Steve Scott

Steve Scott is an Artistic Associate at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, and was the Goodman’s producer for more than 30 years until his retirement in 2017. His most recent Goodman directing credits include The Santaland Diaries; Ah, Wilderness; and Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. He has directed nearly 300 productions at theaters locally, nationally and internationally; his most recent productions include King Lear at Redtwist Theatre, where he is a company member; Why Torture Is Wrong, or the People Who Love Them at Eclipse Theatre (where he has been a company member for 20 years); The Cake at Buffalo Theatre Ensemble; Working 2012 at Dunes Theatre in Michigan City, IN; and The Legend of Georgia McBride at Nebraska Repertory Theatre.

Mr. Scott has been a member of the faculty of the Theatre Conservatory of the College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University for more than twenty years; he has also taught at Columbia College Chicago, Loyola University of Chicago, Northwestern University, Northern Illinois University, and the Theatre School at DePaul University. He has also served on panels for the National Endowment of the Arts, the Illinois Arts Council, the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative, US Arts, and the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative/Pew Charitable Trust.

Mr. Scott did his undergraduate work at the University of Kansas (where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa), and graduate work at the University of Denver. For his work as a director, he has received six Joseph Jefferson Award nominations, an After Dark Award, and numerous Broadway World nominations; for his work in the Chicago theater community he has received the 2017 Special Jeff Award and the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award from the League of Chicago Theatres.