Rebecca Bayla Taichman (Director) recently directed Twelfth Night at the Shakespeare Theatre Co (7 Helen Hayes nominations including Best Director) and the McCarter Theatre.  She also directed the world premiere of David Adjmi's Evildoers at Yale Rep as well as Taming of the Shrew at The Shakespeare Theater (4 Helen Hayes nominations including Best Director), and the premiere of Dead Man's cell Phone by Sarah Ruhl (7 Helen Hayes nominations including Best Director).  She directed Theresa Rebeck's The Scene at 2econd Stage starring Tony Shalhoub and Patricia Heaton.  She also directed The Scene at The Humana Festival of New American Plays as well as the premiere of Rebeck's Mauritius at The Huntington Theatre Company (IRNE & Elliot Norton Awards) . At Woolly Mammoth Theater, Rebecca directed Sarah Ruhl's The Clean House (2006 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Resident Play) and the premiere of Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's The Velvet Sky. Also in Washington, Rebecca directed the Diary of Anne Frank at The Round House Theater (winner of 3 Helen Hayes Awards) and A Body of Water by Lee Blessing. Additionally, she directed Anna Deveare Smith's Piano at The Institute of Arts and Civic Dialogue, and Prozak and the Platypus by Elise Thoron with music by Jill Sobule at The Summer Play Festival in New York.  She has directed at Yale Repertory Theatre, New York Stage and Film, The O'Neill Playwright's Conference, and The Market Theater, among others. Rebecca is the recipient of the 2003 Barrymore Award for Outstanding Direction of a Musical for Green Violin at The Prince Music Theater which starred Raul Esparza and which she co-created. She directed and co-created the Obie Award-winning Menopausal Gentleman. Upcoming she will direct Twelfth Night as a co-production with the Shakespeare Theater and The McCarter.  Rebecca is the recipient of a Drama League Directing Fellowship, A TCG New Generations Grant, and a Usual Suspect at New York Theater Workshop.  Rebecca has taught at The O'Neill National Theater Institute, MIT, Yale University, and the University of Maryland. She is a graduate of Yale School of Drama. Rebecca is the Director-in-Residence at WET Productions.