|Michael Mayer, recipient of the 2007 Tony Award for Best Director of a Musical for Spring Awakening
|John Rando, recipient of the 2002 Tony Award for Best Director of a Musical for Urinetown
|Diane Paulus, director of the Tony-winning Best Revival of Hair, and Artistic Director of American Repertory Theater
|Christopher Ashley, director of the Broadway musicals Memphis and Xanadu, and Artistic Director of La Jolla Playhouse
|Mark Brokaw, the first American to direct at London’s Donmar Warehouse, and director of the Tony-nominated Best Musical Cry-Baby
|R.J. Cutler, Emmy Award-winner for the PBS series American High, Oscar nominee for The War Room, and director of The September Issue
|James Bundy, Artistic Director of Yale Repertory Theatre and Dean of the Yale School of Drama
|Loretta Greco, Artistic Director of The Magic Theatre
|Kevin Moriarty, Artistic Director of the Dallas Theater Center
|Carl Forsman, Artistic Director of the Dorset Theatre Festival and the Drama Desk Award-winning Keen Company
|Carolyn Cantor, Artistic Director of Edge Theatre Company and director of Adam Rapp’s Stone Cold Dead Serious, selected for The Ten Best Plays of 2002-2003
|Michael John Garcés, Artistic Director of Cornerstone Theater Company and a New Dramatists member playwright
|Arin Arbus, Associate Artistic Director of Theatre for a New Audience, and director of Othello Joe Calarco, Lucille Lortel Award-winner for his Off-Broadway and London hit Shakespeare’s R&J
|Melia Bensussen, Performing Arts Chair and Associate Professor at Emerson College and an Obie Award-winner for her direction of Jeffrey Hatcher’s Turn of the Screw
|Maggie Mancinelli, Artistic Director of Capital Rep
|Jaime Castaneda, TCG New Generations Leadership grant as Artistic Leadership Associate at Atlantic Theatre Company.
|Katie Pearl, Obie Award-winner for Nina and Zita
|Rob Urbinati, director of Staceyann Chin’s Border/Clash: A Litany of Desires
|Hal Brooks, Director of the Obie-winning  No Child
|Daniel Kramer, Evening Standard Award Nomination for Outstanding Newcomer for his direction of Hair and Woyzeck at London’s Gate Theatre
|Lear de Bessonet, one of Time Out New York’s 25 People to Watch 2006
|Alex Timbers, Artistic Director of Les Fréres Corbusier, and a Drama Desk nominee for Best Director of a Musical for Gutenberg! The Musical!
|Jonathan Silverstein, director of the premiere of Jon Maran’s The Tempermentals
|Rebecca Taichman, director of the Humana Festival and Off-Broadway hit The Scene
|Matt August, director of the Broadway production of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas
|Lydia Fort, TCG New Generations Leadership Grant at Classical Theatre of Harlem
|Pam MacKinnon, director of Edward Albee’s premiere of Peter and Jerry
|Anne Kauffman, director of the premiere of David Adjmi’s Stunning at Lincoln Center 3
|Dana Iris Harrel, Associate Producer of Jolla Playhouse
|Padraic Lillis, director of Secret Storm
|Cara Reichel, Artistic Director of Prospect Theatre Company
|BT McNicholl, Resident Director of the Tony Award-winning Billy Elliot, the musical.
|Davis McCallum, director of Charles Mee’s Signature Theatre Company premiere of Queens Boulevard (the musical)