Director

Marti
Lyons

Marti Lyons is thrilled to work with Jen Silverman continuing their many recent collaborations, including Witch at Writers Theatre in Chicago and Wondrous Strange together with Meg Miroshnik, Jiehae Park and Martyna Majok for the 2015 Humana Festival at Actors Theatre of Louisville. Marti most recently directed Cambodian Rock Band by Lauren Yee at Victory Gardens Theater. She directed How to Defend Yourself by Lily Padilla for the 2019 Humana Festival as part of a co-world premiere with Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago, where Marti will direct the play again in 2019. Marti has directed Botticelli in the Fire by Jordan Tannahill (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company); The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe and Kings by Sarah Burgess (Studio Theater); Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (Court Theatre); Short Shakes! Macbeth (Chicago Shakespeare Theater) and Title and Deed by Will Eno (Lookingglass Theatre Company). Next, Marti will remount Cambodian Rock Band at City Theatre in Pittsburgh. This season, Marti will direct The Niceties by Eleanor Burgess (Writers Theatre), Jen Silverman’s The Moors (A Red Orchid Theatre) and the world premiere of The Scarlet Letter by Kate Hamill (South Coast Repertory). Marti is a proud member of SDC.