Ted Swindley is internationally known as writer and director of the popular musical, Always…Patsy Cline. He is the founding artistic director of Stages Rep in Houston, Texas. He was also named to Esquire Magazine’s register of outstanding Americans in Arts and Letters and was the recipient of the Los Angeles Dramalogue award for outstanding direction of Carnal Knowledge by Jules Feiffer. Mr Swindley has also been a member of The Playwrights/Directors Unit at the famed Actors Studio in New York City. Currently, he is president of Ted Swindley Productions, Inc., a theatrical licensing and consulting company, and continues his 30-year career writing plays and musicals, mentoring playwrights, as well as directing plays for various theatres throughout the U.S. and abroad. Mr. Swindley is an active member of The Dramatists Guild of America and Stage Directors and Choreographers.