Andrew Neisler is a Georgia-raised, New York-based theatre artist and director with a passion for joy-forward, queer-affirming art, and ecological theatre that works to restore our connection with the Earth. Recent directing credits include the new hit mentalism show Mindplay at the Geffen Playhouse, the new immersive nightclub show Another Rose for Virgin Voyages, the critically acclaimed new musical Folk Wandering which he also co-authored with Jaclyn Backhaus with Pipeline Theatre Company, the world premiere of Cesar Alvarez's The Elementary Spacetime Show at the FringeArts Curated Series in Philadephia, Andrew Farmer’s ghost play The Gray Man, site- specific Secret Supper: The Musical with Spring Street Social Society, NY Times’ Critics Pick Clown Bar at The Box, and Drama Desk nominated Charlatan at Ars Nova. He is currently in development on a new gay-as-hell, retro-space-age rock musical with Alan Menken, Anna Rose, and Salty Brine. He has worked on new plays and musicals with The Public Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, Playwrights Horizons, HERE Arts, Primary Stages, The Lark, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, NYU, University of the Arts, Williams College, and many more. Andrew is a co-Founder and Creative Director of the non-profit arts incubation company Fresh Ground Pepper where he runs an annual retreat program for artists getting new ideas off the ground and collaborating with the more than human world (www.fgpnyc.com). He is an alumnus of the Ars Nova Directors' Troupe, the Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab and the Civilians' R&D Group. And he was the 2014 Director-in-Residence at Ars Nova, where he is currently serving as the Associate Artistic Director (www.arsnovanyc.com). He holds a BFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.

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WHAT’S NEW: 

Andrew just closed Mindplay at the Geffen Playhouse in January of 2023.

Ars Nova just named Andrew it’s new Associate Artistic Director of Discovery after serving in the position in an interim capacity since 2021.

Virgin Voyages’ Another Rose returns to The Resilient Lady in spring of 2023 - Andrew will helm the massive production as Director and Co-Creator.