Ira Bauer-Spector previously directed the AMT of Zanna, Don't! for San Diego Junior Theatre. Other San Diego directing credits include Spring Awakening and 13: The Musical (American Rose Theatre), Once Upon a Mattress and Seussical: The Musical (ACT-San Diego), Moscow and Lunch and Dessert (Diversionary) and Into the Woods and Songs for a New World (SDSU). He served as Directing Intern/Assistant to Rupert Holmes on The First Wives Club: The Musical at The Old Globe in summer 2009. Other favorite regional directing credits include: Cabaret (Kennedy Center SSD and C Directing Fellowship Finalist), bare (Assistant Director) and The Twilight of the Golds. He has performed as an actor all over the country, including the New York Fringe Festival production of Dear Harvey (FringeNYC Overall Excellence Award for Outstanding Ensemble) and the Chicago premiere production of Zanna, Don't! (as Zanna), in addition to performance work with San Diego theatre companies such as Diversionary, North Coast Repertory and American Rose Theatre. He is the only student to have earned two Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees from the University of Colorado at Boulder in Musical Theatre and Theatre Performance and also holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Musical Theatre (Directing Emphasis) from San Diego State University.