Raphael Emmanuel

Director

Member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA).

Summer 2025:

Director, The Winter’s Tale.

Biography:

Raphael Emmanuel (Director) is an award-winning director, actor, and educator focused on how social-cultural influences can impact and enhance performance of western classical theatre. Credits include: Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Emilia) [reading]); Elm Shakespeare (Romeo and Juliet), Connecticut Repertory Theatre (Pericles), Starling Shakespeare Company (AYLI), Advice to the Players (Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing), Collective Consciousness (Detroit ’67), Northcott Theatre (Measure for Measure, UK); Education MFA with Distinction (Exeter, UK), BA/BS Southern CT State U

Other Theatre Credits:

Director, Emilia [reading] (Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Director, Pericles (Connecticut Repertory); Director, Romeo and Juliet (Elm Shakespeare); Director, As You Like It (Starling Shakespeare); Director, Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night (Advice to the Players); Director, Detroit ’67 (Collective Consciousness); Director, Titus Andronicus (Exeter Fringe, UK); Director, Measure for Measure (Northcott Theatre, UK); Director, Julius Caesar, Polaroid Stories, Stop Kiss, Lysistrata (Southern CT State U); Director, Dr. Faustus (UC Riverside); Associate Director, The Cymbeline Project (OSF); Associate Director, The Merchant of Venice, Cymbeline, Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare and Company)

Awards:

Drama League of New York Classical Directing Fellow, OSF Killian Directing Fellowship finalist, McDermott Visiting Artist Fellowship, Young-Howze Theatre Award (The Cymbeline Project), Best in the Berkshires (The Merchant of Venice, Cymbeline, Comedy of Errors), Patch.com Best Shakespeare in CT (Romeo and Juliet), Edwin Rudd Scholarship (University of Exeter Theatre Department, UK)

Education:

Social Media:

Instagram:@classicalmassie