Anna Brenner

Anna Brenner is a filmmaker and theater director invested in the collaborative process and making work that explores the inner and collective human experience. She recently completed her first feature film, The Karamazovs, which was adapted from her play that premiered at The New Ohio March 2020. She has directed regionally all across the country and locally all around New York City.

Anna collaborated with Laurie Anderson to curate the Stone Open House. As the Artistic Associate at Classic Stage Company, Anna directed and produced Brecht Fest, Subject to Fits (A response to Dostoevsky’s The Idiot), Crime and Punishment, Caryl Churchill’s Mad Forest and Chuck Mee’s Global Warming, in addition to leading many talkbacks and public discussions.

Anna studied at the University of Chicago and then Columbia University under Anne Bogart and Brian Kulick. She has trained with SITI Company and Gardzienice, assisted Tina Landau, Suzanne Bocanegra, and Big Dance Theater. She has taught at Columbia University, SUNY Purchase, and NYU and worked extensively with social justice organizations and community groups creating documentary theater and storytelling events. Alum of the Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, resident artist of undergroundzero. Residencies include: Drop, Forge, & Tool, Drama League, Space on Ryder Farm, PlayPenn, Chicago Arts Incubator Lab.

Originally from Michigan, she lives in Brooklyn with her wife and two young children.

to connect, email anna.brenner at gmail dot com

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