David Petrarca


David Petrarca is an American director and producer of theatre, television and film.
He was a director at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago from 1988 until 2005. His work as a director includes HBO's Boardwalk Empire, Game of Thrones, Big Love, Hung, and True Blood. Before for Apple TV, as well as Marco Polo, Jessica Jones and numerous other projects for Netflix. Other recent projects include The Alienist and Warrior. He worked as an executive producer on Death and Other Details, Those Who Kill, ABC series Eli Stone and Drop Dead Diva.
He was the recipient of a TCG/NEA Director Fellowship and has served as associate artistic director for the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and the Chelsea Theatre Centre in New York City, and on the NEA Theatre Panel.
He has taught at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, the O'Neill Center and Northwestern University and has developed new work for New York Stage and Film and the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference.
In 1996, Petrarca was chosen by the Chicago Tribune as a "Chicagoan of the Year".
In 2006, he completed filming Save the Last Dance 2 for Paramount Pictures. As of mid-2017, he was working on the screenplay of Wendy MacLeod's Schoolgirl Figure, a film adaptation of David Lindsay-Abaire's Fuddy Meers, as well as a film about the legendary mime, Marcel Marceau.

Selected works

As film director

As television executive producer

As television director

As theatre director

AwayThe Beard of AvonCurrent Events by David Marshall Grant †Dark RaptureDeep in a Dream of You †Design for LivingDinah Was †Down the Shore by Tom Donaghy †Fuddy Meers by David Lindsay-Abaire †The House of Martin Guerre †Juvenilia by Wendy MacLeod †Kimberly Akimbo by David Lindsay-Abaire †Light Up The SkyLloyd's Prayer by Kevin KlingLovers and Friends by Michael John LaChiusa †Marvin's Room A Midsummer Night's DreamMill Fire by Sally Nemeth †Northeast Local by Tom Donaghy †Nothing Sacred by George F. WalkerPeacekeeper by Keith ReddinRed by Chay Yew †Richard IISin by Wendy MacLeod †The Skin of Our TeethSomebody Else's House by David Cale †Three Postcards by Craig Carnelia and Craig LucasThe Tooth of Crime by Sam ShepardThe VisitThe Water Children by Wendy MacLeod †Twelfth NightA Year with Frog and Toad on Broadway
† indicates a premiere.