Andrew Codispoti (they || he) is a New England-based theatre maker. He is a founding member of The Shakespeare Ensemble, and the Bridge Ensemble in North Wales, and has worked extensively with Advice to the Players, Seven Stages Shakespeare Company, and The Barnstormers Theatre. He was the Artistic Director of Advice to the Players for the 2016 & 2017 seasons. He is an Associate Artist with Incite Shakespeare Company in Santa Fe and an Artistic Associate with Elsewhere Shakespeare, and is the curator & instigator of Vicious Mole Theatre Collective.
Andrew Codispoti (they || he) is a New England-based theatre maker specializing in ensemble-led productions of Shakespeare’s plays using a “quick-raise” process derived from Elizabethan/Jacobean theatrical practice and fused with modern innovations. They have facilitated over two dozen quick-raises around the world, and guided companies including Theater in the Open, Incite Shakespeare Company, & Elsewhere Shakespeare in transitioning to quick-raise production styles. They are a founding member of both The Shakespeare Ensemble and the Bridge Ensemble, working alongside Ben Crystal (original curator of the quick-raise method) to gather & build these ensemble-based theatre companies. With The Shakespeare Ensemble they co-produced a three-week, three-show tour of Japan in 2019, raising Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, and Macbeth in four days. With the Bridge Ensemble they co-produced a four-day quick-raise of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol in 2022 & 2025 using a new, ensemble-created adaptation of the novella, performed under candlelight in 12th- and 13th-century churches throughout North Wales. They are an Associate Artist with Incite Shakespeare Company, an Artistic Associate with Elsewhere Shakespeare, and Instigator & Curator with Vicious Mole Theatre Collective. With their acting & devising partner Ariana Karp they are Cod & Karp Productions, and work on the continually-evolving production Shakespeare’s Duets: Turn & Change. They worked extensively with Seven Stages Shakespeare Company, The Barnstormers Theatre, and Advice to the Players (where they were Artistic Diretor for two years).