Regina Victor (they/them/pharaoh) is a multidisciplinary artist and intuitive storyteller committed to creating better futures on and offstage. Victor is a cultural critic and in 2017 they founded Rescripted, an online arts journalism platform, and have also written for American Theatre, Playbill, and Howlround. In 2023 they were placed in the Hall of Fame for Newcity’s “Fifty People Who Really Perform for Chicago,” after having made making the list in 2019 , 2020, and 2022. They also received the Accountability Award from Haven Chicago in 2022, and The Make A Wave Grant from 3Arts for their work with Rescripted.
Regina is a prominent new play director, having recently directed a developmental workshop of AriDy Nox's A Walless Church: The Black Woman's Guide to Making God at the Playwrights Center of Minneapolis. Victor spent years training as an assistant director, working with artists such as Phylicia Rashad, Daniel Alexander Jones, Raelle Myrick-Hodges and Danya Taymor. A proud Bay Area Native, Victor's directorial debut was Lee Blessing's Going to St. Ives at the now-closed Flight Deck, followed by a production of Michelle Carter's Rose in America at A.C.T.'s Costume Shop. Since then they've directed readings and workshops at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Long Wharf Theatre, Timeline Theatre and more.
As a dramaturg & script supervisor, Pharaoh has collaborated with Qui Nguyen (Revenge Song, OSF), Tracy Letts (The Minutes, Steppenwolf), Beaufield Berry (In the Upper Room, Denver Center for the Performing Arts), Monty Cole (Black Like Me, St. Louis Rep), and more. They recently dramaturg'd As You Like It at La Jolla Playhouse, co-directed by the Tony-Award Winning Artistic Director Christopher Ashley, and the Artistic Director of Rattlestick Theater, Will Davis. Pharaoh’s service and organizations include the National Advisory Council for Howlround Theatre Commons, Bard at the Gate, and the 2021-2022 Artistic Caucus for Long Wharf, Baltimore Centerstage, St. Louis Rep, and Woolly Mammoth Theatre.
Victor's specialty is helping writers craft great stories as a director and a dramaturg, but pharaoh has been bringing stories to life since before Y2K, and spent most of their early career onstage, including a turn as Cinderella at the African American Shakespeare Co. in San Francisco. They most recently appeared onstage in La Jolla Playhouse's As You Like It (Jaques de Boys).
Feel free to reach out to via the contact page if you're interested in collaboration! Ase!
Regina is a prominent new play director, having recently directed a developmental workshop of AriDy Nox's A Walless Church: The Black Woman's Guide to Making God at the Playwrights Center of Minneapolis. Victor spent years training as an assistant director, working with artists such as Phylicia Rashad, Daniel Alexander Jones, Raelle Myrick-Hodges and Danya Taymor. A proud Bay Area Native, Victor's directorial debut was Lee Blessing's Going to St. Ives at the now-closed Flight Deck, followed by a production of Michelle Carter's Rose in America at A.C.T.'s Costume Shop. Since then they've directed readings and workshops at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Long Wharf Theatre, Timeline Theatre and more.
As a dramaturg & script supervisor, Pharaoh has collaborated with Qui Nguyen (Revenge Song, OSF), Tracy Letts (The Minutes, Steppenwolf), Beaufield Berry (In the Upper Room, Denver Center for the Performing Arts), Monty Cole (Black Like Me, St. Louis Rep), and more. They recently dramaturg'd As You Like It at La Jolla Playhouse, co-directed by the Tony-Award Winning Artistic Director Christopher Ashley, and the Artistic Director of Rattlestick Theater, Will Davis. Pharaoh’s service and organizations include the National Advisory Council for Howlround Theatre Commons, Bard at the Gate, and the 2021-2022 Artistic Caucus for Long Wharf, Baltimore Centerstage, St. Louis Rep, and Woolly Mammoth Theatre.
Victor's specialty is helping writers craft great stories as a director and a dramaturg, but pharaoh has been bringing stories to life since before Y2K, and spent most of their early career onstage, including a turn as Cinderella at the African American Shakespeare Co. in San Francisco. They most recently appeared onstage in La Jolla Playhouse's As You Like It (Jaques de Boys).
Feel free to reach out to via the contact page if you're interested in collaboration! Ase!