Lear deBessonet is the Founder of Public Works and Resident Director at the Public Theater. For Public Works, she has directed pageant-style musical adaptations of The Tempest, The Winter's Tale, and The Odyssey at the Delacorte, each featuring two-hundred New Yorkers from all five boroughs.
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Lear deBessonet
Lear DeBessonet, Into the Woods
Lear deBessonet, Into the Woods
Lear deBessonet, Good Person of Szechwan
Lear deBessonet, Good Person of Szechwan
Lear deBessonet, The Good Person Of Szechuan
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Lear deBessonet has written 1 shows including transFigures (Conceiver).
Lear deBessonet has been nominated for several prestigious awards throughout their career, including the Founders Award for Excellence in Directing at the Drama League Awards. They were also nominated for Outstanding Direction of a Musical at the Drama League Awards for "Into the Woods," Best Direction of a Musical at the Tony Awards for the same production, Outstanding Director at The Lortels for "Good Person of Szechwan," Outstanding Director of a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for the same play, and for Direction at the Obie Awards for "The Good Person Of Szechuan."
Lear deBessonet has won the Founders Award for Excellence in Directing at the Drama League Awards, Outstanding Direction of a Musical at the Drama League Awards for "Into the Woods," and Direction at the Obie Awards for "The Good Person Of Szechuan."
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