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David Herskovits
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David Herskovits is the
Founder and Artistic Director of Target Margin Theater. For Target
Margin’s 2003/04 season, he directed “These Very Serious Jokes”, the
first installment in Target Margin’s work on Goethe’s “Faust”, and “The
Mystery of the Charity of Joan of Arc” by Charles Péguy.
During 2002/03 he directed a revival of TMT’s original chamber opera, “The
Sandman” and “People Are Wrong” at PS 122. In 2001/02 his work included
“The Marriage of Figaro” at TMT, “The Hairy Ape” at The Cleveland Public
Theater, and the world premiere of “The Sandman.” In past seasons with TMT, he has directed “Dido, Queen of Carthage” by Christopher Marlowe, and the premieres of Rinne Groff's "The Five Hysterical Girls Theorem" and "Tulpa" by Todd Alcott. David recently directed "The Love Suicides at Amijima" at the Institut Internationale de la Marionnette in Charleville-Mezieres, France, and “Fuente Ovejuna” for the National Asian-American Theater Company. His 1998 production of "Mamba's Daughters" by Dorothy and DuBose Heyward won an OBIE for the company, and was presented at the 1999 Spoleto Festival USA. Other productions include classics from Shakespeare to Ibsen, opera and music-theater, modern writers such as Gertrude Stein and Marguerite Duras, and neglected works with literary and historic significance. He has published articles in The New York Times, Theatre Magazine, and Performing Arts Journal, among others. David has served on the New York State Council on the Arts Theatre Panel and the South Carolina Arts Commission, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and various other grant-giving institutions. He has taught at New York University, Yale College, Harvard College, and with the Lincoln Center Institute. |
