Renana Fox - Freelance Director

Full Productions

​Charlotte's Web 
The Ugly One
Queen of the Air:
The Last Transmissions of Amelia Earhart
Roof of Heaven 
Talking Trash   
22 Boom
The Paper Game 
The Scarlet Letter               
As You Like It                     
Man in the Powder Blue Suit             
Riot Grrrl Reunion                
Boom!*  

Mount Vernon Community Children's Theatre     
Nu Sass Productions
Silver Spring Stage: One Act Festival

​PoP Festival: Capital Fringe
PoP Festival: Capital Fringe
Nu Sass Productions/DC Fringe Festival
Nu Sass Productions/DC Fringe Festival
Lean & Hungry Theatre/WAMU 88.5 FM
Lean & Hungry Theatre/WAMU 88.5 FM                 Source Festival                                                   Source Festival                                                  Artists Initiative

April 2018*
2017
2017
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2016
2016
2016
2015
2014
2013
2013
2013
​2012

Readings

Rehearsing for Change
Alice in War  
Br'er Cotton 
22 Boom!      
Irresistible Grace   
Measure for Measure
The Last Skywriter in the     
      Universe                         
Handel's Crossing 
Followed by a
     Sometimes  Cowboy, & John.
     John. John.                           
Meg's New Friend   
The Brazilian Dilemma  
Peppered Precinct 
Spooky Action at a Distance 
End Times 
Out of Darkness 
The Slowly Dyin’ Scuba Diver
The Shaman, Virgin & Crone
Trestle at Pope Lick Creek

Assistant Directing
Stone Tape Party*                
12 Days of Christmas           
Risk and Return                  

​Grandmothers                     

​Heart’s Desire (stage reading)    
Sisters of Swing                 
The Tempest  
P. Nokio: A Hip-Hop Musical    
Othello
​                              
Vera Laughed 

​​Nu Sass Productions
​WSC Avant Bard                        
Spooky Action 
Page to Stage Festival at the Kennedy Center 
Page to Stage Festival at the Kennedy Center        Shakespeare in the Pub                                         Inkwell Theatre Festival                                      

Solas Nua                                                          NuSass as part of the SWAN Day Festival              


​Actors Center                                                     McLean Drama Company                                     McLean Drama Company                                     Page-to-Stage Festival at the Kennedy Center           Inkwell Theatre Festival                                       LMC Dinner Theatre                                             Inkwell Theatre Festival                                       Inkwell Theatre Inklings Festival                           Spooky Action                                                     

NuSass (Capital Fringe Festival), dir. Angie Pirko  Adventure Theatre, dir. Michael Dove                  Page-to-Stage Festival- Theatre Alliance, 
   dir. Patrick Pearson 
Riant Theatre’s Strawberry Festival, 
   dir. Myla Pitt                 
Inkwell Theatre Showcase, dir. Lee Liebeskind        
Infinity Theatre, dir. Jay Brock                              
Lean & Hungry Theater, dir. Hannah Todd              
Imagination Stage, dir. Psalmayene 24                    
Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre,
   dir. Andrew Paul 
New York Stage & Film, dir. Carolyn Cantor      

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2017
2015
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2014
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2014
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2012
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2009

​Additional Experience and Achievements
Lean and Hungry Theater, Washington, DC, Education Coordinator (May 2012-July 2013)
·  Development of workshop curriculum and implementation
·  Outreach and communication with middle and high school administration and educators

Imagination Stage, Bethesda, MD, Artistic Directing Apprentice (2010-2011)
·  Read and reviewed script submissions and helped create the 2011-2012 production season
·  Ran all aspects of casting for the 2011-2012 equity season
·  Assisted in equity rehearsals, script workshops, and education programs

Powerhouse Theatre at New York Stage and Film, Poughkeepsie, NY, Directing Intern (Summer 2009)
·  Studied Soundpainting and directed several site specific pieces
·  Assisted resident dramaturg on numerous new scripts by playwrights including John Patrick Shanley and Regina Taylor as part of the New Works festivals

Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL, Literary Management Intern (2008)           
·  Performed dramaturgical work for the theatre’s 2008-2009 season
·  Assistant to Rick Elice and Marshall Brickman, playwrights for the new musical Turn of the Century (dir. Tommy Tune)

Stage Directors and Choreographers, New York, NY
·  Accepted into 2013-2014 SDC Observership Pool   
·  Accepted into 2016-2017 SDC Observership Pool   

Education 
New York University, New York City, NY (expected graduation Spring 2019)
· Masters in Theatre Education from Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (August 2010)
· Majors: B.A. in Theatre Arts and B.S. in Psychology

Powerhouse Directing Apprenticeship/New York Stage and Film, Poughkeepsie, NY (2009)
· Teachers including Tomi Tsunoda, Anthony Luciano, and Brian McManamon

Studio Theatre Directing Class, Washington, DC (2013-14)
· Taught by Joy Zinoman, Founding Artistic Director of the Studio Theatre

Theatre Lab, Washington, DC (2016) 
· Viewpoints taught by Marietta Hedges who was certified by Anne Bogart

**Winner of DCMetroTheatreArts Best of 2012: Best Director of a Play  
* Winner of the Capital Fringe Festival Best in Show and Best Comedy