Director––Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
Other Theatres: American Players Theatre, Actors’ Theatre of Louisville, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Clarence Brown Theatre, Denver Center Theatre, Great Lakes Theater, Gulfshore Playhouse, Guthrie Theater, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Mixed Blood, Pittsburgh Public Theater, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis, Syracuse Stage, United Solo Festival, NY among others
Other Credits: Resident Director, Guthrie Theater; Associate Artistic Director, Indiana Repertory Theatre; Associate Artistic Director, Kansas City Repertory Theatre; Artistic Director, Shakespeare Santa Cruz; Artistic Director, LAUNCH PAD at UC Santa Barbara (since 2005)
Awards: Santa Barbara Independent Awards for “Timon of Athens”, “The Dinosaur Within”, “Stupid F****iing Bird”, “36 Views”; SALT Award for Best Direction “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the NIght-Time”; United Solo Festival: Best Direction for “That Wonder Boy” and Best Production for “A” Train; Northern Ohio Live Award for “Julius Caesar”
Teaching Credits: Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara (since 2004)
Education: BFA Carnegie-Mellon University
Professional Affiliations: SDC, National Theatre Conference, The College of Fellows of the American Theatre
Website: risabrainin.com
Facebook: @risabrainin