The Drama League (Gabriel Stelian-Shanks, Artistic Director; Bevin Ross, Executive Director), the nation’s only full-time creative home for directors, announces the dates and programming for DirectorFest 2022, a festival focusing on the art of contemporary stage directing by a new generation of talent, featuring brand new productions led by its 2021 Directing Fellows. After its pivot to a virtual festival last year, The Drama League’s DirectorFest returns live and in-person.  DirectorFest 2022 will feature Adrienne Kennedy’s play "She Talks To Beethoven,"  directed by New York Directing Fellow Keenan Tyler Oliphant; and the musical "Girlfriend," featuring a book by Todd Almond, music and lyrics by Matthew Sweet, and directed by Sivan Battat, the Leo Shull Musical Directing Fellow, in a double bill on Jan 19 - 21, 2022 at 7:00 PM and January 22, 2022 at 2:00 PM.  The second week of the festival will feature Aditi Brennan Kapil’s play "The Seventeenth Chapel,"  directed by New York Directing Fellow Reena Dutt; and Caryl Churchill’s play "A Number,"  directed by New York Directing Fellow Ryan Dobrin, in a double bill on Feb 2 - 4, 2022 at 7:00 PM and Feb 5 at 2:00 PM.  The creative team includes Scenic Designer Emona Stoykova, Costume Designer Christopher Vergara, Lighting Designers Molly Tiede & Bentley Heydt, Sound Designer Kimberly O'Loughlin, and Music Director Elijah Caldwell. Daniel Brothers serves as Props Coordinator, Courteney Leggett is the Production Manager, and Ali Skye Bennet is the Artistic Line Producer. Closing the festival will be a presentation of "A Tempest (Une Tempête),"  written by Aimé Césaire and directed by Classical Directing Fellow Lanise Antoine Shelley, presented in collaboration with Red Bull Theater and the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) on Mon Feb 28. The Drama League will also present Directors in Conversation: Tony Phelan on Friday, January 28 at 8:00 PM via Zoom. Tickets can be purchased at www.dramaleague.org. Press contact: Macy Sullivan/Vivacity Media Group (212/812-1483)...