Pam MacKinnon

Playwrights: Log Cabin, The Qualms, Clybourne Park, Completeness. PamMacKinnon serves as the Artistic Director of American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. She is a Tony, Drama Desk, and Obie Award-winning director. Recent credits include Lydia R. Diamond’s Toni Stone (Roundabout, A.C.T., Arena), Maria Irene Fornés’s Fefu And Her Friends (A.C.T.), and Christopher Chen’s Communion (A.C.T.). Pam is a frequent interpreter of the work of Edward Albee as well as Bruce Norris. She proudly serves on the Board of SDC, in solidarity with directors and choreographers.

• “Buoyant, amusing, vivid, tangy, beguiling, engaging, and rawly funny.”

  — Charles Isherwood, The New York Times

• “★★★★ Critic’s Pick! Bruce Norris is a master of peevishness and acrimony with bravura dialogue, perfectly set-up jokes, and juicy jeremiads. Pam MacKinnon directs a strong and frisky ensemble with her usual flair.”

  — David Cote, TimeOut New York

• “A thrilling ride! Norris is a source of complicated pleasure. Very well acted and spiced up by smuttiness.”

  — Jesse Green, New York magazine

• “More like a massacre than an orgy, and very possibly Bruce Norris’ best! The Qualms is as fully alive as Clybourne Park but dares to cut even deeper.”

  — Jason Clark, Entertainment Weekly