Philip Cullen

Philip Cullen

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

Philip Cullen (he/him) is a DC-based interdisciplinary theatre-maker, 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 has worked in onstage and offstage capacities with Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Shakespeare Theatre Company, and Rorschach Theatre, among others. He is a graduate of Northwestern University, with additional training from Prague Film School and the DC Theatre Lab. Most people call him Phil, but you can call him your new best friend!

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Headshot by Tim Coburn Photography
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?

Some recent highlights:

  • Made my professional debut in Dragon Play with Rorschach Theatre
  • Moved back to DC and started my PM Fellowship at Studio Theatre
  • Graduated college!
  • Directed my adaptation of Julius Caesar at Northwestern (photo opposite)
  • Produced Call Me Eris by Mark Park at Northwestern, dir. Kaitlyn Fields
  • Workshopped Milo Wipperman’s new play Joan of Arkansas with Northwestern and Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, dir. Shana Cooper
  • Worked remotely for a year with Woolly Mammoth as a script reader and intern with the New Work department

    Away from the stage, I’m currently reading Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson and The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon, and listening to the TTRPG podcast Worlds Beyond Number (and trying to get everyone I know to also listen to Worlds Beyond Number).