Eleanor Holdridge

Biography

Eleanor Holdridge is a professor of drama and chair of the Department of Drama.

Holdridge has directed plays for over 30 years. Off-Broadway productions include world premieres of “Selma ’65” (LaMaMa), “Steve & Idi” (Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre) and “Cycling Past the Matterhorn” (Clurman Theatre). Regional world premieres include Ken Ludwig’s “Lend Me A Soprano,” David Grimm’s adaptation of “Cyrano de Bergerac” and Lauren Gunderson’s “The Revolutionists” (Cincinnati Playhouse), NNPN Rolling World Premieres of Lauren Gunderson’s "Miss Bennett: Christmas at Pemberley" and "I and You," Meg Maroshnik’s "Fickle: A Fancy French Farce" and Caleen Sinnette Jennings’ "Queens Girl in the World" (Theatre J). She has directed 24 of Shakespeare’s plays, some of them multiple times.

Recently Holdridge directed Ken Ludwig’s “Baskerville” at the Alley Theatre in Houston. Her upcoming directing projects include a workshop of Ludwig’s “Napoleon at Pemberly” at the Alley Theatre and “The Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” at the Olney Theatre in summer 2026.

Education

• M.F.A., Yale University
• B.A., Sarah Lawrence College