Jonathan Bank
JONATHAN BANK has been the artistic director of Mint since 1996 where he has unearthed and produced dozens of lost or neglected plays, many of which he has also directed. Most recently at the Mint, Jonathan directed the American Professional Premiere of The Fifth Column by Ernest Hemingway. Other recent productions at the Mint include The Return of the Prodigal by St. John Hankin and Susan and God by Rachel Crothers. Jonathan both adapted and directed Arthur Schnitzler's Far and Wide and The Lonely Way which he also co-translated (with Margaret Schaefer). These two plays were published in a volume entitled Arthur Schnitzler Reclaimed which Bank edited. He is also the editor of two additional volumes in the Reclaimed series (Harley Granville Barker and St. John Hankin) as well as Worthy But Neglected: Plays of the Mint Theater Company which includes his adaptations of Thomas Wolfe's Welcome to Our City and Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth, both of which he directed, along with five other Mint rediscoveries. Other directing credits include critically acclaimed productions of Ivanov and Othello for the National Asian American Theater Company, John Brown's Body, The Double Bass and Three Days of Rain for the Miniature Theater of Chester and The Heiress, Hobson's Choice, Candida and Mr. Pim Passes By for the Peterborough Players. He earned his M.F.A. from Case Western Reserve University in his hometown of Cleveland, OH. Bio as of December, 2008. American Theatre Wing programs, interviews and/or credits include: Working in the Theatre (video) 99 and Under - December, 2008 - Watch now.