Jonathan Vandenberg
In the John Wells Directing Program, Jonathan Vandenberg leads the Text to Stage graduate directing sequence. He is also an advisor for departmental productions staged by MFA and BFA directors.
Jonathan Vandenberg is a director and educator with a focus on ancient and modern global classics, as well as new work. His productions have been presented internationally, off-Broadway, and regionally by organizations including Classic Stage Company, Mabou Mines, P.S. 122, Magic Theatre, Cutting Ball Theatre, NYU Graduate Acting, and companies in Seoul, Singapore, and Taipei.
Recent directing projects include Restless Night in Late Spring, The Exile from Ayodhya, The Nest, Hanjo, The Suppliants, Iago: Images Unseen, Winesburg, Ohio, Oresteia, Axis mundi, The Crossing of the Visible, The Kingdom, Tantalus, No Such Thing, Amnesiac, Far Away, and Landscape.
He was the founding Theatre Program Coordinator at Yale-NUS College in Singapore, where he was based for five years. He was previously on the faculty of Vanderbilt University, where he led the Acting track, and Middlebury College. He received his MFA in Directing from Columbia University and additional training with the Suzuki Company of Toga in Japan.