Darin Anthony is the Artistic Director of Moving Arts in Los Angeles, a company dedicated to the development, production, and promotion of adventurous new works by Los Angeles artists. For Moving Arts he directed: the world premieres of RESET by Howard Ho, @PLAYAZ by Dana Schwartz, Isolation Inn – A Zoom Series, Apple Season by E.M. Lewis, BLISS (or Emily Post is Dead!) by Jami Brandli, Apocalypse Play by Cory Hinkle, the west coast premiere’s of The Kill-or-Dies by Meghan Brown, Viral by Mac Rogers,The Gun Show by EM Lewis, and numerous Car Plays. Other recent productions: Daniel’s Husband at Dezart Performs (DTL Best Director Award) Dinner with Friends (DTL Best Director Nomination) at CV Rep, the world premiere of the rhythm and blues musical The Devil You Know for Devilish Productions, and Nureyev’s Eyes at American Stages (FL) and The Bluebarn Theatre (NE).
Other productions include New York premieres:The Good Boy at the Abington Theatre and The Incident Report at The Lion Theatre. Regional credits: premieres for La Jolla Playhouse, Unbound Productions, Bootleg Theatre, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, The Theatre @ Boston Court, Radar LA, Odyssey Theatre, The Road, The Open Fist, The Blank Theatre, Syzygy, InterACT, Furious Theatre.
Academically, he has directed at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Theatre of Arts, and Miami University of Ohio.
Darin’s film directing debut, Hitting the Cycle, was awarded Best Feature Film by The Manhattan Film Festival. He also directed and developed the web series Before we go to Sleep with Steve Serpas.
His productions have received many awards and nominations including The Ovation Award, The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards, The LA Weekly Awards, Desert Theatre League Award, Stage Scene LA, and The Backstage Garland Awards.