ABOUT
Dalia Ashurina is a media and theatre director who focuses her work on the highest intersection of both stark honesty and explosive theatricality. She aims to create theatrical experiences that you can see, hear, feel, and taste, all while lifting the voices of women and those of Middle Eastern descent.
She currently serves as the Resident Director of Phantom of the Opera on Broadway. Her most recent new play development work has been seen at Wayward Artists Ensemble, SF Playhouse, Dixon Place, Access Theatre, and heard on the Parsnip Ship Radio Theatre Podcast.
She is an alumnus of the Allen Lee Hughes Fellowship in Directing at Arena Stage and before that, assisted at Center Theatre Group and Cornerstone Theatre. She is also an Alum of UC Irvine, Claire Trevor School of the Arts.
She is a member of SDC and an Artistic Producer at In the Margin Company.
For professional inquiries, please email daliaashurina@gmail.
RECENT WORK
Book and Lyric Writer of Edessa of Baghdad
Written by Dalia Ashurina and Avi Amon.
Edessa of Baghdad was Commissioned by the National New Play Network and their inaugural 2021 Bridge Program.
A workshop of Edessa of Baghdad was performed over zoom at In the Margin's New American Play Festival in Fall 2021.
Edessa of Baghdad was Commissioned by the National New Play Network and their inaugural 2021 Bridge Program.
A workshop of Edessa of Baghdad was performed over zoom at In the Margin's New American Play Festival in Fall 2021.