Neil David Seibel (he/him) is a multifaceted artist with a career spanning acting, directing, playwriting and education. His directorial work has been showcased at venues such as the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Teatro Prometeo in Miami and MiniTeatern in Stockholm, Sweden. A proud member of Actors Equity, he has appeared Off Broadway in New York City and nationwide on such stages as the Denver Center Theatre Company, the Alley Theatre in Houston, Actors Theatre of Louisville and six seasons in the Rocky Mountains as a company member of Theatre Aspen. Onscreen credits include the role of Lewis in the TV musical Passages: Lewis & Clark,  the award winning indie film Unspoken, and the dance-theatre film Clown at War.   

Seibel is a playwright whose works, including The Normal Giant, Paternity Leave and The Daughters of Abraham, have been staged across the country and abroad.  His solo show, My Appalachia, was recorded at the LA Improv and featured on PBS. A Kentucky native who now resides in Alabama, he earned a Bachelor’s degree from Northern Kentucky University and an MFA from the University of California, Irvine.  He currently serves as a Distinguished Teaching Professor  at Auburn University at Montgomery. Roanoke audiences may recognize his contributions to the partnership between Mill Mountain Theatre and the Playwrights Lab at Hollins University, where he teaches alternating summers.