David Soria is GreenMan’s Artistic Director and a co-founder of the theatre. Productions he has directed for GreenMan include The Guys, Shakespeare in Hollywood, Pride and Prejudice, Dracula, The Importance of Being Earnest, and The Odd Couple. He directed GreenMan’s first production, The Boardwalk Melody Hour Murders, in 2004. David designed sets and lights for Waiting for Godot and Nevermore: The Dark World of Edgar Allan Poe and has been production manager on several shows.Other productions he has directed include As You Like It, South Pacific, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Working at Moraine Valley Community College; Fifth of July, The Conduct of Life, and Anything Goes at Illinois Wesleyan University; Modigliani at Citadel Theatre and Old Times at Heartland Theatre. He has also directed Oliver, Annie and The Sound of Music for Elmhurst Children's Theatre.
David has designed sets, lights and sound at various theatres, worked as a stage manager for the Illinois Shakespeare Festival and as assistant technical director for Oakton Community College.
David did his undergraduate work at Wesleyan University and has an MFA in Theatre from Illinois State University. He has taught at Illinois Wesleyan, Moraine Valley, and the Children’s Theatre of Western Springs.
David is also an actor and has appeared on stage as Mozart in Amadeus, Orgon in Tartuffe, and Van Helsing in Dracula.
