i am in love with
collaboration
I CREATE THEATRICAL EXPERIENCES AND I DIRECT PLAYS .
I PRODUCE FESTIVALS AND CULTURAL INTERVENTIONS. I CRAFT SPACES FOR LEARNING, GATHERING AND DIALOGUE.
I BELIEVE THEATRE CAN CHANGE PEOPLE AND PEOPLE CAN CHANGE HOW WE LIVE.
BIO
Alexandra Meda, a Stage Director and Cultural Strategist, reshapes the performing arts landscape with her approach to collaborative artistry and ensemble practice, focusing on inclusivity and elevating marginalized voices. As Artistic Director of Studio Luna and Impact Director for the National New Play Network, she's at the forefront of change for ensemble and new-play theaters. She co-leads the Network of Ensemble Theater's NETneXt initiative, turning ensemble practice into organizational reshaping for the future.
MY WORK
I make theatre and performance because I believe stories, visceral experiences, and positive encounters with art change us and we change the world around us every single day with each choice we make. I work in a collaborative setting because ideas are stronger when designed across difference and they only get better when challenged, and my best work emerges when it is forged in human connection and without fear of failure. Here are photos from some of my favorite theatrical projects.
Tadashi Suzuki, Culture Is The Body
“ What artists can do, in fact what we must do, is create continuity in the environment that surrounds us. For me, this has meant maintaining a group of people who share a common worldview and collaborate over long periods of time in the same context. Without this continuity of artistic infrastructure - space, theory, training, company, artistic vision, philosophy and the like- the creative impulse cannot blossom.”
Collective Creation
Creating in a collective setting is one of the most challenging and rewarding things we can encounter as human beings, and if facilitated and directed correctly you can make incredible art while also positively impacting people. I fundamentally believe that digging into our collective creativity together is a healing practice and I seek this as the outcome of all of my work.
I have been working in collective with Studio Luna (fka asTeatro Luna & Teatro Luna West) since 2007, and currently serve as the Artistic Director.
In 2019 I directed & Co-Produced
TALKING WHILE FEMALE & OTHER DANGEROUS ACTS
25 Original Stories by Latinas On Risk & Resilience
This Audible Original Audiobook Can be downloaded here.
