Braham Murray is Co-Artistic Director of the Royal Exchange Theater Company in Manchester, England. Early in his career his production of Hang Down Your Head and Die transferred from Oxford to the West End and on to Broadway, immediately establishing his reputation. From the Century Theater, where he was Artistic Director, he was invited to become a founding director of the 69 Theatre Company where his productions included Charley's Aunt with Tom Courtenay and Mary Rose with Mia Farrow. Murray has directed over 45 productions for the Royal Exchange Theater Company in repertoire ranging from musicals, classics, comedy, new plays, and Shakespeare to his won translations and adaptations. Notable among his productions are Riddley Walker and Waiting for Godot, and premieres including The Nerd, Court in the Act! and a successful stage version of Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov. He recently directed Tom Courtenay and Amanda Donohoe in Uncle Vanya at Circle in the Square in New York. He is making his Houston Grand Opera debut.