Andrea Assaf

Andrea Assaf is a performer, writer, director, educator and activist. MA in Performance Studies, BFA in Acting, NYU. Performance work ranges from spoken word to original, community-based, interdisciplinary or cross-cultural theater. Original works include: Eleven Reflections on September; Outside the Circle with Samuel Valdez; Fronteras Desviadas / Deviant Borders with Mujeres en Ritual Danza-Teatro; and solo performance Globalicities. Directing includes: breaking letter(s) by Suheir Hammad; Shekadii Walaalo / Sister-Story by the Walaalo! Somali Sisters Collective; and Parang Sabil by Kinding Sindaw. Awards: 2010 Princess Grace Award, 2010 NPN Creation Fund commission, 2007 Hedgebrook residency, and 2004 Contacto Cultural grant. Memberships: Alternate ROOTS, CAATA, and RAWI (Radius of Arab American Writers).