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We Few. We Happy Few.
Lean & Hungry Theater got its start in 2006 in Washington, DC.
We
use readers’ theater and radio drama to make Shakespeare make
sense to audiences of all ages.
Lean & Hungry performs in the Church of St. Stephen and the
Incarnation in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, DC. We
support the mission and charter of the church St. Stephen and the
Incarnation, but our company is separate from the church.
We reach out to the community on our own, too, with special
performances and workshops that get people involved in
Shakespeare’s plays and what they’re really all
about.
Lean & Hungry brings professional readers’ theater to
underserved areas. We’ll set up anywhere there’s
space
– to add to the educational and cultural enrichment of
students,
seniors, families and other interested groups in Washington, DC and
beyond.
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Jessica Hansen
(Artistic
Director/Co-Founder),
MFA Acting, Brandeis University, is an Actors Equity Association
Membership Candidate, a member of the Screen Actors Guild and a
recognized Actor/Combatant with the Society of American Fight
Directors. She has an undergraduate degree in Creative Writing and
worked in the field of Public Relations before embarking on a career as
a professional working actor. Jessica has taught classical theatre
techniques to middle school-aged students with The Shakespeare Theatre,
the Maryland Shakespeare Festival, and Encore Stage & Studio.
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Alyssa Sanders (Director of Special Gifts),
is the Partner Representative for the Linkages to Learning Program, a collaboration between the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services, Montgomery County Public Schools and local public and nonprofit organizations. She has been an Adjunct Professor at George Mason University. Ms. Sanders received a Graduate degree in Government from the University of Texas at Austin, and studied Theatre Arts at Brandeis University, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and is a graduate of the Studio Theatre Acting Conservatory. She is an Actors Equity Association Membership Candidate. She has performed at the Studio Theatre and many other DC-area theatres. She is an active member of the Brandeis University Alumni Club of Washington, DC’s Arts Committee.
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Renana Fox (Education Coordinator) BA Theater Arts, BS Psychology University of Pittsburgh, is a freelance teacher, director, and performer in the DC area. She recently completed a year-long apprenticeship in the artistic department at Imagination Stage and since then has worked with a variety of theaters and schools including Spooky Action, Inkwell, Lean and Hungry, Children’s Creative Learning Center, and Temple Micah. This summer she will be teaching at the Round House Theatre summer camp and directing at Olney Theater Lab as part of Artists Initiative’s second season.
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