DIRECTING CREDITS
ALL OUT ARTS Fresh Fruit Festival, The Wild Project, NYC as Patrick Aran
Pride River Crossing
The LEARS
12th NIGHTed
Custody
FringeNYC BYOB CHAIN Studio Theatre, NYC as Patrick Aran
REEKING of INDISCRETION: Madame X's Allerton
Little Theatre on the Square, Sullivan, IL as Patrick Aran Artistic Director: Seth Reines
SAME TIME NEXT YEAR, PLAID TIDINGS, 42ND ST, THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, I DO, I DO;
THE ODD COUPLE, I LOVE YOU YOU’RE PERFECT NOW CHANGE, SNOW WHITE, PINOCCHIO,
THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES, GOLDILOCKS, THE WIZARD OF OZ (3x)
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD, HANSEL & GRETEL, The PRINCESS & the PEA
WHO PUSHED HUMPTY DUMPTY?, The LION, the WITCH & the WARDROBE,
CHARLIE & the CHOCOLATE FACTORY
Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse, Rock Island, IL Producer: Dennis Hitchcock
DO PATENT LEATHER SHOES REALLY REFLECT UP?
MOVE OVER MRS. MARKHAM,
THE WONDER YEARS
42ND ST
Capital Playhouse , Olympia, WA Artistic Director: Jeff Kingsbury
URINETOWN
Upstairs Dinner Theatre Omaha, NB Producer: Deborah Denenberg
DAMN YANKEES
42ND ST
Iowa State University Ames, Iowa Guest Director Dept. Chair: David Hirvela
LYSISTRATA
Northern Lights Summer Playhouse, Minocqua, WIS Guest Director
ANNIE, WAIT UNTIL DARK, THE KING & I, CHARLEY’S AUNT, ROMANTIC COMEDY,
MURDER AT THE HOWARD JOHNSONS
THE SHOWBOAT, Clinton, Iowa; Artistic Director
MOVE OVER MRS. MARKHAM
TRIBUTE
SHUT YOUR EYES & THINK OF ENGLAND
HealthWorks Theatre, Chicago, IL as Patrick Aran + Artistic Director
DON’T WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE ME
THE WIZARD OF AIDS
Waukesha Civic Theatre, Waukesha,WIS Artistic Director
BEDROOM FARCE, VANITIES, ANGEL ST, GYPSY, KISS ME KATE, ANYTHING GOES,
THE EFFECT OF GAMMA RAYS, SWEET CHARITY, GOD’S FAVORITE , PLAZA SUITE
EDUCATION
University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee English Broad Field B.S. Secondary Education
REVIEWS
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds Waukesha Civic Theatre, Waukesha, WIS
"moves the play from simply sentimental drama into the realm of strong naturalistic theatre" ... "with craftsmanship in direction, has captured the play" David Molthen - Critic - Waukesha Daily Freeman
Lysistrata Iowa State University, Ames, IA
"recognizing contemporary humor and wisdom in classic literature, and having the humor and wisdom to stage it"
Diana Helmer - Critic - Ames Tribune
Vanities Waukesha Civic Theatre, Waukesha, WIS
"the acting ... and direction provide a superlative evening of theater that truly challenges commercial theater ventures in this area"
David Molthen - Critic - Waukesha Daily Freeman
Urinetown Capital Playhouse, Olympia, WA
Move Over Mrs. Markham Clinton Showboat, Clinton, IA
"one of those rare productions that will be talked about and held as a standard of excellence against which future productions will be measured" ... "clever manipulation of the script ... moved the setting from the drawing room obscurity of Great Britain ... to the 'Gold Coast' of Chicago" Randy Lee Eickhoff - Critic - Clinton Herald
Pirates of Penzance Little Theatre on the Square, Sullivan, IL
" a sunny, Victorian, parallel universe where everyone is sweetly, intensely insane. Evoking that camp world and keeping it aloft, like a brightly colored hot air balloon, is tricky ... but McCarthy pulls it off here." "has hit the right light note"
Dan Hagen - Critic - Sullivan (IL.) News Progress
I Love You You're Perfect Now Change Little Theatre on the Square, Sullivan, IL
"The fast paced Little Theatre on the Square production is being directed with a nice light campy touch by Patrick McCarthy."
Carl Leibovitz - Critic - Mattoon (IL.) Journal Gazette
Plaid Tidings Little Theatre on the Square, Sullivan, IL
"benefits from seasoned comic direction by Patrick McCarthy and the nimble input of another vet, Marie Jagger-Taylor who choreographs"
Dan Hagen - Critic - Sullivan (IL) News Progress
Custody All Out Arts Fresh Fruit Festival, The Wild Project, NYC, NY
"gets each character’s inner life with the help of the direction of Patrick Aran who clearly understands every nuance."
Joel Benjamin - Critic - TheatreScene.net
"With wit and charm, Custody, hands us the necessity of love and the futility of trying to figure it out. Custody is outstanding and recommendable. Irony makes you smile." Rachel Rocano - OuterStage
Pride River Crossing All Out Arts Fresh Fruit Festival, The Wild Project, NYC, NY
"all wonderfully sculpted by Mr. McCarthy’s words, the vocal and physical nuances of the sensitive cast ... and the rhythm sensitive direction of Patrick Aran." Joel Benjamin - Critic - Fire Island Sun
The LEARS: Fools of Fortune All Out Arts Fresh Fruit Festival, The Wild Project, NYC, NY
"an admirable... gloss on Shakespeare’s King Lear, adhering to the basic themes of greed, delusion, lust and the breakdown of a family, while simultaneously spinning the story in a fully modern way... while his director Patrick Aran’s staging keeps Fools speeding along
at a brisk pace, the colorful cast keeping up with cascades of McCarthy’s words." Joel Benjamin - Critic - Theatre Pizzazz
ALL OUT ARTS Fresh Fruit Festival, The Wild Project, NYC as Patrick Aran
Pride River Crossing
The LEARS
12th NIGHTed
Custody
FringeNYC BYOB CHAIN Studio Theatre, NYC as Patrick Aran
REEKING of INDISCRETION: Madame X's Allerton
Little Theatre on the Square, Sullivan, IL as Patrick Aran Artistic Director: Seth Reines
SAME TIME NEXT YEAR, PLAID TIDINGS, 42ND ST, THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, I DO, I DO;
THE ODD COUPLE, I LOVE YOU YOU’RE PERFECT NOW CHANGE, SNOW WHITE, PINOCCHIO,
THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES, GOLDILOCKS, THE WIZARD OF OZ (3x)
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD, HANSEL & GRETEL, The PRINCESS & the PEA
WHO PUSHED HUMPTY DUMPTY?, The LION, the WITCH & the WARDROBE,
CHARLIE & the CHOCOLATE FACTORY
Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse, Rock Island, IL Producer: Dennis Hitchcock
DO PATENT LEATHER SHOES REALLY REFLECT UP?
MOVE OVER MRS. MARKHAM,
THE WONDER YEARS
42ND ST
Capital Playhouse , Olympia, WA Artistic Director: Jeff Kingsbury
URINETOWN
Upstairs Dinner Theatre Omaha, NB Producer: Deborah Denenberg
DAMN YANKEES
42ND ST
Iowa State University Ames, Iowa Guest Director Dept. Chair: David Hirvela
LYSISTRATA
Northern Lights Summer Playhouse, Minocqua, WIS Guest Director
ANNIE, WAIT UNTIL DARK, THE KING & I, CHARLEY’S AUNT, ROMANTIC COMEDY,
MURDER AT THE HOWARD JOHNSONS
THE SHOWBOAT, Clinton, Iowa; Artistic Director
MOVE OVER MRS. MARKHAM
TRIBUTE
SHUT YOUR EYES & THINK OF ENGLAND
HealthWorks Theatre, Chicago, IL as Patrick Aran + Artistic Director
DON’T WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE ME
THE WIZARD OF AIDS
Waukesha Civic Theatre, Waukesha,WIS Artistic Director
BEDROOM FARCE, VANITIES, ANGEL ST, GYPSY, KISS ME KATE, ANYTHING GOES,
THE EFFECT OF GAMMA RAYS, SWEET CHARITY, GOD’S FAVORITE , PLAZA SUITE
EDUCATION
University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee English Broad Field B.S. Secondary Education
REVIEWS
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds Waukesha Civic Theatre, Waukesha, WIS
"moves the play from simply sentimental drama into the realm of strong naturalistic theatre" ... "with craftsmanship in direction, has captured the play" David Molthen - Critic - Waukesha Daily Freeman
Lysistrata Iowa State University, Ames, IA
"recognizing contemporary humor and wisdom in classic literature, and having the humor and wisdom to stage it"
Diana Helmer - Critic - Ames Tribune
Vanities Waukesha Civic Theatre, Waukesha, WIS
"the acting ... and direction provide a superlative evening of theater that truly challenges commercial theater ventures in this area"
David Molthen - Critic - Waukesha Daily Freeman
Urinetown Capital Playhouse, Olympia, WA
Move Over Mrs. Markham Clinton Showboat, Clinton, IA
"one of those rare productions that will be talked about and held as a standard of excellence against which future productions will be measured" ... "clever manipulation of the script ... moved the setting from the drawing room obscurity of Great Britain ... to the 'Gold Coast' of Chicago" Randy Lee Eickhoff - Critic - Clinton Herald
Pirates of Penzance Little Theatre on the Square, Sullivan, IL
" a sunny, Victorian, parallel universe where everyone is sweetly, intensely insane. Evoking that camp world and keeping it aloft, like a brightly colored hot air balloon, is tricky ... but McCarthy pulls it off here." "has hit the right light note"
Dan Hagen - Critic - Sullivan (IL.) News Progress
I Love You You're Perfect Now Change Little Theatre on the Square, Sullivan, IL
"The fast paced Little Theatre on the Square production is being directed with a nice light campy touch by Patrick McCarthy."
Carl Leibovitz - Critic - Mattoon (IL.) Journal Gazette
Plaid Tidings Little Theatre on the Square, Sullivan, IL
"benefits from seasoned comic direction by Patrick McCarthy and the nimble input of another vet, Marie Jagger-Taylor who choreographs"
Dan Hagen - Critic - Sullivan (IL) News Progress
Custody All Out Arts Fresh Fruit Festival, The Wild Project, NYC, NY
"gets each character’s inner life with the help of the direction of Patrick Aran who clearly understands every nuance."
Joel Benjamin - Critic - TheatreScene.net
"With wit and charm, Custody, hands us the necessity of love and the futility of trying to figure it out. Custody is outstanding and recommendable. Irony makes you smile." Rachel Rocano - OuterStage
Pride River Crossing All Out Arts Fresh Fruit Festival, The Wild Project, NYC, NY
"all wonderfully sculpted by Mr. McCarthy’s words, the vocal and physical nuances of the sensitive cast ... and the rhythm sensitive direction of Patrick Aran." Joel Benjamin - Critic - Fire Island Sun
The LEARS: Fools of Fortune All Out Arts Fresh Fruit Festival, The Wild Project, NYC, NY
"an admirable... gloss on Shakespeare’s King Lear, adhering to the basic themes of greed, delusion, lust and the breakdown of a family, while simultaneously spinning the story in a fully modern way... while his director Patrick Aran’s staging keeps Fools speeding along
at a brisk pace, the colorful cast keeping up with cascades of McCarthy’s words." Joel Benjamin - Critic - Theatre Pizzazz
