Kevin Bellie

[1] Bellie was artistic director for Circle Theatre Chicago in Forest Park from 2003–2012 before stepping down to pursue freelance work.

[2] Besides working as a freelance director/choreographer, Bellie is a teacher of the fine arts and the registrar for St. Ignatius College Preparatory High School in Chicago.

During his tenure as artistic director, Circle Theatre hosted visits from many notable entertainers (including Rupert Holmes, Michael John LaChiusa, Marvin Hamlisch, Russell Crowe), mounted world and Chicago premieres and built a thriving subscriber base.

[4] Other theatrical credits include direction and choreography for Light Opera Works in Evanston, Illinois (Damn Yankees) and for Fox Valley Repertory (formerly Noble Fool Theatricals) at the Pheasant Run Resort (Let’s Misbehave, Breaking Up is Hard To Do, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Mystery of Edwin Drood and The Taffetas); McLeod Summer Playhouse's A Chorus Line; choreography for Porchlight's Gypsy, and McLeod Summer Playhouse's The Producers.

In January 2013, Bellie was nominated for an equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Outstanding Director-Revue for his production of A Grand Night for Singing at The Mercury Theatre Chicago[5] Bellie has also won Joseph Jefferson Awards for Costume Design and for Projection Design.