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Tara Ahmadinejad<\/h5>\n

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Tara Ahmadinejad <\/strong>(Assistant Professor of Directing) is an Obie Award-winning NYC-based director, theater-maker, and co-founding member of the theater collective Piehole. She has directed and co-authored boundary-pushing live art for theaters, galleries, and digital spaces.<\/p>\n

Recent Piehole works include\u00a0Christmas Mountain<\/i>\u00a0(an interactive narrative installation at WNYC\u2019s The Greene Space, featuring the voice of WNYC\u2019s own Brian Lehrer, as a mouse), and\u00a0Disclaimer\u00a0<\/i>(co-directed\/written\/performed by Tara), part of The Public\u2019s Under the Radar Festival, recipient of the NYC Women\u2019s Fund, and nominated for a Drama League Award. Prior to that, Piehole collaborated with the LA-based Tender Claws on the award-winning virtual reality experience\u00a0The Under Presents<\/i>\u00a0(Oculus, Emmy Finalist) and an award-winning augmented reality app\u00a0Tendar<\/i>\u00a0(Sundance).<\/div>\n
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Recent new play directing credits: Liza Birkenmeier\u2019s\u00a0Grief Hotel\u00a0<\/i>produced by Clubbed Thumb in residence at The Public; Adrian Einspanier\u2019s\u00a0Lunch Bunch<\/i>, produced by The Play Company and Clubbed Thumb, and the new opera\u00a0m\u0254\u0279n\u026a\u014b\u00a0<\/i>[mourning\/morning] by Gelsey Bell, produced as part of the Prototype Festival at HERE Arts Center.<\/div>\n
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During the pandemic, Tara brought her interdisciplinary experience to her new play directing work, collaborating with a host of writers on digital theater productions, including Satoko Ichihara (Japan Society), Eliza Bent (New Georges), Rinne Groff (Clubbed Thumb), and Scarlet Kim (Oregon Shakespeare Festival). Her extensive work in digital theater and cross-disciplinary collaboration led her to become the Resident Futurist at the Philadelphia-based Pig Iron Theater Company.<\/div>\n
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She has taught directing and devised theater at Columbia University, Barnard College, and Harvard University. Tara is a New York Theatre Workshop Usual Suspect and a New Georges Affiliated Artist. MFA Directing, Columbia University; BA Theater Arts and BA International Relations (Politics, Culture, and Identity), Brown University.<\/div>\n
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