There’s A Big Gender Gap In Key Theater Jobs — Can Boston Change The Story?
BOSTON Certain circles in the nation’s professional theater world have taken to an unofficial ritual in recent years — watching for the annual wave of season announcements from theater companies, and then publicly bemoaning the lack of female playwrights. And directors. And, for that matter, artistic directors.
Thinkpieces are written. Tweets are fired off. But change comes slowly, if at all. READ MORE
About Olivia D'Ambrosio
Olivia D’Ambrosio holds an MFA in Acting from Brown University/Trinity Rep, where she now teaches in the Department of Physical Theatre. She graduated summa cum laude from Amherst College with a BA in Theatre & Dance, and is currently pursuing an MS in Arts Administration from Boston University. Her professional performance credits include New Repertory Theatre, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Trinity Rep, Asolo Rep, Hartford Stage, and Paper Mill Playhouse. She is the Producing Artistic Director of Bridge Repertory Theater of Boston, currently in its second season. Olivia is a proud member of Actors' Equity Association.
She served as Director of Voice, Speech and Text on the production of Arcadia, currently sold out at Central Square Theatre and has been hired to cover the role of Hannah Jarvis in a two week extension, beginning May 3rd.
