Ann Shanahan

Ann M. Shanahan joins the Department of Theatre and Drama as a member of the acting and directing faculty and to serve as Artistic Director. She is a scholar-artist specializing in feminist directing, theatre and social change, and representations of domestic space on stage, most recently in the work of Irish playwright Teresa Deevy. She has directed and dramaturged over 60 productions, and writes about her own and others’ directing practices. Ann is the founding co-editor (with Emily A. Rollie) of the SDC Journal’s Peer Reviewed Section. Ann is a member of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE), National Theatre Conference (NTC), and incoming co-director (with Baron Kelly) of the Comparative Drama Conference (CDC). Ann comes to UW directly from Purdue University, before that Loyola University Chicago where she served on the faculty for 20 years. She holds a BA in Drama from the Residential College of the University of Michigan, and an MFA in Directing from Northwestern University.