The John Wells Directing Program provides students with a professional training that prepares graduates to enter the competitive field of theatrical directing.

Notable alumni include:

• Matthew Gardiner: Resident Director, Signature Theatre, Washington DC
• Amy Kaisser: Managing Director, Bristol Riverside Theatre; former Founder and Managing Director, Epiphany Theater Company
• Russell Kaplan: Artistic Director, New Sounds Theatre, NYC.
• Andrew Leynse: Artistic Director, Primary Stages, NYC
• Marc Masterson: Artistic Director, South Coast Repertory; former Artistic Director, Actors Theatre of Louisville; former Artistic Director, City Theatre, Pittsburgh
• Bob McGrath: Artistic Director, Ridge Theatre, NYC; recipient of two OBIE awards
• Zach Morris: Co-Director, Third Rail Projects; national and international Associate, Dance Theater Workshop; recipient of a BESSIE award for Choreography
• Alexander Orbovich: Managing Associate, Cherry Lane Theatre
• PJ Paparelli: Artistic Director, American Theatre Company, Chicago; former Artistic Director, Perseverance Theatre, Juneau AL
• Jared Stein: Founder and Artistic Director, The Fourth World Laboratory for International Theatre Research; Co-Director, Leon Katz Rhodopi International Theatre Laboratory
• Daniella Topol: former Managing Director, the Lark Play Development Center; grants review panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, NY State Council on the Arts, and TCG