Pepe, Neil 1963-

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Pepe, Neil 1963-

PERSONAL

Born June 23, 1963, in Bloomington, IN; married Mary B. McCann (an actress, producer, and theatre executive), 2000; children: Lena. Education: Attended Kenyon College.

Career:

Actor and director. Actors Theatre of Louisville, Louisville, KY, member of the apprentice/intern company, 1986-87; Atlantic Theater Company, New York City, artistic director, 1992—; Atlantic Theater Company Acting School, New York City, executive director.

Awards, Honors:

Drama Desk Award nomination (with others), outstanding ensemble performance, 1988, for Boys' Life; Outer Critics Circle Award nominations, best direction and (with others) best new play, c. 1994, for Shaker Heights; Vivian Robinson/Audelco Recognition Award nomination (with others), best ensemble, Audience Development Committee, 1994, for Trafficking in Broken Hearts; John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Award (with others), Fund for New American Plays, 1997, for The Joy of Going Somewhere Definite; Drama League Award nominations, best direction and (with others) best play, 1998, for Mojo; Drama League Award nomination (with others), distinguished revival of a play or musical, 2000, for American Buffalo; Outer Critics Circle Award nomination (with others), outstanding off-Broadway play, 2005, for Romance; Lucille Lortel Award (with the Atlantic Theater Company), League of Off-Broadway Theatres and Producers, 2006, for the company's outstanding body of work; Drama League Award nomination (with others), distinguished revival of a play, 2006, for Celebration & The Room; other awards, nominations, and recognition for the work of the Atlantic Theater Company.

CREDITS

Stage Appearances:

Return to Sender, La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club (ETC), New York City, beginning 1985.

Boys' Life, Atlantic Theater Company, Lincoln Center, New York City, 1987.

Women and Water, Atlantic Theater Company, New York City, c. 1988.

Andre, The Three Sisters (adapted by David Mamet), Atlantic Theater Company, New York City, 1991.

Rosemary for Remembrance, Atlantic Theater Company, New York City, c. 1991.

Trust, Atlantic Theater Company, New York City, c. 1991.

Ben, "Wonderful Party," Five Very Live (also known as Five Very Live: An Evening of One-Acts), Atlantic Theater Company, New York City, 1992.

Captain, The Virgin Molly, Atlantic Theater Company, New York City, 1992.

Hot Keys, Naked Angels Theatre Company, The Space, New York City, beginning c. 1992 and beginning again in 1993.

M. J., Down the Shore, Atlantic Theater Company, New York City, 1993.

Young waiter and foreman, "The Lights," Festival of New American Plays, Atlantic Theater Company, Lincoln Center, Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, New York City, 1993.

Brian, Trafficking in Broken Hearts, Atlantic Theater Company, New York City, 1994-95.

Police officer, chaplain, man in pawnshop, and other roles, Edmond, Atlantic Theater Company, New York City, beginning 1996.

Stranger, The Joy of Going Somewhere Definite, Atlantic Theater Company, New York City, 1997.

Stage Director:

"Call of the Wile E," Five Very Live (also known as Five Very Live: An Evening of One-Acts), Atlantic Theater Company, New York City, 1992.

"Wonderful Party," Five Very Live (also known as Five Very Live: An Evening of One-Acts), Atlantic Theater Company, New York City, 1992.

Shaker Heights, Atlantic Theater Company, New York City, 1994.

"Misreadings," Configurations of Two, Humana Festival, Actors Theatre of Louisville, City Theatre, Louisville, KY, c. 1997.

The Beginning of August, South Coast Repertory Theatre, Costa Mesa, CA, and Atlantic Theater Company, Mainstage, New York City, both 1997.

Clean, Atlantic Theater Company, New York City, 1997.

The Joy of Going Somewhere Definite, Atlantic Theater Company, New York City, 1997.

Mojo, Atlantic Theater Company, New York City, beginning 1997.

The Wolf Lullaby, Atlantic Theater Company, New York City, 1998.

Refuge, Playwrights Horizons Studio Theatre, New York City, 1999.

American Buffalo, Donmar Warehouse, London, and Atlantic Theater Company, Mainstage, both 2000.

The Faculty Room (workshop), Atlantic Theater Company, Atlantic 453, New York City, 2002.

Further Than the Furthest Thing, Manhattan Theatre Club, Stage I, New York City, 2002.

Red Angel, Williamstown Theatre Festival, The Nikos Stage, Williamstown, MA, 2002.

Blue/Orange, Atlantic Theater Company, Mainstage, 2002-2003.

The Night Heron, Atlantic Theater Company, Mainstage, 2003.

Sea of Tranquility, Atlantic Theater Company, Mainstage, 2004.

Romance, Atlantic Theater Company, Mainstage, and Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, both 2005.

Celebration & The Room, Atlantic Theater Company, Mainstage, 2005-2006.

Almost an Evening, Atlantic Theater Company, Atlantic Stage 2, New York City, 2008.

Parlour Song, Atlantic Theater Company, Linda Gross Theater (new name for the Mainstage), New York City, 2008.

Two Unrelated Plays (consists of The Duck Variations and Keep Your Pantheon), Center Theatre Group, Kirk Douglas Theatre, Culver City, CA, 2008.

(With David Pittu) What's That Smell: The Music of Jacob Sterling (musical), Perry-Mansfield New Works Festival, Steamboat Springs, CO, 2008.

Also directed other productions, including Cyclone (staged reading), The Bats, Flea Theater, New York City.

Film Appearances:

Stan Feinbloom, Assassination, Cannon, 1987.

Young man with dog, Homicide, Triumph Releasing, 1991.

Bickering husband fan, Colin Fitz (also known as Colin Fitz Lives!), River One Films, 1997.

Airport security person, The Spanish Prisoner, Sony Pictures Classics, 1998.

Tom, Last Days of May, Intrinsic Value Films, 1998.

Carl, Analyze This (also known as Analyze Me, Mafia blues, Analizame, Analyse-moi ca, Analyse to, Analysera mera!, Depresja gangstera, Familieterapi, Mafia no diva, Reine Nervensache, Terapia e pallottole, Terapian tarpeessa, Uma questao de nervos, Una terapia peligrosa, and Una terapia peligrosa (Analyze this)), Warner Bros., 1999.

First officer, Magnolia (also known as mag-no'li-a), New Line Cinema, 1999.

Al, Melinda and Melinda, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2004.

News camera operator, Spartan, Warner Bros., 2004.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Baseball player, "Our Town" (also known as "Thornton Wilder's ‘Our Town’"), Great Performances, PBS, c. 1989.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Dr. Kanellos, "Consultation," Law & Order (also known as Law & Order Prime), NBC, 1992.

Jamie Brinker, "Slave," Law & Order (also known as Law & Order Prime), NBC, 1996.

Morrison, "Remand," Law & Order (also known as Law & Order Prime), NBC, 1996.

Aaron, "The Awful Truth," Sex and the City (also known as Sex & the City, Sex and the Big City, O sexo e a cidade, Seks i grad, Sex og singelliv, Sexo en la ciudad, Sexo en Nueva York, Sinkkuelaemaeae, and Szex es New York), HBO, 1999.

Dr. Nelson, "Gaijin," Law & Order (also known as Law & Order Prime), NBC, 2004.

Appeared in other programs, including an appearance as Peter, New York Undercover (also known as Uptown Undercover), Fox; and in Another World (also known as Another World: Bay City), NBC.