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Sean Graney likes theater and people. He is the Founding Director of The Hypocrites, a Chicago theater company where he served as Artistic Director for 14 years. Sean has directed over 30 productions for The Hypocrites since 1997. He was a participant in the NEA/TCG Career Development Program for Directors. He has won two Joseph Jefferson Citation awards for the Direction of Equus and Machinal. He has directed Edward II (Chicago Shakespeare), The Hairy Ape (EugeneO'Neill Festival at Goodman Theatre), The Comedy of Errors, The Mystery of Irma Vep and What the Butler Saw (Court Theatre),The Complete Works of  William Shakespeare (abridged) and Yankee Tavern (Milwaukee Rep), The Elephant Man (Steppenwolf for Young Audiences), The Hundred Dresses, Hana's Suitcase and Honus and Me (Chicago Children's Theatre). He also has adapted several plays, most recently Sophocles: Seven Sicknesses, an adaptation of all seven surviving texts of Sophocles.