Freddie
Ashley
Part-time Instructor of Theatre and Performance Studies
Freddie
Ashley has been Artistic Director of Actor's Express in Atlanta since July 2007.
He has directed nearly 20 AE productions, including Spring Awakening Fair Use (Atlanta Journal-Constitution Top Ten of
2009, Creative Loafing Best Play of 2009),
Grey Gardens (Suzi Bass Award winner – Best Director of a Musical), Mauritius (AJC Top Ten of 2009, Suzi nomination), dark play or stories for boys (AJC Top
Ten of 2007, Suzi nomination), The Great
American Trailer Park Musical (Suzi
Freddie
Ashley has been Artistic Director of Actor's Express in Atlanta since July 2007.
He has directed nearly 20 AE productions, including Spring Awakening Fair Use (Atlanta Journal-Constitution Top Ten of
2009, Creative Loafing Best Play of 2009),
Grey Gardens (Suzi Bass Award winner – Best Director of a Musical), Mauritius (AJC Top Ten of 2009, Suzi nomination), dark play or stories for boys (AJC Top
Ten of 2007, Suzi nomination), The Great
American Trailer Park Musical (Suzi nomination) and I Am My Own Wife (AJC Top Ten of 2007).
Prior
to joining Actor's Express, he was Literary Manager of the Alliance Theatre
(recipient of the 2007 Regional Theatre Tony Award), where he served as
dramaturg for 30 productions and developed work with playwrights including
Kenneth Lin, OyamO, Tammy Ryan and Keith Josef Adkins. Freddie has worked as a
dramaturg developing new plays at the Alliance, as well as the Kennedy Center,
The New Group and Page 73 Productions. In 2002, he received the Elliott Hayes
Award for Dramaturgy from the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas
and was a recipient of a first-ever Arts Encouragement Award from the Charles
Loridans Foundation. He has twice been named Best Director in Atlanta by
Creative Loafing (2009 – Readers’ Pick, 2010 – Critics’ Pick).
Other
directing credits include The Last
Schwartz (Jewish Theatre of the South); Cabaret (Atlanta Lyric Theatre); A Man of No
Importance (Theatre Gael – AJC Best Musical Revival of 2004); Lawrenceburg (World Premiere, Dad’s
Garage – AJC Top Ten of 2006); and numerous shows with Aurora Theatre including Glorious (American Premiere) and A Catered Affair (Suzi nomination).
Freddie
holds degrees from Shorter College and the University of Southern Mississippi
and serves on the faculty of Kennesaw State University.
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