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Laurie woolery
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Currently, Woolery is the Director of Public Works at The Public Theater an initiative that seeks to engage the people of New York by making them creators and not just spectators. Working with partners organizations in all five boroughs, Public Works invites members of diverse communities to join in the creation of ambitious works of participatory theater. Recently, she launched a new program called "ACTivate" (Artist, Citizen, Theater maker) that takes an ensemble of community members and puts them in the “artistic driver’s seat” by partnering with a professional playwright and devised an original play. With collaborators Shaina Taub and Sonya Tayeh, Woolery co-adapted and directed a new musical adaptation of "As You Like It" which debuted at the Delacorte Theater with 200 New Yorkers and was named one of The New York Times best shows of 2017.
Woolery develops and directs new works with diverse communities ranging from incarcerated women to residents of a small Kansas town devastated by a tornado. Laurie has created site-specific work ranging from a working sawmill, parking lots, to the banks of the Los Angeles River. Woolery curated and produced a two-week festival in Los Angeles that explored issues of hunger that brought artists, activists, community and thought leaders together. In keeping with her lifelong commitment to community engagement, Woolery is partnering with Trinity Repertory Theater to deepen their artistic work in collaboration with the Latinx community in the larger Rhode Island area. As a playwright, Woolery’s plays have been produced throughout California. Her solo play "Salvadorian Moon/African Sky" was commissioned by Cornerstone Theater Company and performed in their citywide Festival of Faith. Ms. Woolery is the former Associate Artistic Director of Cornerstone Theater Company, Conservatory Director at South Coast Repertory and former artist-in-residence at Hollygrove Children’s Home in Los Angeles. Woolery teaches at Princeton, NYU, Brown, USC, Cal Arts, Citrus College, California State University at Northridge, California State University at Los Angeles. Woolery serves on the Board of the Latino Producers Action Network, Latinx Theatre Commons and is the founding member of The Sol Project in New York. Woolery is a proud recipient of the Fuller Road Fellowship for Women Directors of Color. Ms. Woolery is a graduate from University of California, Los Angeles. 
with Irene Sofia Lucio, Jonathan Nichols, Maria-Christina Oliveras, Jennifer Paredes, Adriana Sevahn Nichols, Arturo Soria
sets: Gerardo Díaz Sánchez costumes: Herin Kaputkin lighting: Nic Vincent sound: Megumi Katayama projections: Yaara Bar magic designer: Christopher Rose shadow puppet designer: James Ortiz production stage manager: Christina Fontana casting: Tara Rubin/Laura Schutzel fight director: Rick Sordelet dialects: Cynthia DeCure #ElHuracan @yalerep @solprojectnyc highlights2019 Connecticut Critic's Circle Award, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, Adriana Sevahn Nichols
2019 Connecticut Critic's Circle Award, Outstanding Projections, Yaara Bar 2019 Connecticut Critic's Circle Nomination, Outstanding Production of a Play 2019 Connecticut Critic's Circle Nomination, Outstanding Director, Laurie Woolery 2019 Connecticut Critic's Circle Nomination, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, Jennifer Paredes 2019 Connecticut Critic's Circle Nomination, Outstanding Costumes, Herin Kaputkin 2019 Connecticut Critic's Circle Nomination, Outstanding Sound, Megumi Katayama Episode One - El Huracán - Charise Castro Smith & Laurie Woolery SolTalk | February 13th, 2019 A Roundtable with Laurie Woolery and the Women of El Huracán The Interval | October 16th, 2018 Playlist: El Huracan at Yale Repertory Theatre Spotify | October 2018 For Yale's Charise Castro Smith, A Storm's A'Coming ShowRiz | September 19th, 2018 |
