L. PETER CALLENDER SAG-AFTRA * AEA
"A lot of the credit, says Enoch King, goes to director L. Peter Callender:
'He’s very accommodating. We call him an actor’s director. I mean, he’s an actor,
so he completely understands our processes, and he’s always respectful of them.'”
Excerpt from Catalyst article
Former Artistic Director of the African-American Shakespeare Company
Theater Directing Credits
American Stage, St Petersburg, FL
ROMEO & JULIET in America
SKELETON CREW >
PIPELINE >
A RAISIN IN THE SUN >
JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE >
JITNEY >
PIPELINE
RICHARD II
MACBETH >
BLACK EAGLES >
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE >
THE WINTER'S TALE
JITNEY >
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING >
CINDERELLA >
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF >
A RAISIN IN THE SUN >
TWELFTH NIGHT >
SAFE HOUSE >
WE ARE PROUD... >
PIPELINE
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July 2021
Jan-Feb 2020 | 19-20 Season
Jan-Feb 2019 | 18-19 Season
Jan-Feb 2018 | 17-18 Season
Jan 2017 | 16-17 Season
Jan 2016 | 15-16 Season
Apr 2024 | 23-24 Season
Apr 2022 | 21-22 Season
July 2019 | 18-19 Season
Mar 2019 | 18-19 Season
Mar 2018 | 17-18 Season
June 2017 | 16-17 Season
Mar 2017 | 16-17 Season
May 2014 | 13-14 Season
Dec 2013 | 13-14 Season
Jan 2013 | 12-13 Season
June 2012 | 11-12 Season
Apr 2011 | 10-11 Season
Nov 2016 | 16-17 Season
Oct 2016 | 16-17 Season
May 2021 | 20-21 Season
Oct 2025 | 25-26 Season
Nov 2021| 21-22 Season
William Shakespeare,
adapted by L. Peter Callender
Dominique Morisseau
Dominique Morisseau
Lorraine Hansberry
August Wilson
August Wilson
Dominique Morisseau
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
Leslie Lee
Tennessee Williams
William Shakespeare
August Wilson
William Shakespeare
African-American Shakes
Tennessee Williams
Lorraine Hansberry
William Shakespeare
Keith Josef Adkins
Jackie Sibblies Drury
Dominique Morisseau
Composer/Libretttist
Carla Lucero/Jarrod Lee
Marcus Shelby/Roma Olvera
African-American Shakespeare Company, San Francisco, CA
Aurora Theatre Company, Berkeley, CA
San Jose Stage, CA
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe, Sarasota, FL
Opera Parallele, San Francisco, CA
Directing Awards
TBA Award Finalist (San Francisco Bay Area):
THE WINTER'S TALE: Outstanding Sound Design
JITNEY: Outstanding Costume Design | Outstanding Prop Design | Outstanding Actor in a Lead Role (L. Peter Callender)
SAFE HOUSE: Outstanding Female Actor in a Featured Role
Best of the Bay (Tampa):
PIPELINE: Nominations: Best Director | Best Production
Theatre Tampa Bay Awards
JITNEY: Outstanding Lead Actor | Outstanding Set Design | Outstanding Director | Outstanding Production
JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE: Outstanding Director | Outstanding Production
Nominations: 2 Outstanding Featured Actor | 2 Outstanding Lead Actor |
Outstanding Set Design, Costume Design, Lighting Design
A RAISIN IN THE SUN: Nominations: Outstanding Featured Actor | Outstanding Set Design
PIPELINE: Nomination: Outstanding Fight Choreography
SKELETON CREW: Outstanding Production | Outstanding Director
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble | by a Lead Actor | by a Lead Actress
Outstanding Sound Design, Costume Design