Philip Cullen

Actor/Producer/Director/Theatrical Jack of All Trades/Pleasure to Have in Class

Philip Cullen (he/him) is a DC/Chicago-based interdisciplinary theatre-maker, artist, and performer, most excited by art that is very new, very old, and/or very civically engaged, and by performances that joyously and directly engage with their audiences. He currently works as the Production & Events Management Fellow at Studio Theatre for their 2025-26 season.

Philip was recently a script reader at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, and holds a BA from Northwestern University with a major in Theatre, concentrations in Acting and Theatre Management, and a minor in Legal Studies. He has received additional training as an actor from Prague Film School and the DC Theatre Lab. Most people call him Phil, but you can call him your new best friend!

Still from *Julius Caesar*, directed by me. Featuring Dillon Nashelsky as Cassius (center), Jordan Wilhelm as Metellus Cimber (left), and Finn Callander as Julius Caesar (ground). Photography by Angel Jordan.

so what’s up with you?

I’m so glad you asked! I just graduated from Northwestern University (where I majored in Theatre, concentrated in Acting and Theatre Management, and minored in Legal Studies) after what felt like the most action-packed senior spring imaginable. Here’s some of the stuff I worked on over the last year:

May 2025: Directed my adaptation of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (photo opposite)
April 2025: Produced Call Me Eris by Mark Park, dir. Kaitlyn Fields
Feb-March 2025: Understudied Peter Pears in February House, dir. Seth Roseman
July 2024: Workshopped Milo Wipperman’s new play Joan of Arkansas playing the Campaign Manager, dir. Shana Cooper
Yearlong: Worked remotely with Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company as a script reader and intern with the New Work department.

In July, I moved back home to DC to join Studio Theatre as their Production & Events Management Fellow for the 25-26 season, and will be helping to mount their season with the other ten members of my Fellowship cohort for the next ten months!

Away from the stage, I’m currently reading Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson and listening to the TTRPG podcast Worlds Beyond Number (and trying to get everyone I know to also listen to Worlds Beyond Number).