Joseph Haj

Joseph Haj is the Artistic Director of the Guthrie Theater where he has directed Hamlet, A Christmas Carol, Dickens’ Holiday Classic, The Glass Menagerie, Cyrano de Bergerac (his own adaptation), West Side Story, Romeo and Juliet, Sunday in the Park With George, King Lear, South Pacific and Pericles. Prior to joining the Guthrie in 2015, Haj served as Producing Artistic Director at PlayMakers Repertory Company, and he has directed and performed across the U.S. and internationally. He was named one of 25 theater artists who will have a significant impact on the field over the next quarter-century by American Theatre magazine, and he is the recipient of the 2014 Zelda Fichandler Award (SDCF) for leadership in the American theater and the 2017 Rosetta LeNoire Award (AEA) for commitment to diversity onstage. He currently serves as Second Vice President of the Executive Board of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. Haj holds a B.F.A. in Performance from Florida International University and an M.F.A. in Acting from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.