Wanda Strukus

Wanda Strukus (Chief Programming Officer, BCA) is a producer, multi-disciplinary artist, and teacher whose work focuses on ensemble-based, collaboratively created theater, dance, puppetry, and film/video.

She holds a PhD from Tufts University, where her research and practice centered on puppetry and masked performance, an MA from the University of Arizona with a playwriting focus, and a BA in Film Studies from Wesleyan University. Her theater and dance projects have appeared in theaters, galleries, parks, and abandoned buildings throughout New England and she has collaborated with The Revolving Museum, The Yellow Springs Theater Company, Shakespeare in the Valley, Artists for World Peace, Riverside Theatre Works, Another Country, Salem Theater Company, Chicago Women’s Theatre Alliance, and others. With Two Roads Performance Projects, she co-produced and curated the award-winning site-specific dance festival, Dance in the Fells, and creates public art projects across a wide range of media.

Her plays have been produced in Boston, Chicago, Tucson, Kalamazoo, Ruston, and Yellow Springs, and published by Dramatic Publishing and Grain Magazine.

She was the founding director of the BFA in Contemporary Theater at Boston Conservatory at Berklee and has taught and directed/choreographed at Northeastern University, Marlboro College, UMass Lowell, Boston College, and Clark University.

She is an alumna of the Jacob’s Pillow Choreographer/Director Lab, a recipient of a Green Street Studios Emerging Artist Award, and has served on the Medford Arts Council.  She performs and collaborates with Crabtree/Carabetta Collective and Two Roads Performance Projects.