Director

West Hyler

Broadway: How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Jersey Boys. As Associate Director of Jersey Boys he set up international productions of the show over 5 continents. New York: NYMF (Flambé Dreams), The Big Apple Circus (Legendarium), Ars Nova, The York Theater Company, Primary Stages, Playwrights Horizons. Regional: Colony Theater, Great River Shakespeare Festival, Upstate Shakespeare Festival, Warehouse Theater and the O’Neill Conference as the director of Gretchen Cryer and Nancy Ford’s I’m Still Getting My Act Together. Writing credits include the musical Georama with Matt Schatz and Jack Herrick and the short film “A Jake and Tom”, which premiered at the Hollywood Family Film Festival and was screened at festivals in the US, India and Europe. Artistic Director of Mythmakers Theatre Company for three seasons, where productions directed include House of Atreus, The Bacchae, A Doll’s House, The Little Prince and Midsummer Night’s Dream and Artistic Director of the Magic Carpet Children’s Theater during their founding season. MFA, University of California, San Diego. Special thanks to Dash and Shelley, who give me wings.