Dexter Bullard
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Dexter Bullard is an award-winning
Chicago-based director dedicated to
directing new plays and creating
theater. He is a co-founder and
Artistic Director of Plasticene, a
critically acclaimed original physical
theater company whose most recent work,
The Palmer Raids, was seen at the Ohio
Theater this past December. Plasticene
has been featured at Steppenwolf
Studio, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival,
Museum of Contemporary Art, and at
Performing Arts Chicago's PAC/edge
Festival. In 1990, Dexter founded The
Next Lab at Next Theatre where he
directed and created over eight shows
as Associate Artistic Director and was
the original producer of Tracy Lett's
Killer Joe. He has also directed
at Famous Door Theatre, American
Theatre Company, A Red Orchid Theatre,
as well as for The Second City Chicago
and Detroit. Dexter teaches at The
Theatre School at DePaul University,
Second City and with Plasticene.
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Awards
Awards
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2004 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Director |
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NOMINATED
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2004 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Director of a Play |
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