Well-known for his Soulpepper production of A Christmas Carol, Michael Shamata’s directing credits include the English-language premiere of And Slowly Beauty (Tarragon; NAC), and the Canadian premieres of The Year of Magical Thinking (Tarragon; NAC) and A Doll’s House, Part 2 (Belfry). He has directed acclaimed productions of Glengarry Glen Ross starring Eric MacCormack (Arts Club), I Am My Own Wife starring Tom Rooney (Vancouver Playhouse), and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? starring Brenda Robins (Grand; MTC; Sadie Bronfman). He has directed numerous large-scale musicals, including Cabaret (Grand Theatre; MTC), The Music Man and Guys and Dolls (Vancouver Playhouse) and the world premiere of Pélagie (Canadian Stage/NAC). He directed the premiere of Walk Right Up at the Stratford Festival, as well as numerous productions of Shakespeare at Festival of Classics (Macbeth; Love’s Labours Lost), Canadian Stage (The Tempest), and Bard on the Beach (Much Ado About Nothing; The Comedy of Errors). Recent successes include Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes and The Lehman Trilogy (Belfry).