A l e x   L i p p a r d
Director • Acting Teacher and Coach • Playwright





Recent News


Winter 2009


•  Alex directs THE INCREASED DIFFICULTY OF CONCENTRATION by Vaclav Havel (translation by Stepan S. Simakl), starring Amy Stiller, with performances running February 12 through March 28, 2009, at The Lounge Theatre, 6201 Santa Monica Blvd, Hollywood. For further information and tickets, click on the image below.
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Fall 2008


• For Friendly Fire, Alex directs A TOUCH OF THE POET by Eugene O'Neill, starring Daniel J. Travanti, with performances running December 2-20, 2008 at The 14th St. Theater, 344 E. 14th Street.


Spring 2008


• For Audax Theatre Group, Alex directs MONSTERFACE by Daniel Roberts, with performances running June 5 - June 28, 2008 at The Irish Arts Center, 553 West 51st Street. The cast includes Sarah Grace Wilson (THE STORY at the Public), Anna Wood (SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK), Ted Schneider (Oswald in GHOSTS at CSC, opposite Amy Irving), Stuart Rudin (Multiple Miggs in "Silence of the Lambs"), Jason Blaine (PIPPIN at Goodspeed Musicals), Davis Hall (EDWARD II with Red Bull Theater) and Karen Lynn Gorney ("Saturday Night Fever" opposite John Travolta).


Winter 2007


• Alex directed the Off-Broadway premiere of Oren Safdie's new play THE LAST WORD... starring Daniel J. Travanti ("Hill Street Blues") with Adam Green at the Theatre at St. Clements, 423 W. 46th St., beginning January 30, 2007.


Fall 2006


• For the TRU Reading Series at the Players Theater Off-Broadway, Alex directed Chip Zien (INTO THE WOODS, FALSETTOS) and Liz Larsen (HAIRSPRAY) in BY THE NUMBERS, book/lyrics by Amanda Yesnowitz, music by Brian Feinstein.


Winter/Spring 2006


• For Audax Theatre Group, Alex directs the World Premiere of THE GOLD STANDARD by Daniel Roberts, with performances June 1, 2006 - July 1, 2006 at The Irish Arts Center, 553 West 51st Street The cast features Sabine Singh, Yasu Suzuki, Jordan Charney and Alie Carey. For more info click on the image to the right.


• For The Themantics Group, Alex directs CUPID & PSYCHE by Joseph Fisher, with performances April 7, 2006 - April 30, 2006 at Altered Stages, 212 W. 29th Street.


• For Gotham Stage Company, Alex directs SAKE WITH THE HAIKU GEISHA by Randall David Cook, with performances Feb. 25 for a six-week run at Perry St. Theater, 31 Perry St. at 7th Ave. For more info click on the image to the right.


Fall 2005


• For Friendly Fire, Alex directed 'TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE, by John Ford


• For Amas Musical Theatre, Alex directed DOGMUSIC, book and lyrics by Mark Masi and music by Jess Platt


• For The Public Theater, Alex directed ALL WE CAN HANDLE by Andrew Dainoff





Alex is the Artistic Director of Friendly Fire.
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Monsterface


The Last Word...


The Gold Standard


Sake With The Haiku Geisha


Hecuba


'Tis Pity She's a Whore