Greg Allen

Director - The Life

Gregory Allen is the Artistic Director of 4th Wall and has directed or produced a production each year since the 03-04 season including: Dessa Rose, I Do! I Do!,The Rink, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Big River and La Cage Aux Folles. Other directing credits include: The Music Man, To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday, Tiny Island, and Betty's Summer Vacation. He has been writing, directing and producing musicals, plays, reviews, and cabarets for over 20 years and is a member of the Dramatist Guild, ASCAP and former member of the BMI Musical Theater Workshop. He has won numerous awards and grants including Best Score (Theatre Week Magazine: 1995) for his musical River Divine and has written over ten musicals for which he has served as composer/lyricist and/or author. His most recent musical, Invisible Fences, with writing partner, Stephen Kitsakos, was featured in 4th Wall’s M.I.D. Stage series during the 06-07 season. Educated at the American Musical & Dramatic Academy and Hunter College in NY, Greg has had a varied background as a performer in summer stock, children's tours, television and professional theatre in New York.  He is the Managing Director for the Westminster Arts Center and serves on the Essex County Advisory Board for the Arts.