- Brecht THE INFORMER - 1981
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.)
- Moliere THE MISANTHROPE - 1974 GRADUATE DIRECTING
AWARD
Staged Readings
ATHE New Play Development Festival, Las Vegas, Nevada
- Katie Murphy Just a Game – 2017
The New England Theatre Conference, Boston, Mass.
- Ann Marie Shea LAND'S END CAFÉ - 2007
New England Academy of Theatre, New Haven, CT.
- Jennifer Hawkins FLY FISHING IN TRIBECA - 2000
International Conference - The Bores Symposium, Dickinson
College, Carlisle, Pa.
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3. - Recitations of the poetry of Jorges Louis Borges for Jorges Louis Borges
- 1983
Professional Training:
Ph.D. New York University (Tisch) PERFORMANCE STUDIES, 1984
M.A., Northwestern University,Evanston, Ill., DIRECTING, 1973
B.S. Emerson College, Boston, Mass., THEATER, 1971;
The Circle in the Square Professional Acting School (Graduate), 1973-1975
(1633 Broadway, New York);
Additional:
The International Film and Video Workshops, Rockport, Maine
"Acting Techniques for Directors", Alan Meyerson (2006)
ACTF/Kennedy Center Directing Fellow, John F. Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts, Washington, D.C., (Master Classes in Stage Directing - The
Conceptual Team) Gerald Freedman, Patricia Zipprodt, Ming Cho Lee (1992)
Professional Actors/Directors Workshop - Nikos Psacharopoulos
(New York, N.Y.(1980-81)
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