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Moritz von Stuelpnagel is an American theatre director. In 2015, he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play for Hand to God.

Life and career
Von Stuelpnagel attended Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Theatre before receiving a Masters in Fine Arts from Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts, Theatre Division.

From 2009-2015, he served as the Artistic Director of Studio 42, an Off-Off-Broadway theater company whose mission was to produce plays they deemed “unproducible.”

Von Stuelpnagel “has a history of directing multilayered, outside-the-box plays.” The Wall Street Journal reviewer wrote of his work, “Mr. Von Stuelpnagel’s 2015 Broadway staging of Hand to God proved him to be a master of stage comedy, physical and otherwise.” And HuffPost reviewer wrote, “Look forward to whatever he does next and after that and after that.”

Hand to God garnered five Tony Award nominations in 2015, including Best Play, Best Leading Actor in a Play: Steven Boyer, Best Leading Actress in a Play: Geneva Carr, Best Featured Actress in a Play: Sarah Stiles, and Best Direction of a Play. Von Stuelpnagel directed the 2016 production of Hand to God in London’s West End at the Vaudeville Theatre where it was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy.

In 2017, he directed a Broadway revival of Noël Coward’s Present Laughter starring Kevin Kline, which was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. Mr. Kline went on to win a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, as well as a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play, for his performance in Present Laughter.

In 2018, von Stuelpnagel directed the premiere on Broadway of Theresa Rebeck’s Bernhardt/Hamlet starring Janet McTeer. Ms. McTeer was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.

Work (selected)
Sources: About the Artists; Internet Off-Broadway Database;  Internet Broadway Database


 * Tell Me I’m Not Crazy by Sharyn Rothstein, 2019 at Williamstown Theatre Festival
 * The Thanksgiving Play by Larissa Fasthorse, 2018 at Playwrights Horizons
 * Bernhardt/Hamlet by Theresa Rebeck, 2018 at the Roundabout Theatre Company
 * Seared by Theresa Rebeck, 2018 at Williamstown Theatre Festival
 * Teenage Dick by Mike Lew, 2018 at the Public Theater
 * Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, 2017 at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival
 * Present Laughter by Noël Coward, 2017 at the St. James Theatre
 * Tiger Style! by Mike Lew, 2016 at Huntington Theatre Company
 * Romance Novels for Dummies by Boo Killebrew, 2016 at Williamstown Theatre Festival
 * Hand to God by Robert Askins, 2016 at Vaudeville Theatre
 * Important Hats of the Twentieth Century by Nick Jones, 2015 at Manhattan Theatre Club
 * Tiger Style! by Mike Lew, 2015 at Alliance Theatre
 * Hand to God by Robert Askins, 2015 at the Booth Theatre
 * Verité by Nick Jones, 2015 at Lincoln Center Theatre
 * Hand to God by Robert Askins, 2014 at MCC Theater
 * Bike America by Mike Lew, 2013 at Ma-Yi Theater Company
 * Trevor by Nick Jones, 2013 at Lesser America
 * Bike America by Mike Lew, 2013 at Alliance Theatre
 * Hand to God by Robert Askins, 2011 at Ensemble Studio Theatre
 * My Base and Scurvy Heart by Adam Szymkowicz, 2011 at Studio 42
 * Spacebar by Michael Mitnick, 2010 at Studio 42
 * Mel & El: Show and Tell, 2009 at Ars Nova
 * The Most Lamentable and Tragical Historie of the Barber-Surgeons, 2008 at Studio 42
 * Help Yourself by Edith Freni, 2007 at Williamstown Theatre Festival