Trevor Biship-Gillespie
Trevor directs the works of diverse contemporary playwrights. His most recent directorial work includes the Orange County Premiere of Sarah Ruhl's Passion Play. His production of the Southern California Premieres of Jerry Springer: The Opera, earned the Ovation Award for Best Musical – Intimate Theatre, and Trevor received the Backstage Garland Award for Best Direction. World and regional premieres include Up, Film, Grey Gardens, Just Say No, Bash: Latterday Plays and Psalms of a Questionable Nature. He has worked with numerous Los Angeles theatres, including South Coast Repertory, Circle X Theatre, Theatre of NOTE, California Repertory Company, Cornerstone Theatre Company and the Pasadena Playhouse. Biship's productions have been lauded by every major press outlet in Southern California and have received nominations from the Los Angeles Ovation Awards, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards, Los Angeles Weekly Theatre Awards and Backstage Garland Awards. Trevor received his M.F.A. in Directing from the University of California, Irvine.