Max Hunter is the Founding Artistic Director of The Bridge Production Group. Recent directing credits include the New York City premiere of Frederic Sonntag’s "George Kaplan" (“This great, sour, vivid comedy is a dark hybrid of Chesterton and Annie Baker, and is mean as a snake.” - Helen Shaw, The New Yorker) and Hunter Bell and Jeff Bowen’s "[title of show]," which The New York Times hailed as a “rejuvenating balm” and “a paean to the uneasy but hopeful footing upon which we all find ourselves. [The Times] would be hard-pressed to find a more honest theatrical experience right now.” Max recently returned from Malta, serving as Associate Director and Creative Producer for BroadwayMalta's STEPHEN SCHWARTZ: DEFYING GRAVITY -- LIVE IN CONCERT starring Stephen Schwartz, Matthew James Thomas, Keri Rene Fuller, John Owen-Jones, and more. As a Managing Partner of The Empyrean Club -- a new performance venue in Brooklyn -- Max will direct and produce a new production of "American Psycho" by Duncan Sheik and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa with a projected opening of Spring 2026.Prior to the COVID shutdown, Max directed the United States premiere of Guillaume Corbeil’s "See You," which Maya Philips championed in The New Yorker as “fascinating and breathless.” For The Bridge, Max has directed New York revivals of David Hare’s "The Blue Room" (“Brilliant and immersive, limitless in the ability to evoke raw emotion, an experience every adult should have” writes BroadwayWorld), the world premiere commission of Carol Brown’s "hedda" (Playwrights Horizons’ Robert Moss Theater), and Shakespeare’s "Richard III" (New York Theatre Workshop’s Fourth Street Theater). Other directing credits include City Centers Encores! (asst. to Walter Bobbie), "Young Pilgrims" (World Premiere: Clemente Arts Center), and Access Theatre; readings and workshops at the Abingdon Theatre, Sheen Center, National Black Theatre of Harlem, and Fire This Time Festival. Regional credits include the New London Barn Playhouse, Johns Hopkins University, and Dartmouth College. Max is a member of the Playwrights/Directors Unit at The Actors Studio, is an Associate Member of the SDC, and received a BA from Dartmouth College.