Dina Epshteyn

Dramaturge, Photographer (Still), Playwright and Stage Director

New York City, New York

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September 2011

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About Dina

Dina Epshteyn is a freelance theater director who has helmed productions, workshops, and readings for a variety of theaters in NYC. Regionally, she directed the World Premiere of Henry Murray's THREE VIEWS OF THE SAME OBJECT (winner, Woodward/Newman Award for Best Drama) and Barton Bishop's STILL THE RIVER RUNS at Bloomington Playwrights Project and is returning there this year to direct the premiere of William Missouri Downs's MAD GRAVITY. She has also assistant directed and dramaturged at Capital Rep (OXFORD ROOF CLIMBER'S REBELLION), Two River Theater (HEARTBREAK HOUSE), Westport Country Playhouse (MARY'S WEDDING and the World Premiere of SEDITION), and Baltimore's CENTERSTAGE (HEARTS; AH, WILDERNESS!; THE THREE SISTERS, and others). Her first play—a short entitled NO BLUEBERRIES—won the 2009 $7,500 Grand Prize in Manhattan Theater Club's REALationships National Playwrighting Competition and was staged at their City Center Off-Broadway space. Ms. Epshteyn graduated with distinction from McGill University.

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Female

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Mad Gravity (2014)
Theater by Bloomington Playwrights Project Director
The Boy's Own Jedi Handbook, Parts I & II (reading) (2012)
Theater by Theatre East Director
How Herman Commike Saved My Life (2012)
Theater by One Man Standing solo festival, Emerging Artists Theater; Plus One solo show festival, Tongue-in-Cheek Theater; Midtown International Theatre Festival Director
Three Views of the Same Object (2012)
Theater by Bloomington Playwrights Project Director
Ten Questions to Ask Your Biology Teacher about Evolution (workshop and reading) (2012)
Theater by City Theater, Pittsburgh, MOMENTUM festival of new plays Director
Lubbock or Leave It! (2012)
Theater by HERE, summer sublet series Director
Size Matters (reading) (2012)
Theater by The Platform Group Director
The Jungle Book (2012)
Theater by Theatre East, the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre @ Playwrights Horizons Director
Danica & Jean (2011)
Theater by Richmond Shepard Theatre Director
How Nice of You to Ask (2011)
Theater by Richmond Shepard Theatre Director
Still the River Runs (2011)
Theater by Bloomington Playwrights Project Director
Ori & Addison (2011)
Theater by Manhattan Theatre Source Director
The Victim (reading) (2011)
Theater by Players Theater Director
Whales & Souls (2011)
Theater by Cairns Festival, Queensland, Australia Director
MUSH (2011)
Theater by NYC Fringe Festival Director
Mary's Wedding (fully staged reading) (2011)
Theater by Peter Jay Sharp Theatre @ Playwrights Horizons Producer/Director
Nimpsey Pink (reading) (2010)
Theater by Spaghetti Sundays Director
No Applause Please (2010)
Theater by Strawberry One-Act Festival Director
More than Breakfast (reading) (2010)
Theater by eyeBlink Director
We Appear to Have Company (2010)
Theater by EndTimes Productions Director
Ghost Light (workshop & reading) (2010)
Theater by ABroad Stage Company Director
Cupcakes, and Other Stuff Men Love (2010)
Theater by Manhattan Theatre Source Director
School Romance (2010)
Theater by Midtown International Theatre Festival Director
Visionaries (2010)
Theater by Midtown International Theatre Festival Director
Dead White Males (2010)
Theater by Tongue-in-Cheek Theater Dramaturg
Wrong Planet (2010)
Theater by Manhattan Theatre Source Director
Turtle (reading) (2010)
Theater by Manhattan Shakespeare Project Director
The Boy's Own Jedi Handbook, Parts I & II (reading) (2010)
Theater by Urban Stages Director
Jack and Jill in Christmastown (2010)
Theater by EndTimes Productions Director
Cold Feet (2009)
Theater by Where Eagles Dare Director
No Blueberries (2009)
Theater by Manhattan Theater Club Playwright
The Oxford Roof Climber's Rebellion (2009)
Theater by Capital Repertory Theater/Roger Danforth, dir. Assistant Director
Heartbreak House (2008)
Theater by Two River Theater/Aaron Posner, dir. Assistant Director
Tumble Jumble (2008)
Theater by Manhattan Theatre Source Director
Various Shorts (2008)
Theater by Westport Country Playhouse Director
The Clockmaker (reading) (2008)
Theater by Urban Stages Director
HEARTS (2007)
Theater by Baltimore's CENTERSTAGE/Tim Vasen, dir. Assistant Director
Intervention, The Musical (2007)
Theater by New York Musical Theater Festival Stage Manager
Sedition (2007)
Theater by Westport Country Playhouse/Tazewell Thompson, dir. Assistant Director and Dramaturg
Mary's Wedding (2007)
Theater by Westport Country Playhouse/Tazewell Thompson, dir. Assistant Director and Dramaturg
I Dream Before I Take the Stand (2007)
Theater by Westport Country Playhouse, Intern Showcase Director
Things of Dry Hours (2007)
Theater by Baltimore's CENTERSTAGE/Kwame Kwei Armah, dir. Assistant Dramaturg
The Life of a Dollar Bill (2007)
Theater by Baltimore's CENTERSTAGE, Young Playwrights Festival Director
Ah, Wilderness! (2007)
Theater by Baltimore's CENTERSTAGE/Melia Bensussen, dir. Production Dramaturg
Trouble in Mind (2007)
Theater by Baltimore's CENTERSTAGE/Irene Lewis, dir. Assistant Dramaturg
The Boys from Syracuse (2007)
Theater by Baltimore's CENTERSTAGE/David Schweizer, dir. Assistant Dramaturg
These Shining Lives (workshop & reading) (2006)
Theater by Baltimore's CENTERSTAGE/Leigh Silverman, dir. Assistant Dramaturg
Death and the Maiden (2006)
Theater by Baltimore's CENTERSTAGE/Lillian Groag, dir. Assistant Dramaturg
The Three Sisters (2006)
Theater by Baltimore's CENTERSTAGE/Irene Lewis, dir. Associate Dramaturg
It's Called the Sugar Plum (2006)
Theater by McGill University Director
George the Fourth (2005)
Theater by NYC Fringe Festival Director