Hans Friedrichs
Director, SDC
Hans Friedrichs is a New York-based stage director, and teacher working off-Broadway, regionally, and internationally. His shows have received The New York Innovative Theatre Award as well as multiple Wilde Awards (Michigan’s professional Theatre Awards) for Outstanding Production and Best Director.
SWEENEY TODD The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
WINNER 2019-20 WILDE AWARDS,
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL
BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
The Barn Theatre
Augusta, MI
Directed by
Hans Friedrichs
Choreographer
Jamey Grisham
Musical Direction
Brent Decker
Set Design &
Steven Lee Burright
Costume Design by
Michael Morgan Wilson
Lighting Design
Lauren Gallup
"The star who never appears on stage is Hans Friedrichs, the director. Sweeney Todd is a show that tempts many directors to get carried away with gore—blood and body parts. It’s tempting to get caught up in the show’s trappings and to lose sight of what makes it an enduring work of art, what lifts it above the horror genre and into a story steeped with meaning and relevancy. Friedrichs resists all this and makes choices that move the story forward, that raises the stakes, and brings out all that is human and universal in the tale of Sweeney Todd.
- Bridgette Redmond, ENCORE Michigan
"Under Hans Friedrichs’ masterful direction this “Sweeney Todd" is a force. Rich with texture, the show is visually delightful, musically stunning, and every character on stage is spectacular thanks to excellent casting and marvelous performances."
- Marin Heinriz, Revuewm.com