Critically acclaimed director of grand theatrical spectacles, concerts, and musicals. Creative consultant for groundbreaking theatrical events, spectaculars and concerts.
Scott Faris is a successful director of grand theatrical spectacles, concerts, and musicals. His shows have been seen by nearly 10 million people around the world. His skills as a show doctor and theatrical consultant are sought after by theatres and production companies worldwide, including Cirque du Soleil.
His acclaimed arena spectacular, Walking with Dinosaurs, raised the bar on arena entertainment and played in over 250 cities with record-breaking, sold-out runs at Madison Square Garden and London’s O2 Arena. Other mega-scale shows include Apollo 11, the story of the first moon landing, Dinosaurs in the Wild, an immersive time-traveling experience, Apassionata, an equestrian extravaganza from Europe, and George Lucas Super Live Adventure, an insanely ambitious multi-media, live theatrical experience that toured Japan.
In Las Vegas, he directed Bette Midler’s The Showgirl Must Go On at Caesars Palace, EFX! at the MGM Grand, and was part of the original team that created Siegfried & Roy at the Mirage Hotel.
As a director, Scott has worked on a diverse range of shows from large to intimate, including William Shatner’s one-man show, Shatner’s World: We Just Live in It on Broadway, Light Falls at the World Science Festival, starring the theoretical physicist Brian Greene and numerous concerts including New York’s prestigious Lyrics & Lyricists series at the 92Y. He has traveled to six continents around the world to stage productions of the hit musical, Chicago, in a dozen different languages.
Scott’s knowledge of theatre was earned from the ground up from his start as an actor before becoming a production stage manager, where he worked side-by-side with some of Broadway’s finest directors on productions of Cats, Les Miserables, City of Angels, Cabaret, Ain’t Misbehavin’, They’re Playing Our Song, Children of a Lesser God, Grease, Busker Alley, and Whistle Down the Wind, among others.
His latest directing project, Here, is a VR short film based on the graphic novel by Richard McGuire and debuted at the 77th Venice International Film Festival.