10/02/2026
✨Illuminate✨ Director Announcement: JONATHAN BERNSTEIN’S plays & musicals have been produced all over the country, including The Shape She Makes (in collaboration with actress/choreographer Susan Misner) and In This House (written with Sarah Schlesinger and Mike Reid). Currently writing and directing a play with dance entitled Here In The Bright Colorado Sun under the auspices of The Jerome Robbins Foundation. A short play of his — At The Water’s Edge, Wet — was recently syndicated nationally on the radio series Playing On Air. Additionally, two separate narrative podcasts entitled Ballad Of An Outlaw and Upstream are in development. Directing credits include work at the American Repertory Theater, Atlantic Theater Company, The Signature Theater, Williamstown Theater Festival, New York Stage & Film, Joe’s Pub, Ensemble Studio Theater, Barrington Stage Company, Naked Angels, Symphony Space, and many others. Mr. Bernstein has worked in various capacities at New York’s City Center, Manhattan Theatre Club, Second Stage Theatre, Roundabout Theatre, Irish Repertory Theatre and 52nd St. Project, where he writes, directs and teaches. Broadway/London supervising director credits include Private Lives, The Iceman Cometh, Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? and the musical Chicago, in charge of overseeing both the 1996 Broadway revival, and the many national & international companies it spawned. In all, he has been the supervising director of fourteen New York productions, eight of which have been on Broadway.
📅 October 12, 2026
📍 City Winery NYC - Pier 57 - 25 11th Avenue (at 15th Street)
🕰️ 5:30 PM
🎟️ Tickets, tables, and sponsorship opportunities are available at artsignite.org/gala/
