Leda Hoffmann

Directing

A Doll's House 
​A Christmas Carol 
Jack of Hearts Club (workshop)​
Wife of a Salesman
​Big Fish
​Ride the Cyclone
​John Proctor is the Villain
A Christmas Carol
Blood Wedding
POTUS 
​As You Like It
​9 to 5, the musical
Indecent
Head Over Heels
​Mr. Burns: A Post Electric Play
An Iliad
​Waiting for Tina Meyer (virtual)
George and the Hidden Dragon (reading)
A Columbus Christmas Carol (virtual)
Trojan Women
The Cat in the Hat 
Born Yesterday
​Bobbins and Thread
The Amish Project
A Christmas Carol
The Comedy of Errors
The Thanksgiving Play (reading)
Student Body
​Black Pearl Sings
​Mr Burns: A Post Electric Play
Lady Day at Emerson's...
Jesus Christ Superstar
​A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur
Lady Day at Emerson's...
Hamlet
Censored on Final Approach
The Tempest
Romeo and Juliet
The Amish Project
A Second Sam (world premiere)
The Comedy of Errors
Phaedra's Love
The Boy Inside (reading)
The Chairs
Birth Witches (world premiere)
The Penelopiad
King Lear
Design for Living

Short Plays
Toil and Trouble (world premiere)
​Pigskin
​Airbourne
Pets
Every Show You've Ever Seen
The Latest News from the Primordial Ooze
No Dying
L.A. 8am
Hamlet in Hiding
If Disney Can Mess With It, So Can We
The Ultimate Battle for Total Control...
Alone World
Parachute Silk
Night
Express Yourself
trans. Amy Herzog
​adapt. Greg Oliver Bodine
Jon Richardson​
Eleanor Burgess
Lippa/August
​Richmond/Maxwell
Kimberly Belflower
adapt. Greg Oliver Bodine
​Federico García Lorca
Selina Fillinger
William Shakespeare
Dolly Parton/Patricia Resnick
Paula Vogel
Magurder/Whitty/The GoGos
​Anne Washburn
​Lisa Peterson, Denis O'Hare
Kristine Thatcher
Ashley Cambers
Julianna Gonzalez
Ellen McLaughlin
​Katie Mitchell
​Garson Kanin
Emily Dendinger
​Jessica Dickey
adapt. Mark Clements
William Shakespeare
Larissa FastHorse
Frank Winters
​​Frank Higgins
Anne Washburn
Lanie Robertson
Webber/Rice
Tennessee Williams
Lanie Robertson
​William Shakespeare
Phylis Ravel
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
Jessica Dickey
Sean Douglass
William Shakespeare
Sarah Kane
Richard Kalinoski
Eugene Ionesco
Jennifer Fawcett
Margaret Atwood
William Shakespeare
Noel Coward

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​Emily Dendinger
​Gabriel Jason Dean
Laura Jacqmin
Andrea Moser
Amelia Roper
Amy White
Rich Orloff
Mark Harvey Levine
Rich Rubin
Mark Harvey Levine
Drew Brhel
Rich Orloff
Carl Kissin / Rob Baumgartner
Carson Kreitzer
Harold Pinter
devised by ensemble
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre
​The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio​
Tom Kirdahy Productions
The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio​
The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio
The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio
Case Western Reserve University
The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio
The Ohio State University
The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio
Door Shakespeare
The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio
The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio
The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio
​The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio
The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio
​First Folio
​The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio
The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio
University of Miami
Northbrook Theater
​Texas Shakespeare Festival
​Mudlark Theater 
Jedlicka Performing Arts Center
​Milwaukee Repertory Theater
Door Shakespeare
​Milwaukee Repertory Theater
Marquette University
​Milwaukee Repertory Theater
​Luminous Theatre
Max & Louie Productions
​Greendale Theater
​Milwaukee Chamber Theater
Milwaukee Repertory Theater
Illinois Shakespeare Festival
Renaissance Theaterworks
Door Shakespeare
Door Shakespeare
Milwaukee Repertory Theater
Chicago Fringe Festival
Door Shakespeare
World Stage Company
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre
The Alchemist Theater
Riverside Theatre
Luminous Theatre
The Alchemist Theater
Ten Chimneys/Milwaukee Rep




​Rep Lab, Milwaukee Rep
​Rep Lab, Milwaukee Rep
​Mudlark Theatre Company
​Rep Lab, Milwaukee Rep
Rep Lab, Milwaukee Rep
Milwaukee Combat Theater
Rep Lab, Milwaukee Rep
Rep Lab, Milwaukee Rep
Forward Theater
Rep Lab, Milwaukee Rep
Rep Lab, Milwaukee Rep
Milwaukee Combat Theater
Pink Banana Theater
Rep Lab, Milwaukee Rep
Rep Lab, Milwaukee Rep
Rep Lab, Milwaukee Rep
Rep Lab, Milwaukee Rep
​2025
​2024
​2024
​2024
2024
2024
2024
​2023
2023
​​2023
2023
​2023
​2022
​2022
​2021
​2021
​2021
​2021
2020
​2020
​2019
​2019
​2019
2019
2018
2018
2018
2018
2018
​2017
​2017
​2017
​2016
​2016
​2016
2016
2015
2015
2015
2014
2014
2014
2014
​2014
2013
2013
2013
2011


​2018
​2017
2016
2015
2015
2015
2015
2014
2014
2013
2013
2013
2012
2011
2011

Associate Directing

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
​A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
​Of Mice and Men
A Christmas Carol
Waiting: A Song Cycle
dir. Mark Clements
dir. Mark Clements
dir. Mark Clements
​dir. Mark Clements
​dir. Mark Clements
dir. Aaron Posner
dir. JC Clementz
Milwaukee Repertory Theater
Milwaukee Repertory Theater
Milwaukee Repertory Theater
​Milwaukee Repertory Theater
​Arizona Theater Company/Milw Rep
Milwaukee Repertory Theater
World's Stage / Cherry Lane
2021
2019
​2017
​2016
​2016
2014
2013

Assistant Directing

The Glass Menagerie
Death of a Salesman
The 39 Steps
A Christmas Carol
My Name is Asher Lev
Macbeth: Breakdancing Shakespeare
dir. Aaron Posner
dir. Mark Clements
dir. J.R, Sullivan
dir. Joseph Hanreddy
dir. Aaron Posner
dir. Nina Pinchin
American Players Theatre
Milwaukee Repertory Theater
Milwaukee Repertory Theater
Milwaukee Repertory Theater
Milwaukee Repertory Theater
Hartford Stage
2011
2011
2011
2010
2010
2010

Related Experience

Artistic Director​
​Artistic Director
​Director of Community Engagement
Literary Coordinator
Education Coordinator
Directing Intern
Education Teaching Apprentice
The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio (formerly CATCO)
​Strawdog Theatre Company
Milwaukee Repertory Theater
Milwaukee Repertory Theater
Milwaukee Repertory Theater
Milwaukee Repertory Theater
​Hartford Stage
2020-present
​2019-2020
2015-2017
2013-2015
2011-2013
2010-2011
​2009-2010

Education and Training

SDCF Observership: Lady in Denmark directed by Chay Yew, Goodman Theatre, 2018
Directors Lab Chicago, 2013
Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab, 2012
Milwaukee Repertory Theater Directing Internship, 2010 - 2011
Hartford Stage Education Apprenticeship, 2009 - 2010
Grinnell College, B.A. in Theatre and Dance, 2009