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H O U S E O F G O L D b y gregory s. moss
square product theatre, boulder, CO: 2017
” It raises themes about whiteness, sexual fantasy and the quest for immortality. But most disturbing is the way it challenges the innocent nobility of what it means to rear children in America.” - Boulder Weekly
reviews: The Denver Post, Westword, and The Daily Camera
features: 5280 Magazine, KGNU's MetroArts, KDVR Fox 31 Denver and Westword

S L A B by gleason bauer and emily k. harrison
square product theatre, boulder, CO: 2014
2 0 1 4   T r u e   W e s t   A w a r d - Outstanding Direction and Production Design
2 0 1 5 C o l o r a d o T h e a t r e G u i l d N o m i n a t i o n -
Best New Play or Musical
reviews: The Denver Post, The Boulder Weekly
features: The Daily Camera, CU Boulder Today, and Brazos Bookstore

A B R I G H T R O O M C A L L E D D A Y by tony kushner
with emendations by steven leigh morris
theatre of NOTE, los angeles, CA: 2000
“Much credit is due to director Gleason Bauer and scribe Steven Leigh Morris, who penned the counterpoint, localized story of Zillah. In their own ways, each beautifully and subtly mirrors past and present in both character actions and storyline.” - Variety

D E A R C H A R L O T T E by joy gregory
Nom de Plume/ Powerhouse Theatre: los angeles, CA:

“Costume consultant Gleason Bauer and seamstress Karolyn Kiisel dress the women in utilitarian sheaths to which are added bodices, collars, aprons, and the like to aid the actors in efficiently creating multiple roles. Among them, each actor crafts a particularly effective portrayal.” - Dany Margolies, Backstage.com

[ H O M E ] O R T H E L O S T T A B L E T O F U R by steven haworth, story by gleason bauer, jon kellam, & bernadette sullivan
zoo district theatre company, los angeles, CA: 2005

L A W e e k l y A w a r d s - Best Production Design and Best Costume Design - Gleason Bauer
L A W e e k l y A w a r d N o m i n a t i o n s :
Best Ensemble, Best Lighting Design, Best Sound Design

“Gleason Bauer and Jon Kellam co-direct, offering a wonderfully lavish spectacle that crackles with dynamic visuals and enthralling acting turns. This is a production that's more a showcase for directorial ingenuity than anything else, and the offbeat staging notions come fast and furious. A swing set descends from the ceiling to simulate an airplane voyage. The heroes tremble before the scary reclusive professor who's first seen as a shadowy monster behind a scrim. And, at one point, the heroes are pulled across the desert in a cart pulled by a man in a donkey mask who does a Shuffle-off-to-Buffalo dance step.” - Paul Birchell, Backstage.com
”Co-directors Jon Kellam and Gleason Bauer get their dramatic money's worth out of every scene” - Laura Hitchcock, CurtainUp

L Y S I S T R A T A P R O J E C T : L A
peace act productions, wilshire ebell theater, los angeles, CA: 2003
This was a one-of-a-kind L.A. happening that transcended place and time, and above all our world's current precarious state, to touch the theatre's eternal human pulse. Indeed it may have been the closest I've felt to what I imagine the theatre experience might have been for the Greeks—the ritual sense of gathering and sharing the space with artists doing their ancient art, breaking the ice of a tense, fraught environment by facing the tension head-on.”- Rob Kendt, Backstage.com
”Ribald, campy, full of drag, laced with nudity—the reading/ performance of Aristophanes' Lysistrata, Mar. 3 at the Wilshire Ebell Theater, proved that L.A. theatre artists know how to throw a good protest. But just as exciting as the community's anti-war solidarity was the chance to see what 15 L.A. companies can cobble together in a short time when serving the god of cooperation, not competition…serious credit is due producers Gleason Bauer and director Tracy Hudak, who performed a near miracle by channeling the disparate energies of widely diverse companies into an impressively smooth tag-team reading that showed off a collage of satiric approaches.” - Laura Weinert, Backstage.com

features: Creative Dissent - Gleason Bauer, Backstage.com and Lysistrata Readings to Protest War - Laura Weinert, Backstage.com

S C E N E S F R O M A N E X E C U T I O N
by Howard Barker
zoo district theatre company, los angeles, CA: 1998

“Director Gleason Bauer's rendition is passionate, atmospheric…this ambitious production of a highly challenging play is a praiseworthy effort by a risk-taking company.” - Les Spindle, Backstage.com