Anna Item is an early career, Brooklyn based director with a passion for plays that laugh, bleed, scream, celebrate friendship, center sapphics, and decenter masculinity and patriarchy. Anna believes in taking responsibility for the sociopolitical implications of her work, taking care of actors, and leading rooms with joy, positivity, and the mission that the best idea – no matter who it comes from – wins.

ALL DIRECTING EXPERIENCE

• Director, macbitches by Sophie McIntosh, Muhlenberg College

• Director, 1900s Women Bonding by Catherine Weingarten, Muhlenberg College

• Director, Divine Feminine by Kiley Gaddis, Muhlenberg College

• Director, 365 Days/365 Plays by Suzan-Lori Parks, Muhlenberg College
  (Again) The Butcher’s Daughter and Father Comes Home from the Wars, Part 1

• Director, hold me: An Adaptation of Forced Entertainment’s Club of No Regrets (Original Composition), Muhlenberg College

• Director, Exposure (Original Composition), Muhlenberg College

• Director, The Recollection of a Sherbet Home by Rozie Hoff, Muhlenberg College (Staged Reading)

• Director, Lights Out by Rebecca Zipper, New Play Reading Series at Muhlenberg College

• Associate Director, The Winter’s Tale, Scranton Shakespeare Festival
  dir. Sam Morales

• Associate Director, -in-chief by Ally Duvak, Muhlenberg College
  dir. Jessie Dean

• Associate Director, Titus Andronicus, Scranton Shakespeare Festival
  dir. Michael Flynn

• Assistant Director, -in-chief by Ally Duvak, The Tank
  dir. Cecilia Bracey

• Assistant Director, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, Muhlenberg College
  dir. Jim Peck

• Assistant to the Director, She Loves Me; Fahrenheit 451; Pippin; Silent Sky , Barnstable Performing Arts Center

INTIMACY DIRECTING EXPERIENCE

• Intimacy Consultant, Regicide by Jude Cramer, Soho Playhouse Lighthouse Series
  dir. Gavin Petersen

• Intimacy Consultant, Bang/Whimper by Maya Handler, Muhlenberg College

• Intimacy Director, Love/Sick by John Cariani, Muhlenberg College

• Intimacy Director, Carl in the Bathroom by Mae Anglim, Muhlenberg College

• Intimacy Director, Destroyed by Horses by Chris Pendry, New Works Play Festival, Powerhouse Theatre at Vassar College
  dir. Abby Bettencourt

• Assistant Intimacy Director/Intimacy Captain - The Labyrinth of Desire, Muhlenberg College
  dir. Troy Dwyer and Leticia Robles-Moreno
  Intimacy Dir. Jim Van-Valen

• Intimacy Direction Observership/Asst., A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Powerhouse Theatre at Vassar College
  dir. Doug Paulson
  Intimacy Dir. Max Mooney

RELEVANT COURSEWORK

• Directing: Process in Production - Jim Peck, Muhlenberg College

• Directing: Composing Performance - Matt Moore, Muhlenberg College

• Dramatic Text in Action - Nigel Semaj, Muhlenberg College

• Stage Management I - Jess Bien, Muhlenberg College

• Shakespeare (literary) - Beatrice Bradley, Muhlenberg College
  Shakespeare Reproduced - Beatrice Bradley, Muhlenberg College

• Intimacy on Stage: Pillars to Performance - Alessandra Fanelli, Muhlenberg College

• Off The Lane Mentorship Program - Mackenna Noelle Goodrich

• Beginner Diploma - Theatrical Intimacy Education
  Courses Completed: Best Practices; Theatrical Studio Techniques, Casting, and Policy; Foundations in Race, Intimacy, and Consent; Intimacy Choreography for Live Performance; Intimacy Choreography for Film and TV; Working with Minors; Working with Trans and Nonbinary Artists; Actors and Intimacy; Modesty Garments, Barriers, and Masking; Bystander Intervention Training; Mental Health First Aid Certificate

• Consent Forward Artist Certification - Intimacy Directors & Choreographers
  Level 1: Foundations of Consent and Intimacy - Intimacy Directors & Choreographers
  Level 2: Applications of Consent and Intimacy - Intimacy Directors & Choreographers