DARA MALINA
Dara Malina is a director of theatre, opera, performance, and film. She often makes politically-driven, art-forward, collaboratively-created or playwright-driven performance, and reinvents classic works while investigating avant-garde movements through a contemporary feminist lens. Most recently, she directed Jake Brasch’s ENDOGAMY and THE RESERVOIR at Ensemble Studio Theater; and Alexis Roblan’s SAMUEL, an audio play and walk-through experience at The Tank, which NY Magazine’s Helen Shaw called, “deliciously lurid.” Dara continues to work with composer/creator Steph Singer on VIOLET DISRUPTION, a new operatic rave experience for survivors of sexual violence; and an opera adaptation of Clarice Lispector’s THE PASSION ACCORDING TO G.H. (Mabou Mines RAP 2019) with composer Lacy Rose. She is a 22/23 Clubbed Thumb Directing Fellow currently developing COACH COACH with playwright Bailey Williams to be presented in a workshop setting January 2023. In May 2023, Dara directs THE ARTWORK OF THE FUTURE, a new opera by Eric Moe and Rob Handel, produced by Fresh Squeezed Opera. MFA, Columbia University School of the Arts. Member: Ensemble Studio Theatre, New Georges Affiliated Artist.
