Louisa Proske

Birth Place: New York

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Louisa Proske brings her talent for creating vivid theatrical worlds, her raw passion and her attention to detail to her productions in opera, classical theatre, and contemporary drama. She is the proud Founding Co-Artistic Director of Heartbeat Opera. Her work has received raves in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, Opera News, and other publications. Opera productions include Agrippina (Lincoln Center debut/ Juilliard), Così fan tutte (LoftOpera), Carmen, Lucia di Lammermoor, Daphnis & Chloé (Heartbeat Opera), Falstaff (Dell’Arte Opera), Gianni Schicchi, Riders to the Sea, La Voix Humaine (Yale Opera); Invisible Cities (world premiere, Italian Academy New York). Theatre includes peerless (nominated for a Berkshire Theatre Award for Outstanding Direction), Gaslight, This and Engagements (all Barrington Stage Company), One Day When We Were Young (Assembly, Edinburgh), ‘Tis Pity She’s A Whore (The Tank), Cymbeline and As You Like It (Yale Drama), and Macbeth (European tour).
Louisa is an alumna of the Drama League Director’s Project. She holds an MFA in Directing from Yale School of Drama, and she is on faculty at Maggie Flanigan Studio teaching Shakespeare Acting and Script Analysis. More info: www.louisaproske.com
Upcoming: La Bohème (Pittsburgh Festival Opera), The White Devil (Red Bull Theater)

Louisa Proske Productions

 
[Off-Broadway, 2019]
Director

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Detroit Opera Reveals 2024-25 Season

Detroit Opera has announced its 2024–25 Opera and Dance seasons. Learn more about the full lineup here!

Heartbeat Opera Announces Titles for SPRING FEST 2024

Heartbeat Opera returns to Baruch Performing Arts Center with its Spring Festival from April 2-14, 2024. 

THE WHOLE OF TIME, Argentinian Play Inspired by THE GLASS MENAGERIE, Extends Run at Torn Page

Joben Productions has extended the U.S. premiere of The Whole of Time by celebrated Argentinian playwright Romina Paula in a translation by Jean Graham-Jones to February 11. 

THE WHOLE OF TIME, Inspired By The Glass Menagerie, to be Staged In Townhouse in December

Discover the U.S. premiere of 'THE WHOLE OF TIME' by Romina Paula, inspired by 'The Glass Menagerie' and staged in a private townhouse for 22 people. Dec 28 - Jan 27.

Ensemble Studio Theatre Extends REDWOOD By Brittany K. Allen

Ensemble Studio Theatre (Estefanía Fadul and Graeme Gillis, CoArtistic Directors) has extended REDWOOD, by Brittany K. Allen and directed by EST member artist Mikhaela Mahony, until Saturday, November 18.

Ensemble Studio Theatre's REDWOOD Set to Begin Previews This Week

Ensemble Studio Theatre will begin performances for REDWOOD by Brittany K. Allen and directed by EST member artist Mikhaela Mahony on Wednesday, October 18.

Heartbeat Opera Reveals Lineup For 10th Anniversary 2023-24 Season

New York's Heartbeat Opera has announced its Tenth Anniversary Season in 2023-24. Learn more about the full upcoming season here!

Ensemble Studio Theatre Announces Casting For REDWOOD By Brittany K. Allen

Ensemble Studio Theatre (Estefanía Fadul and Graeme Gillis, Co-Artistic Directors) has announced complete casting for their season opener, REDWOOD by Youngblood alum Brittany K. Allen and directed by EST member artist Mikhaela Mahony. Get the full casting information here!

Cast Set for Brittany K. Allen's REDWOOD at Ensemble Studio Theatre

Ensemble Studio Theatre has revealed the complete cast for their season opener, REDWOOD by Youngblood alum Brittany K. Allen and directed by EST member artist Mikhaela Mahony.

Ensemble Studio Theatre Unveils Exciting Lineup for the 2023-24 Season

Get a sneak peek into the highly anticipated 2023-24 season at Ensemble Studio Theatre, featuring an impressive lineup of plays and events that are sure to captivate theater enthusiasts. Find out what to expect and mark your calendars for an unforgettable theatrical experience.

Heartbeat Opera Announces 2022-2023 Season With Radical Reimaginings Of 3 Classics

New York's Heartbeat Opera has announced its ninth season in 2022-23. 

Javier Daulte's ARE YOU THERE? A COMEDY ABOUT LOVE, DEATH AND THE SUPERNATURAL Announces Industry Reading

JBR Productions, LLC will present three industry readings (by invitation only) of Are You There?, a comedy about love, death, and the supernatural, written and directed by Javier Daulte and starring Josefina Scaro and Ben Becher.

BWW Interview: Heartbeat Opera's Ethan Heard Brings FIDELIO To Current Times

Heartbeat Opera’s tour of FIDELIO lands at The Broad Stage February 26th and 27th. Heartbeat’s artistic director Ethan Heard directs Beethoven’s 1814 masterpiece re-imagined and re-orchestrated for the era of Black Lives Matter. I had the chance to throw a few queries out to Ethan on his timely and unique project that he also adapted and co-wrote.

Bard SummerScape Will Stream Chausson's KING ARTHUR on World Opera Day

One of the crowning glories of the 2021 Bard SummerScape season, the festival's lauded production of Ernest Chausson's only opera, King Arthur (“Le roi Arthus”), will be available for on-demand viewing from October 25 to November 1 on the Fisher Center's streaming service, UPSTREAMING.

Heartbeat Opera Announces 2021-2022 Season

HEARTBEAT OPERA will return to the in-person stage for its eighth season this year.  Heartbeat's 2021-22 season kicks off in September with a free outdoor screening of BREATHING FREE, their visual album that connects Beethoven's Fidelio with the work of Black composers and lyricists such as Harry T. Burleigh, Langston Hughes, and Anthony Davis.

KING ARTHUR to Open Sunday, July 25 at Bard SummerScape

Opening Sunday, July 25, Ernest Chausson’s only opera, King Arthur (“Le roi Arthus”), will receive its long overdue first fully staged American production at Bard SummerScape.

Heartbeat Opera Announces Company Changes, Including Derrell Acon As Associate Artistic Director

Heartbeat Opera has announced that starting July 1, 2021, bass-baritone Derrell Acon will become the company's first Associate Artistic Director. Acon will also serve part-time on the West Coast at Long Beach Opera as their Associate Artistic Director and Chief Impact Officer.

Chausson's Opera Presents KING ARTHUR Fully Staged U.S. Premiere, Live At Bard SummerScape

Committed since its inception to reviving important but neglected operas, Bard SummerScape has long proven itself “an indispensable part of the summer operatic landscape” (Musical America). This year's immersion in “Nadia Boulanger and Her World” presents the long overdue first fully staged American production of King Arthur (“Le roi Arthus”), the only opera by Boulanger's compatriot and close contemporary Ernest Chausson.

BARD SUMMERSCAPE Is Back with Adventurous Lineup of Live Performances in New York's Hudson Valley

Bard SummerScape returns to live performance with a wide-ranging and adventurous lineup this summer. Staged for limited in-person audiences, the 2021 season presents the 31st Bard Music Festival, “Nadia Boulanger and Her World,” which pays tribute to one of the most important female figures in classical music history.

Bard SummerScape Announces Live Programming With a Concert Directed by Daniel Fish, a Pam Tanowitz World Premiere & More

Staged for limited in-person audiences, the 2021 season presents the 31st Bard Music Festival, “Nadia Boulanger and Her World,” which pays tribute to one of the most important female figures in classical music history; the first fully staged American production of King Arthur (Le roi Arthus), and more.

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