Gregory Boyd is a man of many talents. In his theatrical career he has served as director, actor, producer, administrator, librettist and educator. Mr. Boyd was born in San Francisco in 1951. As a teacher he has been on the faculties of Carnegie Mellon, Williams College and the University of North Carolina where he was the head of the Professional Theatre Training Program. He has directed and acted at the Berkeley Repertory Company, the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, the Milwaukee Repertory Company, the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival and the Williamstown Theatre Festival, just to name a few. After a four-year stint as head of StageWest in Springfield, Massachusetts, Boyd was recruited to the challenging position as the third artistic director in the history of the Alley Theatre in Houston, Texas. Mr. Boyd began his tenure in 1989 with two goals: to make a name for the Alley in both National and International Theatre. In 1996, Boyd more than succeeded when he picked up the Tony Award for Regional Theatre as a representative of the Alley. Since his arrival, the Alley Theatre has produced their shows to a record growth of audience members in its native Houston as well as 40 U.S. cities and a number of prestigious European festivals. Mr. Boyd has directed over twenty Alley productions, including the groundbreaking _x001c_ The Greeks_x001d_ , _x001c_ Cyrano de Bergerac_x001d_ , _x001c_ One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", "In the Jungle of Cities_x001d_ , _x001c_ Jekyll & Hyde_x001d_ (Premiere), _x001c_ Three Sisters_x001d_ , _x001c_ The Food Chain_x001d_ , _x001c_ The Importance of Being Earnest_x001d_ , _x001c_ Svengali_x001d_ (Premiere), and _x001c_ Measure for Measure_x001d_ . Mr. Boyd has also directed the recordings of _x001c_ Jekyll & Hyde_x001d_ and _x001c_ The Civil War_x001d_ for Atlantic Records. He has produced premiers by Edward Albee, Robert Wilson, and Frank Wildhorn (including the ever popular _x001c_ Jekyll & Hyde_x001d_ .) His latest project, _x001c_ The Civil War_x001d_ , which he co-wrote with Frank Wildhorn and Jack Murphy also premiered at the Alley Theatre before it s Broadway run. Gregory Boyd is currently working on _x001c_ Havana_x001d_ with collaborators Wildhorn and Murphy and famed director Jerry Zaks.
