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ARTISTS
Joe Gfaller
After six years of serving on staff at 7 Stages Theatre, Joe Gfaller joined the Board of Directors in October, 2007. He became Board Secretary in July, 2008. He serves as Associate Director of Marketing at the Alliance Theatre, the flagship regional theatre for the southeast, recipeint of the 2007 Tony Award for Excellence in Regional Theatre.
In his previous roles at 7 Stages as Director of Marketing and Public Relations and Director of External Relations, Joe was responsible for initiating 7 Stages’ first subscription campaign and managed the growth 7 Stages’ subscriber base. He initiated 7 Stages’ move to live on-line internet ticketing and a series of website redesigns featuring searchable databases, blog, and video functionality. He also managed increases in individual giving and forged relationships with corporate and community partners.
In Atlanta, he has sat on steering committees for the MAACC/MetLife Marketing Forum, Puppets Take Atlanta, First Glance, and GO Arts Festivals. He is a 2005 graduate of the Metropolitan Atlanta Arts & Culture Coalition Arts and Business Leadership Alliance and a 2006 graduate of LEAD Atlanta, a Leadership Atlanta initiative for young professionals. His subsequent involvement with LEAD includes serving as co-chair for its 2007-2008 program year, as well as currently co-chairing the mentorship program for the 2009-2010 program year. On a volunteer level, he has also worked with the Human Rights Campaign, Immigration Equality, and the Little 5 Points Business Association. His administrative resume includes work with the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, MA, the Drama League of New York, and the New York International Fringe Festival, as well as freelance work in commercial real estate marketing, with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and for the Atlanta Convention and Visitor's Bureau.
Also a stage director, Gfaller was cited by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution as "a young director with exceptionally smart taste" and as "Best New Director" in Atlanta for his work on Boston Marriage and A Number. The Sunday Paper also named him one of the ten best directors in Atlanta that year. Boston Marriage received nods as one of the best productions of 2005 in The Sunday Paper, Creative Loafing, and Southern Voice. A Number, part of 7 Stages' Caryl Churchill Festival, was also named one of the best productions of the year by Creative Loafing. In 2007, Southern Voice recognized him as one of twenty people who are "the next generation of this city's leaders." In 2008, he was honored as among Atlanta's "Power Thirty Under Thirty."
Past directing credits include Copenhagen, A Number, Boston Marriage, and The Violet Hour (7 Stages), Miss Witherspoon (Theatre in the Square), The God Committee (Theatrical Outfit), Dial M for Murder and Dracula (Aurora Theatre), I Do! I Do! (Georgia Ensemble Theatre), Riffed (Actor's Express), Notes from the Bottletree (Horizon Theatre Company), Uncle Vanya (Savage Tree at 14th Street Playhouse), Beowulf (Theatre Gael), Charley's Aunt (Neighborhood Playhouse), Man of La Mancha (Loeb Drama Center), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Berry College), A Man for All Seasons, A Little Night Music, and The Secret Garden (Harvard University), A Midsummer's Night Dream (Clark Atlanta University). As an actor, he also performed in over twenty productions in the Cambridge/Boston area. Upcoming projects include the world premiere of Storyville by David Fulmer for the Decatur Book Festival.
Joe was also awarded the Briggs Literary Fellowship and the Hoopes Prize for his original stage musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations. He holds an B.A. in English Literature from Harvard University.
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This artist's production history with 7 Stages
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Alliance Theatre Company (Board)
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Copenhagen
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Boston Marriage
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A Number
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The Violet Hour
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