THE WORLD TO COME

By Ali Viterbi

Directed a staged reading for the National New Play Network Showcase.

April 20, 2024

APPLE HUNTERS

By E.M. Lewis

Directed a staged reading for Linestorm Playwrights.

November 5, 2023

THE LEHMAN TRILOGY

By Stefano Massini, Adapted by Ben Powers

Directed by Carey Perloff

Assistant Director: Avital Shira

June 13-July 16, 2023

The Huntington Theatre

APPLE HUNTERS

By E.M. Lewis

A development workshop, funded by the Mellon Foundation

February 24-27, 2023

LESLEY UNIVERSITY

Director for a staged reading of an excerpt of DOROTHY’S Dictionary by E.M. Lewis

FIGHT CALL

By Sarah Mantell

A staged reading at Pioneer Courthouse Square

June 5, 2022

ART Mercury Company IV

Learn more about our process in Sarah’s recent articles:

• Read This Before You Have a Reading by Sarah Mantell, Playwrights Realm (March 2023)

• Touch the Wound, But Don’t Live There by Sarah Mantell, American Theatre (August 2021)

ART MERCURY COMPANY III

Director for development workshop of FIGHT CALL by Sarah Mantell

Transcriber for development workshop of SODARA by Derek and Deven Kolluri

A PLAY ABOUT A BABY CARROT

By Juliet Roll

Directed by Avital Shira

A zoom reading produced by The Whole Megillah Jewish New Play Festival at San Diego Repertory Theatre

Sunday, May 30th @ 6 PM PT / 9 PM ET

For pay-what-you-can tickets: https://securesite.sdrep.org/13912/13919

ART MERCURY COMPANY II

Director for development workshop of WHY THIS NIGHT by Dan Kitrosser

Community podcast producer for Oregon Jewish Museum/Artists Repertory Theatre’s combined podcast, created in conversation with THE BERLIN DIARIES by Andrea Stolowitz - first episode now available via Apple Podcast!

ART MERCURY COMPANY

Associate Director/Dramaturg for THE BERLIN DIARIES, an audio drama by Andrea Stolowitz

Auxiliary content producer for audio dramas E.M. Lewis’ MAGELLANICA and THE BERLIN DIARIES

Now available via Apple Podcast!

HAMLET

Translation by Lisa Peterson

from the original text(s) by William Shakespeare

Director-in-the-Zoom-Room: Avital Shira

Play On Shakespeare First Reads Series

ZYGOTE

By Ally Sass

Director-in-the-Room: Avital Shira

A New Play Development Workshop

March 16-20, 2020

BOSTON UNIVERSITY SHOWCASE

Monday, March 9, 2020

Helen Mills Event Space and Theater, New York City

RSVP and details here: https://www.bu.edu/cfa/creative-research/professionalpartnerships/showcase/

Boston University School of Theatre presents

PHOTOGRAPH 51

By Anna Ziegler

Directed by Avital Shira

A Directing Thesis

February 27 - March 1, 2020

Performance Times

Thursday, Feb 27, 7:30pm

Friday, Feb 28, 8:00pm

Saturday, Feb 29, 2:00pm & 8:00pm

Sunday, Mar 1, 2:00pm

Click here for more information and tickets

Collaborators

Featuring Fady Demain, Gina Fonseca, Sebastien Garbe, Thomas McLaughlin, Henry Morehouse, and VonDerrick Taylor

Costume design by Emma George

Set design by Adam Hawkins

Lighting design by Matt Robson

Sound design by Stephanie Yackovetsky

Props design by Danielle Delafuente