Padraic Lillis is the Founding Artistic Director of The Farm Theater. He is also an award winning director, writer, and educator. The Farm's College Collaboration Project has been featured in American Theatre Magazine and its playwrights have been recognized nationally by the Kennedy Center and listed on the Kilroy's. Last fall Padraic was the Humana Visiting Scholar at Centre College. He has been awarded the NY IT Award for Best Director, NY International Fringe Festival's Outstanding Director, he is a member of the Indie Theatre Hall of Fame, and he was recognized as a Planet Activist for his solo show on suicide awareness. He is also the producer and host of The Farm Theater's Bullpen Sessions podcast. Padraic ran and designed the education program for the internationally recognized LAByrinth Theater company, taught at NYU's department of dramatic writing for a decade, and is a life long Yankee fan.