Bill McGlynn, CAST Program Director

Bill McGlynn has been at the helm of CAST since 1994. It is his artistic vision that has set the program’s high standard for innovation and excellence. Bill considers himself an educator first and foremost. Each year he creates an innovative season that is designed to teach and challenge middle schoolers and audiences alike. He has worked to make the program as inclusive as possible, including having a “no cut” policy, expanding the Crew program, creating the innovative DesignCORE program and working with the Henry E. Reid Memorial Scholarship Fund to ensure CAST is accessible for all.

Bill is a graduate of Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts, with a degree in History, Middle School Education and Theatre Arts. He completed his Masters with distinction at the prestigious joint program of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and Kings College in London, UK. His theatrical accomplishments include appearances at Nobel and Pulitizer Prize winner Derrick Walcott’s Playwright’s Theatre and the Boston University Dramatic Society, of which he was a co-founder. Bill is a proud alumnus of both Oak Park and River Forest High School, where he received the James Eitrheim Award for Excellence in the Dramatic Arts, and Julian Junior High School, where he was a participant in the first year of the the CAST program.