Andrew Block is a critically-acclaimed director with a New York home-base.
Current Productions
He recently completed two simultaneous bi-coastal runs. His production of the world premiere hit of John Pollono’s Small Engine Repair (Ovation Recommended, LA Times Critic’s Pick) enjoyed a 6th extension 6 month run at Beverly Hills Playhouse, courtesy of Rogue Machine Theatre in Los Angeles, while simultaneously his production of Recovery ran at The Kraine Theatre in the New York International Fringe Festival.
Recent Hits
Last summer he produced and directed the critically-acclaimed, sold out run of Lost and Found in FringeNYC, which was invited to the Encore Series at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. Also last year he directed the productions Illuminati and Grace for the 2010 Network One-Act Festival, winning both Best Play and Best Director awards; directed Neil LaBute’s The Shape of Things for Adelphi University; and served as Assistant Director on the Off-Broadway revival of T.S. Eliot’s The Cocktail Party with TACT/The Actor’s Company Theatre.
Rogue Machine Theatre
He is a founding member of Rogue Machine Theatre in L.A., where his production of the West-coast premiere of Adam Rapp’s Bingo With the Indians received a 2009 GLAAD award nomination for Outstanding Theatre, and began their late-night theatre series, Off the Clock. Also for RMT, he created and produced the hit short-play festival, Shorts & Sweets, where he directed Pollono’s I Hate L.A. & Robin Rothstein’s Keeping Pace.
Other Productions
Other directing credits include include Dancing at Lughnasa, 12th Night, Noises Off, City of Angels, Little Shop of Horrors, and Tartuffe.
Education
A proud native of New Orleans, he received his MFA from DePaul University in Chicago, and BFA from Adelphi University, and is a member of SDC.
