Annie Tippe is a director and creator of new work, music theater and film.
Recent theater credits include the premiere of Dave Malloy's OCTET at Signature Theatre Company, for which she won the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Direction and was named an SDC Callaway Award Finalist. She also directed the premiere and subsequent tours of Dave Malloy's award-winning GHOST QUARTET. Other theater credits include LIFE AFTER (Goodman Theatre), the premiere of Leslye Headland's CULT OF LOVE (IAMA Theatre Company), Bess Wohl's CONTINUITY (Goodman Theatre), THE HOMBRES (Two River), COWBOY BOB (Village Theatre; New York Stage + Film), I HEARD SEX NOISES (Ars Nova) and two of the last pieces by James + Jerome: INK (co-directed with Rachel Chavkin, Under the Radar/Met Museum) and THE CONVERSATIONALISTS (Bushwick Starr).
Upcoming musicals include COWBOY BOB (Alley Theatre) and a new play by Julia May Jonas for LCT3.
Annie’s short film HELP ME MARY marks her debut as a writer/director for the screen. The piece was selected for the LOWER EAST SIDE FILM FESTIVAL, for which it one the Best Narrative Short Award. It has also played at PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL SHORTFEST, HOLLY SHORTS, SANTA FE FILM FESTIVAL and the MONMOUTH FILM FESTIVAL.
Annie served as the associate director for Present Laughter on Broadway (dir. Moritz von Stuelpnagel). She was the Associate Director for The TEAM'S touring productions of Mission Drift and RoosevElvis (dir. Rachel Chavkin) and Gabriel Kahane's The Ambassador (BAM; dir. John Tiffany).
She is a former Ars Nova Director-in-Residence, Drama League Directing Fellow, and alumni of the Williamstown Directing Corps.