Director | Sydney Cahill
About Me
Sydney Cahill is a New York-based writer, director, and actor who loves imaginative storytelling and collaborative processes. Most recently, Sydney directed productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Polycule at Festival 56 in Princeton, IL. Previous directing credits include Grease at Festival 56, I'm So Glad We Did This by Sydney Lee with Chorus Girl Productions at the Reverie Room (assistant director), and Lungs by Duncan Macmillan at Providence College.
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Meet Sydney Cahill
Sydney is passionate about New Works development, having served for two years as the Director of New Works for Festival 56, the largest theatre festival in Illinois, resulting in premiere productions of Mark Shanahan's See Monsters of the Deep and Jillian Blevins' The Polycule. Sydney also worked as a Production Assistant on the world-premiere production of Cordially, Indisposed at Vanguard Theater, and interned at Bay Street Theater during the premiere of an exciting, immersive production entitled Wonder/Wall.​
With a passion for dynamic staging and an eye for detail, Sydney loves theatrical storytelling that lives at the intersection of imagination and authenticity. She aims to use theatre as a way to amplify female-driven stories, mental heath awareness, and human connection.