Jo Bonney

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| birth_place = Australia

| occupation = Theater director

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| spouse = {{marriage|Eric Bogosian|1980}}

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Jo Bonney is an American theater director who has worked Off-Broadway, regionally and internationally, primarily focused on the development of new plays.{{Cite web|url=http://iobdb.com/CreditableEntity/520|title=Jo Bonney|website=iobdb.com|access-date=2019-10-11}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.playwrightshorizons.org/shows/players/jo-bonney/|title=Jo Bonney|website=Playwrights Horizons|language=en|access-date=2019-10-11}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodmantheatre.org/Artists-Archive/creative-partners/directors/Jo-Bonney/|title=Jo Bonney {{!}} Goodman Theatre|website=www.goodmantheatre.org|access-date=2019-10-11}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/03/theater/female-directors-more-prominent-in-new-york.html|title=Staging a Sisterhood|last=Healy|first=Patrick|date=2013-01-31|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-10-11|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}

Early life and education

Bonney was born in Australia. She attended Sydney University before transferring to Sydney College of the Arts (Grad. Fine Arts) and worked at The Australian Broadcasting Corporation.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RCdaAAAAMAAJ|title=Extreme Exposure: An Anthology of Solo Performance Texts from the Twentieth Century|last=Bonney|first=Jo|date=2000|publisher=Theatre Communications Group|isbn=9781559361552|language=en}}

Career

Bonney moved to New York City in 1979. In the early 1980s, she co-directed two short films with Ruth Peyser, 'Another Great Day' (shown nationally on PBS) and 'Random Positions'. Bonney began her work in theater directing the solo work of her husband, Eric Bogosian.{{cite web |last1=Cram |first1=Cusi |title=Jo Bonney, Direct |url=https://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/jo-bonney-direct_585.html |website=TheaterMania |accessdate=20 October 2019 |date=April 28, 2000}} She has directed the premiere productions of over thirty plays – notably work by Bogosian, Lynn Nottage, Danny Hoch, Suzan-Lori Parks, Martina Majok, Neil LaBute, Naomi Wallace and José Rivera.{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/stage-directions-why-jo-bonney-has-dedicated-her-life-to-new-dramatic-work|title=Stage Directions: Why Jo Bonney Has Dedicated Her Life to New Dramatic Work|last=Rothstein|first=Mervyn|date=|website=Playbill|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-11}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.geffenplayhouse.org/people/jo-bonney/|title=Jo Bonney|website=Geffen Playhouse|language=en|access-date=2019-10-11}}

Bonney edited Extreme Exposure: An Anthology of Solo Performance Texts from the Twentieth Century (published in 2000 by TCG).{{Cite web|url=https://sdcweb.org/staff/jo-bonney/|title=Jo Bonney {{!}} Stage Directors and Choreographers Society|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-11}}

Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations Bonney has received include:{{Cite web|url=http://www.abouttheartists.com/artists/19807-jo-bonney|title=Jo Bonney theatre profile|website=www.abouttheartists.com|access-date=2019-10-11}}