Adam Zahler served as founding Artistic Director of Second Stage and The Open Stage in Vermont, and interim co-Artistic Director of Vermont Repertory Theater.  In the Boston area, he was Producing Associate at New Repertory Theatre. As a stage director, he has been honored with Elliot Norton Awards for Outstanding Production (Stonewall Jackson’s House, 2001) and Outstanding Director (Permanent Collection, 2005), and has twice been nominated for Best Director awards by the Independent Reviewers of New England. In Massachusetts, he has directed for New Repertory Theatre, The Underground Railway Theatre, The Nora Theatre, Lyric Stage Company of Boston, Speakeasy Stage Company, Lyric Stage West, The Titanic Theatre and others, as well as productions in New York, New Jersey, Vermont and Virginia.  Internationally, he directed The Patriot Act at the Edinburgh Fringe and To Bed With Betsy, the first American production at Volkov Theatre in Yaroslavl, Russia.  As an actor, he has appeared in commercials, voice-overs, small films and on stage.  He last appeared at the Huntington Theatre Company in Come Back Little Sheba, directed by David Cromer, which received an Elliot Norton for Outstanding Ensemble.  He holds an M.F.A. in Drama from the University of Virginia and a B.A. from the University of Vermont. He is a member of Stage Directors and Choreographers, the professional stage directors union.