Sanford (Sandy) Robbins’ directing credits include productions for the Alley Theatre, Oregon Shakespearean Festival, Utah Shakespearean Festival, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Illinois Shakespeare Festival, Los Angeles Shakespeare Festival, American Players Theatre, as well as multiple productions for the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, where he served for several years as a resident director. Mr. Robbins has directed the international premieres of Sam Shepard plays for the national theatres of many foreign countries, including the Moscow Art Theatre Studio and the National Theatre of Cyprus. His production of Shepard's The Tooth of Crime received the Thalia Award for Best Production in Finland, an award won the previous year by Ingmar Bergman. In addition to his work as a director, Mr. Robbins serves professional theatres as a text and verse speaking coach for Shakespeare and other classic plays, most recently for the Alley Theatre's production of Hamlet. During the 2007-08 season he will direct the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre's production of Cyrano De Bergerac. He is the founder and Director of the Professional Theatre Training Program (PTTP) at the University of Delaware – ranked as one of the top ten theatre programs in America. He has taught acting, voice, verse speaking, and period style at Carnegie-Mellon University, Los Angeles City College, and The American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
