Education:
M.F.A., University of Georgia - Athens - 1982 (Theater)
Areas of Expertise:
As a director, Easley is interested in theater that gives voice to those who are underrepresented. As an acting teacher, she focuses on the making of theater through natural impulse.
Creative Work
Director, Brooklyn College Graduate Showcase for Industry Professionals. 2013
Director, Court-Martial at Fort Devens, by Jeffrey Sweet. Woodie King's The New Federal Theater. 2012
Director, Suburban Motel. Department of Theater, Brooklyn College. 2012
Director, Woman in Black. Iowa Summer Rep. June and July. 2012
Director, industry showcase for the M.F.A. graduate actors. 2012
Director, stage reading of Being Moved. Castillo Theater. 2012
Attended Labyrinth Summer Intensive to work on Blind Spot, by Russell G. Jones and Eric Cook. 2011
Directeor, staged reading for Inside Out, for New York Madness at Primary Stages. 2011
Director, In the Next Room, or the vibrator play, by Sarah Ruhl. Department of Theater, Brooklyn College. 2011
Director, Same Train, by Levy Lee Simon and Mark Bruckner. The National Black Theater Festival. 2011
Director, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds. Iowa Summer Rep. 2011
Director, Graduate Acting Showcase for Industry Professionals. 2011
Director Dancing at Lughnasa, by Brian Friel. Department of Theater, Brooklyn College. 2010
Director, Family of Mann, by Teresa Rebeck. Iowa Repertory Theater. 2010
Director, a Backer's Reading of Same Train, for Two Eyes, Two Tee's Productions. 2010
Director, Graduate Showcase for Industry Professionals. 2010
Director Top Girls. Department of Theater, Brooklyn College. 2009
Director, The Clean House. Iowa Repertory Theater. June. 2009
Director, Graduate Showcase for Industry Professionals. 2009
Director, Rabbit Hole, by David Lindsay-Abaire. Iowa Repertory Theater. 2008
Director, Same Train, for Celebrate the World, the first spoken word festival in Los Angeles. 2008
Director, Equity Showcase Production of Same Train. Algonquin Theater. February/March. Received reviews in nytheater.com and Amsterdam News. 2008
Director, Red Herring, by Michael Hollinger. Iowa Repertory Theater. 2007
Director, Backer's Audition of Same Train, a collaborative project with composer/lyricist Mark Bruckner and playwright Levy Lee Simon. 2007
Director, The Artificial Jungle, by Charles Ludlum. Iowa Repertory Theater. 2006
Director, New York premiere of Caseload, by Levy Lee Simon. Workshop Theater. 2006
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
2012 Audelco Award for Best Direction of a Dramatic Production ("Court Martial at Fort Devens," by Jeffrey Sweet, produced by Woodie King's New Federal Theater). (Awards and Honors) 2012
Research Activities
Development work on "Bodies in Evidence," a theater piece first cocreated with Sandy Dietrick for the Female Bodies of Knowledge Symposium at Temple University in April 2002. "Bodies in Evidence" is a collaborative piece examining these questions: How does having a female body affect us? How does culture influence perceptions of the female body and its representation in art? What aspects of being female are common to all women, regardless of race, class and nationality? 2007
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
Served on "Innovative Strategies to Launch Graduate Actors into the Business of Theater" panel with the head of graduate acting program, Judylee Vivier; Brooklyn College M.F.A. acting alumni and industry professionals. Association of Theatre in Higher Education Conference. New York, August. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009
