Shanara is an artist working in a wide variety of mediums with a focus on gutsy and inventive theater for all audiences. Driven by tales of imagination and stories of justice, Shanara fosters new work and reimagines classics with artists of courage and depth. Shanara has worked professionally at theaters across the country, including Arena Stage, Signature Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, In Series Opera, The Guthrie, Actors Theatre of Louisville, INSeries Opera, Southern Shakespeare Festival, The New Victory, Great Lakes Theatre, Southern Shakespeare, Northern Stage, Idaho Shakespeare, Imagination Stage, Adventure Theatre, Coterie Theater, Chesapeake Shakespeare, the cell nyc, Goethe Institut, St. Louis Rep, Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival, Stages, Theatre for the New City, Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, Hollywood Playhouse, The Black Rep, Upstream Theater, and many more. Shanara has worked as an Artistic Producer at The Kennedy Center, ENOUGH!, Arena Stage, Shakespeare Theatre Company, spearheaded Working In DC, is on the Board of theatreWashington, and is so proud to serve as the Producing Artistic Director of Theater Alliance.