Georgette Verdin 

Georgette Verdin (she/her) is a queer, Cuban-American director based in Chicago who is passionate about creating visceral theatrical experiences that elicit radical empathy and help marginalized women gain visibility. Her work often explores identity, grief, unprocessed trauma, and the intimate lives of women. From 2015 until 2023, she served as Artistic Director of Interrobang Theatre Project, an award-winning storefront theatre known for its gutsy productions that tackle socially-relevant, and often, morally ambiguous subject matter. As of the spring of 2023, she was welcomed onto the Northlight Theatre staff as Associate Artistic Director. Georgette was profiled as one of 50 artists in NewCity Magazine’s 2023 edition “Players: Who Really Performs for Chicago Right Now.” She was also named in Chicago Reader’s 2022 Best of Chicago as “Best Local Stage Director Ready for the Next Big Steps.” In 2022, she was named the Michael Maggio Directing Fellow at Goodman Theatre, where she was able to direct as part of the one-night event “#ENOUGH, Plays to End Gun Violence.” During her tenure she also served as Associate Director on Anton Chekhov’s THE CHERRY ORCHARD, directed by Robert Falls, Assistant Director on CLYDE’S by Lynn Nottage, directed by Kate Whorisky, and as Associate Director to Kimberly Senior for the New Stages Festival production of THIS HAPPENED ONCE AT THE ROMANCE DEPOT OFF THE 1-87 IN WESTCHESTER by Gina Femia. Georgette was recently nominated for three Joseph Jefferson Awards for Director of a Play (Midsize) for the world premiere of ENOUGH TO LET THE LIGHT IN (Teatro Vista), the Chicago premiere of THIS WIDE NIGHT (Shattered Globe/Interrobang Theatre Project) and the world premiere of SPAY (Rivendell Theatre). Georgette holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Performance from McNeese State University in Lake Charles, LA and a Master in Directing from the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. She was a 2021 recipient of a 3Arts Make-A-Wave grant and is an associate member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.