BIO

Hunter Bird (he/him) is a Brooklyn-based theater artist and director of new works, particularly new musical theater. With experience working on Broadway, National Tours, and theaters nationwide, Hunter has spent over a decade directing and developing plays, musicals, concert experiences, and more. He is the Artistic Producer of The New York SongSpace and Artistic Consultant for Center Theatre Group.

Directing highlights include the world premieres of Bronco Billy: The Musical (London’s Charing Cross Theater, TimeOut 5-star rated; Los Angeles’ Skylight Theater, 2 Ovation Awards), XY (Village Theater with Alhadeff Productions), and The Laodamiad (Signature Theatre, Dramaturg Oskar Eustis with development at Roundabout Theater Company). He's developed new work with Ars Nova, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, The McKittrick Hotel, Musical Theater Factory, NAMT Festival, and the Getty Villa.

As a writer, Bird co-created The Pansy Craze starring Mason Alexander Park and guest starring Laverne Cox, Evan Rachel Wood and Jackie Cox (Audible Theater, London’s Underbelly Boulevard developed with Rachel Brosnahan’s company Scrap Paper Pictures), She Reached for Heaven (SOMA Stage, Red Mountain Theater Company, Nashville Rep), and The Golden Record (Ferguson Center for the Arts, Pilot Arts). He's held writing residencies at the Johnny Mercer Writers Grove at Goodspeed Musicals, Warren Miller PAC, and Rhinebeck Writers Retreat.

Notable associate/assistant directing credits include the national tours of Beetlejuice: The Musical and The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, the original Pulitzer Prize-winning production Clybourne Park (CTG’s Mark Taper Forum), the Flaming Lips’ musical Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (La Jolla Playhouse), Richard Greenberg’s Our Mother’s Brief Affair (Broadway, MTC starring Linda Lavin), and works directed by Lynne Meadow, Des McAnuff, Diane Paulus, Alex Timbers, Pam MacKinnon, Susan Booth, Graciela Daniele, Doug Hughes, Gilbert Cates, Kristin Hanggi, The Debate Society, V (formerly Eve Ensler), and the National Theater of Scotland.

Affiliations include CTG's Mid-Career Alumni, MTC Jonathan Alpert Fellow, and The Civilians R&D Group. He has guest lectured and directed at NYU Steinhardt, Molloy College, and CAP21. Training: UCLA (BA Directing/Musical Theatre) and RADA.