Daniel Sullivan
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Life Events
1963
Began career as an actor with the Actor's Workshop in San Francisco, CA
1968
Was an assistant director for "Hair" on Broadway
1971
Made his directorial debut at the Lincoln Center Theater with A.R. Gurney's "Scenes from American Life"
1971
Directed the American debut of Durrenmatt's "Play Strindberg"
1973
Directed a revival of Sean O'Casey's "The Plough and the Stars"
1979
Became the resident director for the Seattle Repertory Theatre
1981
Served as the artistic director for the Seattle Repertory Theatre
1984
Directed Herb Gardner's play "I'm Not Rappaport" at the Seattle Repertory Theatre; later directed the play when it moved to Broadway in 1985
1988
Wrote and directed "Truffles in the Soup" for the Seattle Repertory Theatre
1989
Directed Wendy Wasserstein's "The Heidi Chronicles" on Broadway
1991
Wrote and directed "Inspecting Carol" for the Seattle Repertory Theatre
1991
Re-teamed with Herb Gardner to stage "Conversations with My Father" for the Seattle Repertory Theatre; also directed the L.A. production in 1993
1992
Directed Jon Robin Baitz's "The Substance of Fire" at the Lincoln Center Theater
1992
Re-teamed with Wendy Wasserstein for "The Sisters Rosensweig"
1996
Re-teamed with Jon Robin Baitz for the Lincoln Center production of "A Fair Country"
1996
Directed the film adaptation of Baitz's play, "The Substance of Fire"
1997
Directed Seattle and Broadway productions of Wendy Wasserstein's "An American Daughter"
1998
Directed the Lincoln Center production of Eugene O'Neill's "Ah, Wilderness!"
1999
Directed the Pulitzer-Prize-winning play, "Dinner With Friends"
2000
Staged the revival of Eugene O'Neill's "A Moon for the Misbegotten"
2000
Earned critical praise for his direction of David Auburn's "Proof"
2003
Directed the Broadway production of "The Retreat from Moscow"
2005
Directed Elaine May's "After the Night and the Music" on Broadway
2006
Directed David Lindsay-Abaire's "Rabbit Hole" on Broadway
2007
Directed the Broadway revival of Harold Pinter's "The homecoming"
2010
Directed the acclaimed Public Theater production of Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice," starring Al Pacino
2011
Re-teamed with David Lindsay-Abaire for "Good People"