Griff Braley, Artistic Director

Biography

Griff has spent his entire life in Maine and most of his life involved in theater.  After graduating with a BA in Theater from Bates College, he directed his first play at Wiscasset High School in 1983, where he continued to teach children's theater, mythology, speech, acting, technical theater, film and English until 2006. He directed over sixty plays at Wiscasset, including numerous original scripts and several award winning one act plays.

Griff's work came to include adults with the production of his Zeno's Arrow at Lincoln County Community Theater in 1998.  He then directed Fiddler on the Roof, Camelot, Peter Pan, The Little Prince and Secret Garden for the Chocolate Church in Bath.

Since envisioning and starting up Heartwood Regional Theater Company in the fall of 2003, Griff has acted as artistic director to produce over 40 productions, including  Molly Sweeney, Les Miserables,  Susannah, The Grand Design, Antigone, Blood Wedding, Man of LaMancha, Into the Woods, Sweeney Todd, All My Sons, Gilgamesh, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Crucible, Romeo and Juliet, Glass Menagerie, An Enemy of the People, and Once on this Island.

His work at Heartwood included creating a successful summer camps for kids which is eight years in the running.In 2008 Griff oversaw the development of a performing arts outreach program, Heartwood Goes to School, for schools in the midcoast region.  Heartwood Goes to School currently offers play productions, visiting artists, and week long residencies for mid coast schools across four counties from Lincolnville to Bath.

Watch an interview with Griff Braley