Eve Summer is an active free-lance stage director, producer, and choreographer in the New England area. Last season Ms. Summer directed Le Nozze di Figaro for Kaliope Opera, The Merry Wives of Windsor at MIT, L'elisir d'amore and The Telephone for Opera del West, as well as Così fan tutte, and Lucia di Lammermoor at Commonwealth Opera where she served for the season as Artistic Director and Resident Stage Director.

In the 2008-09 season Ms. Summer worked primarily at Opera Boston where she assistant directed The Nose and The Bartered Bride, and directed Little Red Riding Hood, their current touring outreach opera. She also staged the world premiere of Holy Ghosts, an opera by Larry Bell based on the play by Romulus Linney at the Berklee Performance Center and directed Suor Angelica for Boston Opera Collaborative, in addition to directing a number of plays and staged scenes in the Boston area.

Ms. Summer was trained as a classical ballet dancer with the Kirov (Universal) Ballet and Boston Ballet where, as a young dancer, she performed extensively with the company. Ms. Summer went on to dance professionally, performing Corps de Ballet and Soloist roles with the Inland Pacific Ballet Company in Los Angeles. Since she stopped dancing, Eve has continued to choreograph for theater, opera, and ballet.

Ms. Summer graduated summa cum laude from Assumption College with a degree in foreign languages (French, German, and Italian) and has written translations of Don Giovanni, Gianni Schicchi and Suor Angelica for Boston Opera Collaborative, Così fan tutte and Lucia di Lammermoor for Commonwealth Opera, and L'elisir d'amore for Opera del West. Ms. Summer has long been a devotee of writer Thomas Berger and with his support wrote a play based on his novel Neighbors which she directed in the spring of 2007 at Assumption College. Berger loved her adaptation, and corresponded with Ms. Summer during the process.

Please check back throughout the season for updates on Ms. Summer's current and upcoming engagements!