Ensemble member
& instructor
Scott Westerman
(He, Him)
Scott Westerman has directed stage productions for The Artistic Home, Citadel Theatre, Gwydion Theatre Company, City Lit Theatre, Chimera Theatre Company, Beyond This Point, Barter Theatre, Stage Left Theatre, The Smithsonian Institution, American Theatre Company, and Reverie Theatre Company. Scott has an MFA from The Shakespeare Theatre Academy. He is a member of the Screen Actors Guild and represented by Gray Talent Group. As an actor, Scott has worked with Steppenwolf, Writers Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Lookingglass, Northlight Theatre, Lifeline Theatre, Strawdog, Oak Park Festival Theatre, Chicago Dramatists. Outside of Chicago, credits include shows with The Shakespeare Theatre Company and Ford’s Theatre in DC, Everyman Theatre in Baltimore, the Warehouse Theatre in South Carolina, and the Barter Theatre in Virginia. On Camera credits include Chicago Fire, Machine Gun Preacher, Heist 88, and Prison Break. Scott is the founding Artistic Director of Go To Productions, a 501©3 nonprofit which develops projects that explore the nexus between live theatre and film. He created and directed the web series Hamlet & Ophelia which won Best Picture at the New York Film Awards, Best Web Series at the LA Film Awards, and Best Mobile Series at the 2022 New Media Film Festival.