David Wolber

Director, Actor, Artistic Director, and Sometimes Gardener

Apple Season

Admissions

“Three talented actors under the direction of David Wolber bring credibility to their characters and find the humor and a bit of poetry in Hardy’s cosmic drama.” - PULP: Arts Around Ann Arbor review

Stargazers

“Director David Wolber strikes the perfect tonal balance between these two very different women who are not only related by blood, but by their passion for knowledge and science.” - Jenn McKee, Pulp: Arts Around Ann Arbor

The How and the Why

The Revolutionists

Dream Deferred: Detroit, 1967

"Four out of four stars!  With only a single chair as a prop, the Matrix uses all of its black box magic to put this story across. Director David Wolber deserves credit for some clever blocking that constantly asks the audience to use its ima

2.5 Minute Ride

Dear Elizabeth

Katherine

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The Velocity of Autumn

"The Matrix Theatre Company’s 25th season is off to an impressive start with its current production of 'A Kid Like Jake' by Daniele Pearle. The cast of 'A Kid Like Jake,' under the direction of David Wolber , handles the delicate but expl

A Kid Like Jake

"You have one more week to scoop up your teen-and-older family members and see the Michigan premiere of “I and You” at Theatre Nova in Ann Arbor. Make the effort. Lauren Gunderson’s play (a Michigan premiere), directed with great care by David Wolb

I and You

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Other Desert Cities

"As directed by David Wolber , the production aims to strike harmony between the kind of emotional display that makes for a moving stage production and the script's florid narrative passages and devices that are reminiscent of young-adult fiction.

County Line

Good People

Brill

Dead Man's Shoes

"Under the direction of David Wolber , this magnificent cast of three churns through a two-hour running time in the blink of an eye.  Together, the trio expertly maneuvers the exhausting beats of the play's real-time presentation, reconnecting

The War Since Eve

Sonia Flew

" Carol'd's best, most innovative moments are hauntingly memorable. Chief among them is the shape-shifting Ghost of Christmas Past, which is played by the show's four ensemble actors (Terry Heck, Chelsea Sadler, B. J. Love, and Kevin Young) while w

Christmas Carol'd

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The Blonde, the Brunette, and the Vengeful Redhead

"Director David Wolber stages the play with care and sensitivity, ensuring that its moments of greatest resonance always get their due. And Young is quite good as The Playwright who's making his professional entrance just as Huguenet exits from bo

Exits and Entrances

"Director David Wolber oversees the production with loving care and delivers on Carney’s trademark mixture of tenderness and wit. ...the play provides an evening of several satisfying laughs and a truly moving conclusion." - Ann Arbor News

Geoffrey and Jeffrey

The Clean House

Language Lessons

"It's the shades of gray in Ibsen's work that director David Wolber explores in Performance Network Theatre's current production of "A Doll's House," and that's what makes this production intriguing. For rather than take the "Torvald bad, Nora goo

A Doll's House

"All this is well done on stage; the actors are engulfed in their roles. The sisters respond to their loss each in her own way: they hurt each other, they protect each other, square-dancing through life, switching roles, evolving as individuals and

The Stillness Between Breaths

"Whether one is wholly changed by this experience, or is simply inspired by the genuine artistry of the play, 'Necessary Targets' aids in our understanding of war. Through the sensitive stage direction of David Wolber and the honest performan

Necessary Targets

"'The White Rose' prevails in creating real interactions between its actors that draw the audience into the story. Director David Wolber creates an atmosphere that allows viewers to laugh out loud at the students jokes, even while they grapple wit

The White Rose