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Scott Alan Evans
Artistic Executive Director
Founding Member
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Scott is a Founding Member of TACT and has directed 63 productions with the company.

is Co-Artistic and Executive Director of TACT. Since 1993, under Evans' guidance, TACT has grown to become one of New York City's most respected not-for-profit theater companies. With its Concert Performance and Salon presentations (staged readings in a theatrical style developed with the company by Evans) and its Off-Broadway productions, TACT has unearthed and Evans has produced and/or directed over 90 forgotten or neglected plays, bringing many back to the cannon of plays produced. The company has garnered consistent critical praise and Evans' most recent production of Arthur Miller's Incident at Vichy was among TACT's most successful. For TACT, Evans adapted & directed the US premiere of Noel Coward's Long Island Sound, and conceived, co-wrote & directed the world premiere of The Triangle Factory Project. The New York Post called Triangle "the theatrical event of the season." The play has been published by Dramatists Play Services and continues to enjoy productions across the country. More recently, Evans and has produced seven and directed four of TACT's productions presented at their current home at Theater Row, including Home, The Sea, The Runner Stumbles and Incident at Vichy. In addition to his work with TACT, Evans wrote & directed the musical, Goose! Beyond the Nursery (3 Outer Critic Circle Award nominations including Best Off-Broadway Prod.). Other recent NY Theatre: Joseph Hayden's The Seven Last Words... (Chamber Music Society - Lincoln Center); The Constant Wife (NYU Grad. Acting). Mr. Evans served for 10 years as Artistic Director of the American Musicals Project, producing an annual concert series at the New-York Historical Society celebrating great musical theatre writers and featuring Broadway headliners. Education: BFA, Boston Univ., School for the Arts (magna cum laude, Edward E. Stein Award recipient), and a former student and assistant to Michael Howard at the Michael Howard Studios. Member: SDC; Dramatist Guild.
Productions With TACT
1992/93 - Uncle Vanya
1992/93 - Mrs. Warren's Profession
1992/93 - Learned Ladies
1993/94 - Mrs. Warren's Profession
1993/94 - Rhinoceros
1993/94 - The Sea Gull
1994/95 - Hay Fever
1994/95 - The Madwoman of Chaillot
1994/95 - Androcles and the Lion
1995/96 - Fashion
1995/96 - The Beauty Part
1995/96 - The Women
1996/97 - Heartbreak House
1996/97 - Three Men on a Horse
1996/97 - The Cocktail Party
1996/97 - The Matchmaker
1997/98 -The Play's the Thing
1997/98 - Light Up the Sky
1997/98 - Mademoiselle Colombe
1997/98 - The Torch-Bearers
Summer 1998 - The Torch-Bearers
1998/99 - You Can't Take It with You
1998/99 - The Dog It Was That Died
1998/99 - Auntie Mame
Summer 1999 - Hay Fever
1999/00 - Morning's at Seven
1999/00 - Idiot's Delight
1999/00 - Family Reunion
1999/00 - Boy Meets Girl
Summer 2000 - Importance of Being Earnest
2000/01 - First Lady
2000/01 - The Admirable Crichton
2000/01 - The Apollo of Bellac
2000/01 - The Bald Soprano
Summer 2001 - The Solid Gold Cadillac
2001/02 - The Waltz of the Toreadors
2001/02 - Look Homeward, Angel
2001/02 - Widowers' Houses
2001/02 - Long Island Sound
Summer 2002 - The Rivals
2002/03 - Happy Birthday
2002/03 - The Rivals
2002/03 - The Potting Shed
2002/03 - U.S.A.
Summer 2003 - The Butter and Egg Man
2003/04 - The Marriage of Bette & Boo
2003/04 - Fathers and Sons
2003/04 - The Triangle Factory Fire Project
Summer 2004 - Three Men on a Horse
2004/05 - The Firebugs
2004/05 - Home
2004/05 - R.U.R
Summer 2005 - U.S.A.
2005/06 - Watch on the Rhine
2005/06 - Dear Liar
2005/06 - A Handsome Man
2006/07 - Home
2006/07 - The Sea
Summer 2007 - Light Up the Sky
2007/08 - The Runner Stumbles
2008/09 - Incident at Vichy
Summer 2009 - Private Lives Revealed: The Letters of Noel Coward
2009/10 - The Devil Passes
2009/10 - The Cocktail Party
2010/11 - Three Men on a Horse