Originally from Colorado, Gavin Mayer is an award-winning theatre director and teacher.  Gavin spent ten years as a resident director at the at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities in Arvada, Colorado where he has directed the world and regional premieres of numerous musicals. Some of his directing credits include: I’ll be Home for Christmas (Henry Nomination for Best New Musical), White Christmas (Henry Nomination for Best Director of a Musical), Disney’s Tarzan, She Loves Me, The Great Gatsby, A Christmas Carol, the Musical, Curtains (Henry Nomination for Best Director and Best Musical), Miracle on 34th Street, and Legally Blonde (True West Award winner for Best Musical and nomination for Best Director). Other professional credits include Baby Dance, 4000 Miles, Over the River and Through the Woods (Cherry Creek Theatre), Guys and Dolls: in Concert (Lone Tree Arts Center), and Forever Plaid (Post Playhouse). Other favorite directing experiences include Fun Home, Pippin, Jesus Christ Superstar, Sweeney Todd, Les Miserables, Urinetown, Run for Your Wife, West Side Story, and the high school world premiere of The Laramie Project. Gavin currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Directing and Musical Theatre at Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York.