Anna Lathrop

Anna Lathrop is a NYC-based director, dramaturge, and producer. She is the current Executive Director of THE MUSE PROJECT - a company focused on amplifying female voices in the theatre by developing work around female actors. She is a former Directing/Artistic Director Intern at Forum Theatre. She also co-founded, with Annalisa Dias, the Washington DC Coalition for Theatre & Social Justice; an organization dedicated to bringing Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed techniques to DC in order to foster community dialogue. Selected Directing: DEEP INFERNO (Youngblood A4T Festival); TURN OFF ALL LIGHTS (Robinson Secondary School); ONE FIFTY (Nu Sass); CRAM SCHOOL SNOW DAY (LiveArt DC); WE COULD BE HEROES and HAROLD EVENTUALLY…ONE SECOND (Source Festival); BACK TO THE ISLAND (Rorschach...

Anna Lathrop is a NYC-based director, dramaturge, and producer. She is the current Executive Director of THE MUSE PROJECT - a company focused on amplifying female voices in the theatre by developing work around female actors. She is a former Directing/Artistic Director Intern at Forum Theatre. She also co-founded, with Annalisa Dias, the Washington DC Coalition for Theatre & Social Justice; an organization dedicated to bringing Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed techniques to DC in order to foster community dialogue. Selected Directing: DEEP INFERNO (Youngblood A4T Festival); TURN OFF ALL LIGHTS (Robinson Secondary School); ONE FIFTY (Nu Sass); CRAM SCHOOL SNOW DAY (LiveArt DC); WE COULD BE HEROES and HAROLD EVENTUALLY…ONE SECOND (Source Festival); BACK TO THE ISLAND (Rorschach Theatre Klecksography); SERVANT OF THE WIND (Atlas Intersections Festival), VIVIE CAN FLY (Actor's Center), LOVE SUCKS: A 5X5 (Theatre J - staged reading series). Selected Assistant Directing: Aaron Posner (Arena Stage, Theatre J), Eleanor Holdridge (Theatre J), Kathleen Akerley (Longacre Lea), Marcus Kyd (Taffetty Punk), Patrick Pearson (Adventure Theatre MTC), GT Unchurch (Arena Stage). Associate Member SDC

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