CHARLES
NEWELL(Artistic Director) has been Artistic Director of Court Theatre since 1994, where he has directed over 30 productions. He made his Chicago directorial debut in 1993 with The Triumph of Love, which won the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Production. Directorial credits at Court include Titus Andronicus,Arcadia, Uncle Vanya, Raisin, The Glass Menagerie, Man of La Mancha, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Hamlet, The Invention of Love, and Nora. Charlie has also directed at the Guthrie Theater (The History Cycle, Cymbeline), Arena Stage, John Houseman’s The Acting Company, the California and Alabama Shakespeare Festivals, Juilliard, and New YorkUniversity. He is the recipient of the 1992 TCG Alan Schneider Director Award. He served on the Board of Theatre Communications Group, as well as on several panels for the National Endowment for the Arts. Opera directing credits include the Lyric Opera of Chicago with Marc Blitzstein’s Regina, and Rigoletto at Opera Theatre of St. Louis. His production of Man of La Mancha at Court was the recipient of 6 Joseph Jefferson Awards, including Best Production–Musical and Best Director–Musical.
DAWN HELSING(Executive Director) is in her third season as Court’s Executive Director. She currently serves on the Executive Committee of the League of Resident Theatres, and is a member of the board of The League of Chicago Theatres. Ms. Helsing came to Chicago from Baltimore, where she was Director of Development for CENTERSTAGE, overseeing growth in all areas of the theatre’s fundraising. While completing her MFA in Theatre Management at Yale School of Drama, she served as Associate Managing Director of Yale Repertory Theatre and Managing Director of Yale’s Summer Cabaret. Ms. Helsing has held marketing and public relations positions at Arena Stage in Washington, DC, and at CENTERSTAGE, and was a thesis reviewer for Goucher College’s graduate Arts Administration program. She has participated on grant review panels for the National Endowment for the Arts and the Massachusetts Cultural Commission.
CHARLES
NEWELL
(Artistic Director) has been Artistic Director of Court Theatre since 1994, where he has directed over 30 productions. He made his 
DAWN HELSING (Executive Director) is in her third season as Court’s Executive Director. She currently serves on the Executive Committee of the League of Resident Theatres, and is a member of the board of The League of Chicago Theatres. Ms. Helsing came to Chicago from Baltimore, where she was Director of Development for CENTERSTAGE, overseeing growth in all areas of the theatre’s fundraising. While completing her MFA in Theatre Management at Yale School of Drama, she served as Associate Managing Director of Yale Repertory Theatre and Managing Director of Yale’s Summer Cabaret. Ms. Helsing has held marketing and public relations positions at Arena Stage in Washington, DC, and at CENTERSTAGE, and was a thesis reviewer for Goucher College’s graduate Arts Administration program. She has participated on grant review panels for the National Endowment for the Arts and the Massachusetts Cultural Commission.