About

Heidi Stillman is a writer, director, circus creator, new works developer, and an ensemble member of Lookingglass Theatre Company in Chicago where she has served twice over the years as Artistic Director. Some of her favorite shows she has written and directed at Lookingglass include: Cascabel (with Tony Hernandez and Rick Bayless), Hephaestus: A Greek Mythology Circus Tale (also at The Goodman Theatre), The Brothers Karamazov, and Hard Times (also at the Arden Theatre in Philadelphia). Directing work at Lookingglass includes: Act(s) of God, Death Tax, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Trust, and Hillbilly Antigone. Additional writing credits with Lookingglass include The Old Curiosity Shop and The Baron in the Trees. Heidi recently directed Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress at Childrens Theatre Company in Minneapolis and Little Red at The Actors Gymnasium. She directed Minita Gandhi’s Muthaland for Silk Road Rising, Victory Garden’s Ignition Festival, and at 16th Street Theatre. She wrote (with Caroline Macon) and directed The Year I Didn’t Go to School at Chicago Childrens Theatre. Her adaptation of The Book Thief premiered at Steppenwolf Theatre Company.