Benita de Wit (they/them) is a non-binary Australian director based in New York. They specialize in theatre, film and multidisciplinary projects. This fall they are a Mercury Store lead artist and will be directing Life Sucks by Aaron Posner at Oklahoma City Rep.

Benita was the Associate Director for Jamie Lloyd’s Sunset Blvd on Broadway starring Nicole Scherzinger, which won three Tony awards including Best Revival and Best Leading Actress. Most recently they were the Resident Director for SIX on Broadway and the Assistant Director for Straight Line Crazy at The Shed starring Ralph Fiennes as Robert Moses.

Directing credits include The Shark Is Broken (Weathervane Theatre), Small Mouth Sounds (Circle in the Square Theatre School), The Moors (Theatre Row), Tartuffe (Pace University), Slaughterhouse (Belvoir St Theatre), Razorhurst (Hayes Theatre Co), Salty (Access Theatre) and Bat Out of Hell (New York City Center, US & UK tours, Associate Director).

Benita is an SDC Member, a Barbara Whitman Award 2024 Finalist, a New Georges affiliated artist and has been an artist in residence at Barn Arts, Catwalk Residency and Vox Theatre Festival. Their work has been performed at National Sawdust, Ensemble Studio Theatre, the New York Public Library, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Playwrights Horizons Theater School as well as in London, Edinburgh and Australia. Benita has an MFA in Directing from Columbia University and is on Faculty at Circle in the Square Theatre School.

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