Theatre Artist.
Hi there!
I'm Brianna, a director, actor, maker, and educator based in Western Massachusetts. I am a co-founder of TheatreTruck, a mother-owned collaborative crafting mobile & site-specific performance, sustainably and playfully. I am passionate about excavating place-based stories and lifting up marginalized stories through research-driven devising and development work. I make work that centers physically awake storytelling and embraces theater as a vehicle for community building. I care deeply about diverse representation in theatre and expanding the canon. As a producer-director I work to cultivate socially conscious productions with refined detail and honed artistry and I bring the same high standards and thoughtful processes to my classroom. I hold an MFA in Directing (UMass Amherst), BA (Hampshire College), and a certificate for intensive study of physical & mask theatre and Commedia dell’Arte at the Accademia dell'Arte (Arezzo, Italy). And I'm always learning! |
Centering Mothers:
Check out this interview with myself and TheatreTruck CoFounder Elizabeth Pangburn about our experience at the Berkshire Leadership Summit, hosted by WAM Theatre.
Check out this interview with myself and TheatreTruck CoFounder Elizabeth Pangburn about our experience at the Berkshire Leadership Summit, hosted by WAM Theatre.
"Committed acts of caring let all students know that the purpose of education is not to dominate, or prepare them to be dominators, but rather to create the conditions for freedom. Caring educators open the mind, allowing students to embrace a world of knowing that is always subject to challenge and change." |
Educator.I am a student-centered teacher and believe that the generous & collaborative nature of theatre lends itself beautifully to crafting learning spaces where active listening, critical-thinking and personal growth can be achieved. Together with my students I work to create community, which I believe even on a tiny and temporary level has wide personal and political repercussions. I work to create and participate in strong ensembles that foster brave work at the individual level. To me, the fundamental spirit of an actor's education lies in finding presence in the living moment - an awake and mindful sense of self and empathy for others that lends itself to all of life's experiences. Thus I strive to empower students to unfurl their courage, to discover within themselves a deeper empathy and to develop a more tuned sense of self. To me, this all falls under having a developed sense of presence. Highlights:
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