CHRISTOPHER BURNEY

serves as both the Associate Artistic Director of Second Stage Theatre and Curator of 2ST Uptown. He has also been the theatre’s Literary Manager and Dramaturg. Recent shows at Second Stage Theatre include the sold-out hits Bachelorette (Leslye Headland, playwright; Trip Cullman, director) and Trust (Paul Weitz, playwright; Peter DuBois, director).  Other notable productions include the Pulitzer Prize-winning Next to Normal (music by Tom Kitt, book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey), Becky Shaw (by Gina Gionfriddo) and Let Me Down Easy (conceived, written and performed by Anna Deavere Smith).While at Second Stage he has worked with such writers as Douglas Carter Beane, Paul Weitz, Craig Lucas, Lanford Wilson, William Finn, Sam Shepard, David Ives, Kenneth Lonergan, Albert Innuarto, Cheryl West, Martin Sherman, Wallace Shawn, Jason Miller, Wendy Kesselman, August Wilson, William Finn, Michael John LaChiusa and Stephen Sondheim. He has worked with many leading directors such as Jo Bonney, Mark Brokaw, Scott Ellis, Michael Greif, Gary Hines, James Lapine, Marion McClinton, and Kathleen Marshall. As curator for 2ST Uptown he has developed numerous emerging writers and directors including Rajiv Joseph, Marisa Wegrzyn, Roberto Aguirre Sacasa, Brooke Berman, Adam Bock, Carly Mensch, Dan O’Brien, Zakiyyah Alexander, Michael Garces, Giovanna Sardelli, Trip Cullman, Jackson Gay and Joe Calarco, among others. Previously, he worked at Lincoln Center Theater as the Assistant to the Director of Musical Theatre, working on several musicals including: Hello Again (Michael John LaChiusa); Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Graciela Daniele, Bob Telson and Jim Lewis); Carousel (director, Nicholas Hytner); and, My Favorite Year (Joe Dougherty, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty). Workshops include: Passion (Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine);  A New Brain (William Finn and James Lapine); and, Violet (Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crawley).  He has consulted with various foundations and awards including the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative, the Kesselring Prize, the Kurt Weill Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Theatre Communications Group and the Jerome Fellowship.  He has taught at Barnard College and Columbia University. He has lectured at The Juilliard School, Bard College, The Boston School of Music and the New England Theatre Conference. He is a graduate of Brandeis University, B.A., and Columbia University, M.F.A.