Susan V. Booth (Goodman Theatre Walter Artistic Director) joined Goodman Theatre in the fall of 2022, having previously served as Artistic Director of Atlanta’s Tony Award-winning Alliance Theatre, premiering new work that went on to national, international and commercial life. She has directed at the Goodman, Hartford Stage, National Playwrights Conference, The Contemporary American Theater Festival, La Jolla Playhouse, St. Louis Repertory Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, New York Stage and Film, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Northlight Theatre, Victory Gardens, Court Theatre and others. Susan has directed world premieres by Pearl Cleage, Stephen King, Lee Kirk, Keith Reddin, Janece Shaffer, Regina Taylor and many others.  She has held teaching positions at Northwest­ern, DePaul and Emory Universities. She serves on the boards of the Erikson Institute and Denison University, is past president of the Board of Directors for the Theatre Communications Group, the national service organization for the field, was a 2024 Leadership Greater Chicago Daniel Burnham Fellow, and is a member of the Chicago Network.