Mary Zimmerman

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mary Zimmerman
Occupation	Theatre Director
Date Of Birth	Aug 23, 1960(1960-08-23)
Age	64
Birthplace	Lincoln
Country	United States
Birth City	Nebraska
Horoscope	Leo

Mary Zimmerman Biography

Mary Zimmerman is one of the most popular and richest Theatre Director who was born on August 23, 1960 in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. Mary Zimmerman (born August 23 in 1960) is a famous American director of opera and theatre writer and director from Nebraska. She is an Ensemble part of the Lookingglass Theatre Company, the Manilow Resident Director of the Goodman Theatre located in Chicago, Illinois, and is also director of the Jaharis Family Foundation Professor of Performance Studies at Northwestern University.

She also has worked in the production of operas. She was the co-director and co-librettist in the 2002 production of Galileo Galilei, music by Philip Glass, commissioned by the Goodman Theatre. In 2007, Zimmerman directed the premiere of a new series of productions by the Metropolitan Opera: She was contracted to conduct a fresh production of the Donizetti opera Lucia di Lammermoor starring Natalie Dessay that opened the 2007-2008 season of the company. The production was met with mixed reviews however it was a huge success in its box office. Zimmerman’s Lucia was revived in 2008 and 2009 in 2008-2009 with Diana Damrau and Anna Netrebko as Lucia. It was aired worldwide on the Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD series with Netrebko as well as tenor Piotr Beczala.

In 2006 she directed a version of the Greek story of Jason and the Argonauts’ search for the Golden Fleece, Argonautika, at the Lookingglass Theatre Company, and then toured it at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre in 2007, and at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C. in 2008.

In March 2009 the Met premiered Zimmerman’s production of Vincenzo Bellini’s La sonnambula (starring Dessay and Juan Diego Flórez). The production, which moved the opera’s setting to a contemporary rehearsal hall, received mixed-to- negative reviews in the press. It was also presented in the Live in HD series. For the company’s 2009–2010 season Zimmerman directed a new production of Gioachino Rossini’s opera Armida starring Renée Fleming. Her fourth production for the Met was Dvořák’s Rusalka in 2017, to positive reviews.

The professor is currently professor of the Performance Studies department at Northwestern. She has been awarded international and national recognition through numerous awards, among them the highly coveted John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship (1998). She has been awarded many more Joseph Jefferson Awards for her artistic activities within Chicago. Chicago Area and won a 2002 Tony Award for Best Direction for the adapting of the Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Other noteworthy performances are Eleven Rooms of Proust and The Secret in the Wings.

Mary Zimmerman Net Worth

Mary Zimmerman is one of the richest Theatre Director from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mary Zimmerman 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Zimmerman has studied the study of theatre and performance in the department of theatre and performance studies at Northwestern University, where she obtained an BS in the field of theatre (1982) as well as the MA (1985) in theatre and a a PhD (1994) in the field of performance studies.

Zimmerman has directed numerous adaptations to stage of literary works, in addition to Metamorphoses and The Odyssey, which includes Journey to the West, the Odyssey, Silk, Arabian Nights (1994) as well as The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (2003).

In 2004 she directed a production of Pericles, Prince of Tyre at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C. Her production was re-staged in 2006 at the Shakespeare Theatre Company Free For All. The following year, Zimmerman directed another Shakespeare play, Cymbeline, at Northwestern University.

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Although Zimmerman was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, she spent much of her childhood in Europe, splitting time between her parents’ home outside London in Hampstead Garden, England, and in Paris. Both of her parents were academics at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, her father a physics professor and her mother a professor of comparative literature who studied the author George Sand.

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Mary Ranked on the list of most popular Theatre Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Mary Zimmerman celebrates birthday on August 23 of every year.

Top Facts about Mary Zimmerman

1. Mary Zimmerman is a Tony Award-winning director and playwright.
2. She was born on August 23, 1960 in Lincoln, Nebraska.
3. Zimmerman graduated from Northwestern University with an MFA in theatre.
4. Her most famous works include “Metamorphoses” and “The Secret in the Wings.”
5. She has directed productions at major theatres across the US.
6. Zimmerman has also worked as a professor of performance studies at Northwestern University.
7. In addition to her work in theatre, she has directed operas and written librettos.
8. She won a MacArthur Fellowship (also known as the “Genius Grant”) in 1998.
9. Zimmerman’s plays often incorporate elements of mythology and fairy tales.
10. Her work has been praised for its visual spectacle and innovative staging techniques.

What is Mary Zimmerman known for?

Mary Zimmerman
Known for| Theatre & opera director, playwright
Awards| Tony Award for Best Direction • Metamorphoses (2002) MacArthur Fellowship (1998)

Who is Mary Zimmerman?

Mary Zimmerman is a writer and director of theatre specializing in the adaptation of classic stories of world literature for the stage. Her work is known for its striking visual nature, vivid storytelling, and sensitivity to the original text.