1990 Hosted TV special, "Destination Mozart: A Night at the Opera With Peter Sellars"
1990 Directed (also hosted) TV special, "Peter Sellars Directs the Marriage of Figaro"
1988 Directed stage production "Nixon in China" for TV special, "Great Performances"
1987 Became director of Los Angeles Festival
1987 Acted in first feature, "Happy New Year"
1986 Left Kennedy Center as director (date approximate)
1983 Opened La Jolla Playhouse with Brecht's "The Visions of Simone Machard"
1983 Became director of American National Theater at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C.
1982 Became director of the Boston Shakespeare Company (date approximate)
1980 Discovered by Robert Brustein and recruited to direct "Inspector General" for the American Repertory Theatre
Worked for Lovelace Marionettes in concession sales, then curtain puller at age 10
Allowed to work a puppet in the Lovelace theater at age 12
Formed small puppet theater group with younger sister Juliet
Began doing stage shows at Phillips Academy; worked for five summers at Denver's Elitch Theater (the nation's oldest and largest summer theater)
Allowed to direct "Facade" on Harvard's Loeb main stage as a freshman; by senior year had directed more on Loeb's main stage than anyone in Harvard's history (first time for a freshman to direct there
Ran Loeb theater the summer before his senior year
Won national attention for production of Handel's "Orlando" for the American Repertory Theatre