Shana Laski
she/her
Director, Dramaturg, Dance/Movement Choreographer
Woman/Femme, Jewish
Additional Languages: Spanish, Hebrew
Washington DC
I am director, actor, choreographer, and dramaturg originally from Chicago. I studied Theater and American Studies at Wesleyan University and have been an member of the DC arts community since 2020. My passion is for new work development and reimagining classics with a contemporary lens. My mission is to create art that is in conversation with current events and engages audience on both a cognitive and visceral level.
Credits
Director
Play in a Day (Rorschach), The Complications of a Binary System (Actors Center), Grief Containers (Spooky Action)
Assistant Director
A Room in the Castle (Cincinnati Shakespeare Theater, Folger Theater), Data (Arena Stage), Dua: A Monster's Tale (Theater Prometheus), This Much I Know (Theater J), A Winter's Tale (Folger Theater), Scorched (Expats Theater), Jennifer Who Is Leaving (Round House Theater), The Tempest (Round House Theater, Folger Theater), Birds of North America (Mosaic Theater)
Production Dramaturg
A Room In the Castle (Cincinnati Shakespeare Theater, Folger Theater), Junk (Silver Spring Stage), Radio Golf (Round House Theater),
Assistant Dramaturg
On the Far End (Round House Theater), The Tempest (Round House Theater), The Niceties (Writers Theater), A Doll's House (Writers Theater), Stick Fly (Writers Theater), The Last Match (Writers Theater), Dishwasher Dreams (Writers Theater), Wife of a Salesman (Writers Theater)
Choreographer
The Pliant Girls (Theater Prometheus), Dua: A Monster's Tale (Theater Prometheus)
The Pliant Girls, Sarah Straub, Theatre Prometheus