Brianna Sloane

Brianna Sloane is a theatre director, devisor, actor and educator. Their performance research spans traditional physical theater forms including European mask techniques, Commedia dell’Arte, and Victorian Panto; as well as new play development, site-specific performance, and contemporary devised theatre. Her recent work (TheatreTruck, Plays in Place) centers historically underrepresented voices and works to connect audiences to place & past while imagining our shared future. Brianna spent ten years performing, directing and developing physical comedy as an ensemble member of Piccolo Theater in Chicago, where they inaugurated the role of Education Director. She has taught performance at UMass Amherst, Mt Holyoke College, and American International College, as well as serving as a Teaching Artist and offering workshops to all ages in Chicago and across Western Massachusetts. Brianna has a BA from Hampshire College and an MFA in Directing from UMass Amherst. She earned a certificate from the Accademia dell'Arte in Arezzo, Italy, for a year of intensive study in physical and masked performance traditions.