RESUME

AFFILIATIONS

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• Arena Stage (DC) | Allen Lee Hughes Directing Fellow (2019-2020)

• 4615 Theatre Company | Producing Director (2017-Present)

• Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics | Artistic Apprentice (2018- 2019

• The Kennedy Center | Theater Programming Intern (2018)

• Yayasan Bali Purnati | Resident Artist (June 2017)

• Ragdale Foundation | Fellow (August 2017)

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THEATRE DIRECTING

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• Scuttlebutt, Confirmed by Robert Montenegro; Catholic University of America; World Premiere

• The Infinite Tales adapted from Marie Heaney, others; 4615 Theatre; World Premiere

• Doi Nang Non - conceived with SJ Rachel; The Core + others; Workshop Production

• The Odyssey trans. Emily Wilson; Brighton Center for the Performing Arts; Production - World Premiere

• 410[GONE] by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig; Rorschach Theatre Company; Full Production - DC Premiere

• Oplontis: A Roman Tragedy by Sophie Herried; The Core/Industrious; Workshop

• The Odyssey trans. Emily Wilson; Lab for Global Performance/Politics; Workshop

• Performing the Anthropocene; Lab for Global Performance/Politics; Production

• Derangements arranged by Derek Goldman; Lab for Global Performance/Politics; Staged Reading

• Bleecker Street by Eric Grant; The Kennedy Center; Workshop & Staged Reading

• The Osiriyan Tales adapted from Richard Wilkinson; Yayasan Bali Purnati; Workshop

• The Infinite Tales adapted from Marie Heaney; The Core; Workshop

• The White Snake by Mary Zimmerman; Mosaic Theatre of Ann Arbor & The University of Michigan; Full Production

• Grand Concourse by Heidi Schreck; Basement Arts
  Production - Regional Premiere

• Tribes by Nina Raine; Rude Mechanicals, University of Michigan
  Production - Regional Premiere

• Istanbul by Stuart Richardson, Basement Arts
  Production - World Premiere

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WRITING

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• The 51st State, "Go" for Arena Stage

• May 22, 2020, "The Heart's Rage" for Arena Stage

• Big Snow for Adventure Theatre-MTC

• Rep Us All for Rorschach Theatre 

• Dark City (with Aria Velz) for 4615 Theatre

• The Infinite Tales (adaptation)

  • 4615 Theatre Company (World Premiere)​

  • Kennedy Center Page-to-Stage (Staged Reading)

• The Odyssey (adaptation)

  • Brighton Center for the Performing Arts (World Premiere)​

  • Odin Teatret (Workshop)

  • Lab for Global Performance and Politics (Workshop)

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VIDEO GAME DIRECTING

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• Dark City by Gregory Keng Strasser and Aria Velz; RenPy [In development]

• Terminal by Gregory Keng Strasser (2017); Twine

• The Telemachy by Gregory Keng Strasser (2017); RenPy [In development]

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PRODUCING

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• Producing Director at 4615 Theatre Company:

  • Enron by Lucy Prebble (dir: Jordan Friend)

  • Betrayal by Harold Pinter (dir: Stevie Zimmerman)

  • Venus in Fur​ by David Ives (dir: Stevie Zimmerman)

  • Macbeth by Shakespeare (dir: Jordan Friend)

  • Dinner by Moira Buffini (dir: Stevie Zimmerman)

  • Waxing West by Saviana Stanescu (dir: Jordan Friend)

• Theatre Programming and Producing Assistant and Intern at The Kennedy Center​

  • In the Heights by Q. Hughes & L. Miranda (dir: Stephanie Klemons)​

  • Chess with a new book by Danny Strong (dir: Michael Mayer)

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ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE DIRECTING & PRODUCTION ASSISTANTSHIPS

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• Toni Stone by Lydia R. Diamond (dir: Pam Mackinnon); Arena Stage; POSTPONED because of COVID-19

• Celia and Fidel by Eduardo Machado (dir: Molly Smith); Arena Stage; Full Production

• A Thousand Splendid Suns adapted by Ursula R. Sarna (dir: Carey Perloff); Arena Stage, ACT-San Francisco; Full Production

• Right to be Forgotten by Sharyn Rothstein (dir: Seema Sueko); Arena Stage; World Premiere

• The Wish by Crystal Adaway (dir: Jordan Friend); The Kennedy Center, Staged Reading

• A Departure by Daria Miyeko Marinelli (dir: Jesca Prudencio); The Kennedy Center, Workshop & Staged Reading

• Trayf by Lindsay Joelle (dir: Derek Goldman); Theatre J

• Paper Dolls by Philip Himberg (dir: Mark Brokaw); Production Assistant; Mosaic Theater Company; Workshop

• Digital Eye curated and directed by Gillian Drake; Production Assistant/Projections Design; Full Production

• The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekov (dir: Daniel Cantor); Associate Director; UV Theatre Project; Production

• The Living Lakes devised by Anita Gonzalez & Joel Valentin-Martinez; The Global Midwest; Production - World Premiere

• The Little Mermaid by Menken/Ashman (dir: Linda Goodrich); University of Michigan; Production

• Stupid Fucking Bird by Aaron Posner (dir: Daniel Cantor); University of Michigan

• 15 Breaths by the About Face Youth Theatre Ensemble (dir: Ali Hoefnagel); Production Assistant; About Face Theatre Company; Full Production​

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Hannah Ervin Photography

Email: gk.strasser@gmail.com​ 
Phone: 248-535-0316

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