William Partlan (Artistic Director) directs each presentation of Triple Espresso and collaborates with directors around the world to adapt the play to other languages and cultures. He is an Associate Professor and the Artistic Director and Head of Directing in the School of Film, Dance, and Theatre at Arizona State University. He has directed over a hundred off-Broadway, regional and international premieres. Known for his work with new plays, he directed 44 plays at the O’Neill Center Playwrights’ Conference, including premieres of August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Fences. Bill premiered All God’s Dangers, starring Cleavon Little, at Cricket Theatre, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, off-Broadway, and for PBS’ American Playhouse. His American premiere production of Hugh Whitemore’s The Best of Friends was produced off-Broadway by Michael Douglas. Regionally, he has directed at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Alliance Theatre, Florida Stage,  Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Mixed Blood Theatre, New Mexico Repertory Theatre, Philadelphia Festival Theatre, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Trinity Repertory Theatre, Virginia Stage, and Yale Repertory Theatre. Bill was the Artistic Director of Cricket Theatre in Minneapolis for nine years, where he premiered over fifty new plays, including Triple Espresso.