Dexter Bullard
Head of Graduate Acting, Artistic Director The Theatre School Showcase
B.S. Northwestern University, MFA The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
dbullard@depaul.edu

Dexter Bullard (Head of Graduate Acting/Showcase Season Artistic Director) has taught acting, improvisation and physical theater throughout the city including at University of Illinois-Chicago, Roosevelt University, Columbia College, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Second City Training Center, The Audition Studio, TVI, and The Actors' Center. Dexter is an award-winning director dedicated to directing new plays and creating original theatre for Chicago. Recent directing credits include Lady by Craig Wright Off-Broadway at Rattlestick Theatre, Brett Neveu’s Gas for Less at The Goodman Theatre, the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championship Opening Ceremonies at the Chicago Theatre, echo chamber at Links Hall (with his wife Tif Bullard,) The Butcher of Baraboo with Steppenwolf’s First Look Rep, and Grace at Northlight Theater. In 2004, Dexter was awarded the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Direction Off-Broadway for Tracy Letts’ Bug at The Barrow Street Theater as well as a Drama Desk Nomination for Outstanding Director. In 1995, Dexter co–founded Plasticene Physical Theater, whose critically–acclaimed experimental works have been featured at The Steppenwolf Studio, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Storefront Theatre, Performing Arts Chicago, MCA, and in New York City. With the Plasticene company, he has directed and collaboratively created twelve original works including The Palmer Raids (2003) and One Fal$e Note (2006). Since 1996, Dexter has directed with The Second City, developing revues at E.T.C. Chicago and at Second City Detroit. For three years, he led a Second City National Touring Company to many destinations including Vienna and the Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston. Back in 1990, Dexter founded The Next Lab at The Next Theatre where he directed Bouncers, for which he received a Jefferson Citation and an After Dark award for his direction. As Associate Artistic Director at Next Theatre, he directed and/or created eight shows for mainstage and Lab. He has also directed projects for Famous Door, American Theatre Company, Hartford Stage Company and A Red Orchid Theatre.