12 Facts About Oskar Eustis

Oskar Eustis was born on July 31,1958 and has been the Artistic Director at the Public Theater in New York City since 2005.

Oskar Eustis has worked as a director, dramaturg, and artistic director for theaters around the United States.

Oskar Eustis's parents, Warren Eustis, a district attorney and an official of the Democratic Party in Minnesota, and Doris Marquit, a women's studies professor, divorced when he was ten.

Oskar Eustis graduated from high school at age 15 and moved to New York City, briefly attended New York University, and then co-founded the Red Wing Theater Company.

Oskar Eustis met his wife, Laurie, at the Mark Taper Forum.

Oskar Eustis was the artistic director at the Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, Rhode Island from 1994 to 2005.

Oskar Eustis was the resident director and dramaturg for the Eureka Theatre Company in San Francisco, California from 1981 to 1986 and then artistic director from 1986 to 1989.

Oskar Eustis started the Red Wing Company when he was sixteen with Stephan Muller.

At the Public, Oskar Eustis directed the New York premieres of Rinne Groff's Compulsion and The Ruby Sunrise, Lawrence Wright's The Human Scale, and the 2008 Shakespeare in the Park production of Hamlet.

Oskar Eustis served on the faculty of the Bread Loaf School of English at Middlebury College.

Oskar Eustis is a professor of dramatic writing and arts and public policy at New York University, and has held professorships at UCLA, Middlebury College, and Brown University.

Oskar Eustis teaches a small seminar at Saint Ann's School.