Devon de Mayo

Devon de Mayo is a director and teacher. Most recently, Devon devised and directed The Twins Would Like To Say for Dog & Pony Theatre at Steppenwolf Theatre.  Other directing and devising credit: As Told by the Vivian Girls for Dog & Pony Theatre (After Dark Award for Best Adaptation & Orgie Award for Outstanding Production).  Directing credits include: The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler, Clouds (Dog & Pony), Constriction (Collaboraction); 2nd Story (Serendipity); Crumble (Lay Me Down Justin Timberlake) (Finborough Theatre, London); A Matter of Life & Death, pool (no water), Nights at the Circus, The World Over (NHSI); 52 (Canal Café, London); The Awards and Ohio, Impromptu (Studio 7, London); and Laba Laba (Bali, Indonesia).  Devon is one of the founders and Co-Artistic Director of Dog & Pony Theatre Company.  She currently serves as the Director of Education for Northlight Theatre and co-teaches theatrical collaboration at Northwestern University.  She has also worked producing opera and programming jazz concerts and film festivals for the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs.  Devon received her MFA in Theatre Directing from Middlesex University in London and her BA in Drama and Political Science from Kenyon College.  She did further studies at the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS) in Moscow and the Indonesian Institute for the Arts in Bali.

Presentations

• Campus Connection: Engaging College Students in the Arts