About
Director Amy Hutchison stages "wildly imaginative" opera and theatre productions throughout the U.S. and worldwide, in wide-ranging repertoire including A View from The Bridge (Rome, Washington D.C., Portland); Hansel & Gretel (Zürich, Toronto, New York, San Diego); Porgy And Bess (Milan, Paris, Tokyo, Düsseldorf, Venice); Carmen (Kansas City, Milwaukee, Columbus), As One (Chicago, Santa Barbara, San Antonio); Il Corsaro (Chicago); Turandot (Orlando), Troubled Island (Chicago); Don Pasquale (Indianapolis), and many more. Her “brilliantly mounted double bill" of Donizetti's Il Pigmaglione & Rita for Chicago Opera Theater, was hailed as “an opera lover’s dreams on a golden platter.”
Amy has served on the directing staffs and coached the young artists of Lyric Opera of Chicago, Washington National Opera, and Houston Grand Opera.
Her DePaul University School of Music production of Dark Sisters was recognized with a 2024 National Opera Association award. She has also directed operas for Indiana University, Boston University, Roosevelt University, Rider University, and Bayview Music Festival as well.
A critical partner in developing new works, Amy is the dramaturg and director for Time to Act, a new opera
by Laura Kaminsky and Crystal Manich, premiering at Pittsburgh Opera in February 2026. She is also dramaturg and director for an opera in development by Amy Scurria and Zane Corriher, A.L.I.C.E., based on Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland.