Celia Couture

Celia Couture is an award-winning director with an MFA from Emerson College. In June of 2002, Celia co-directed Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill for the Gloucester Stage Company. Last year, Celia was fortunate to direct EMACT’S DASH Award production of The Laramie Project.

Her productions of M. Butterfly and Grand Hotel were recipients of the prestigious Moss Hart Award. M. Butterfly at AFD also won an IRNE Award. She has received NETC/EMACT Best Director awards for The Laramie Project, Dinner With Friends, Kennedy’s Children, M. Butterfly, Grand Hotel, Jimmy Dean, Barnum, The Sisters Rosensweig and Prelude To A Kiss. She directed the world premieres of Apples and Oranges and The Quarterly by local playwrights Lauren Cochran and Valerie von Rosenvinge respectively.

The Quarterly garnered a nomination for Best Director at the 2002 EMACT Festival. Celia served in various positions on the Board of directors of AFD and headed a successful capital campaign for building renovations during her 3-year tenure as President. She is currently serving as the EMACT President to the Board of Directors. Celia was a founder and artistic director of children’s theatre company and touring musical company. Celia is an acting coach and teacher and will be working with the Littleton School System this spring bringing to the community a production of Good News.

Celia has also written and directed a training video, “Diversity in the Workplace” for Hewlett-Packard and has appeared on stage in Grease, Charing Cross Road, Fiddler On The Roof, and the musical touring company.

 

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