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Professional Summary

Shaun Leisher (he/him/his) is a Philadelphia-based dramaturg, producer and arts education advocate.  As a dramaturg, Shaun has worked on productions of CLYBOURNE PARK by Bruce Norris and SMART PEOPLE by Lydia R. Diamond under the direction of  nationally-recognized theatre artist and educator, Kashi Johnson at Lehigh University.  He was also part of the dramaturgy team for the workshop production of RAW PASTA by Maya Macdonald as part of the 2019 Ice Factory Festival and provided dramaturgy for Braving The Bard’s audio production of MACBETH, directed by Emma Cordray and Pria Daihya.  As a producer, Shaun has organized play readings and new work festivals throughout Eastern Pennsylvania.  Shaun has produced many events that highlight the power art has to address social issues including the Lehigh Valley Chapter of The Future Is Female Festival and the Kutztown, PA Chapter of Climate Change Theatre Action.  At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Shaun made the switch to producing work virtually with Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts’ 2020 New Play Festival which featured workshop readings of original work by student playwrights with stage and screen actors including Bernardo Cubria, Malika Samuel, Alyssa May Gold and Emma Ramos.  Having gotten his start in theatre as a director of middle and high school musicals, Shaun is a passionate advocate for arts education and he recently became the literary manager for the theatre education consulting organization, RE: Theatre.