John Rando

Director

John Rando is the ’02 Tony and Outer Critic’s Circle Award winning director of Urinetown, The Musical. Other Broadway credits include: The Wedding Singer, A Thousand Clowns, and Neil Simon’s The Dinner Party. With City Center Encores! New York, he has directed several highly acclaimed productions: On The Town, Damn Yankees, Face The Music, Of Thee I Sing, Pajama Game, Do Re Mi, Strike Up The Band, and the upcoming Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. His 2009 production of The Toxic Avenger Musical garnered the Outer Critic’s Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Musical.

Off-Broadway credits include: Roundabout Theatre Company, Manhattan Class Company, Manhattan Theatre Club, Primary Stages, Theaterworks USA, and The Acting Company among many others. He has worked extensively in the American regional theater including: American Conservatory Theater, Alley Theater, Geffen Playhouse, Old Globe Theater, Mark Taper Forum, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Signature Theater, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Barrington Stage Company, Cleveland Playhouse, and Virginia Stage Company among many others. In 1992, he was a Drama League Directing Fellow. He has served on the advisory board of both the Drama League Director’s Project and The Acting Company. His professional accomplishments were recognized by the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television with the 2010 Distinguished Alumni Award.