ABOUT THIS EPISODE
On this Giving Tuesday, donate what you can to a theatre in need, wild project! Ani Mari de Quesada chats with Sarah about the importance of local theatre on the Lower East Side.
Ana Mari has been the producing Artistic Director at wild project since its opening in July 2007. As Producing Artistic Director Ana Mari has formed creative partnerships with the Current Sessions, Poetic Theater Productions, Contemporary Performance, New York No Limits, International Human Rights Art Festival, Angela DiCarlo, Jill Pangallo, Heather Litteer & Amber Martin. She has also helped develop the East Village Queer Film Festival as part of wild project’s Queer Initiative. Previously, Ana Mari was the Studio Administrator at The Actors Studio from 2013-2016. Ana Mari has worked as a Production Manager & Production Stage Manager on countless New York theatrical productions such as The Actors Studio productions of The Danube byMaria Irene Fornes, Mud by Maria Irene Fornes , The Last Days of Judas Iscariot by Stephen Adly Guirgis (La MaMa), First Born by Lyle Kessler , and Old Times by Harold Pinter. Ana Mari has also worked as a Production Manager for Rattlestick Playwrights Theater productions of my Lingerie Play by Diana Oh, Until The Flood byDael Orlandersmith, Draw The Circle by Mashuq Deen. & The Enclave by Arthur Laurent. She has also toured with Big Art Group as their Assistant Technical Director and Production Manager on North America & European tours of House of No More, Dead Set, S.O.S., The People and Cinema Fury from 2005-2012. Ana Mari is also the Repertory Season Academic Manager at The Actors Studio Drama School MFA Program, Sands College of Performing Arts, Pace University.
Since 2007, wild project has presented and produced theater that enriches, educates, and unifies its East Village community in an environmentally responsible green space. We proudly devote specific initiatives toward female, LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC projects and the work of local East Village artists, to ensure nonprofit theater sustains its roots in the community. wild project places the utmost importance on engendering a climate that supports emerging artists and cultivates artistic excellence, enriching the community and promoting social equity. Our staff takes pride in nurturing new and exciting work with a personal and intimate approach to theater.
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