DOUG HOWE is an American theatre maker. He graduated with honors from the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, where he was named an Andrew Carnegie Merit Scholar.  He has trained with Peruvian master teacher Victoria Santa Cruz, the Moscow Art Theatre (MXAT), Saratoga International Theatre Institute (SITI) and Yoshi Oida from Peter Brook's International Centre for Theatre Research.  He began his career as a theatre director in 1997 with his original text, The Helpless Spectator: Dance of the Seven Veils.  From 1998-2005, Doug Howe directed productions and taught acting as part of Northwestern University's NHSI 'Cherub' program.  From 2001-2007, he was the Artistic Director of Thalatta! Theatre International, and in 2008 was the recipient of a Brooklyn Arts Exchange (BAX) space grant.  In 2009, Doug was awarded a three-year French ‘Competence et Talents’ visa in order to create cross-cultural theatrical collaborations.  In 2011, Doug was the International Liaison Officer at PlayWriting Australia in Sydney.  He is a member of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab, The Fence Playwriting Network and Actors Equity.   Since 2007, Doug Howe has been the Artistic Director of The Internationalists.