Lesley Schisgall Currier '84
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Lesley Schisgall Currier ‘84
Actor, Arts Administrator, Arts Educator, Arts Patron, Arts Supporter, Dancer, Director, Playwright, Producer, Writer
Me in 50 words or less:
Lesley Currier is the Managing Director and co-founder of Marin Shakespeare Company, and founder of Shakespeare for Social Justice, the largest provider of Shakespeare in prison programs in the world.
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Department: Religion
Certificate(s): Dance, Theater
Bio
Lesley Currier is the Managing Director and co-founder of Marin Shakespeare Company, and founder of Shakespeare for Social Justice, the largest provider of Shakespeare in prison programs in the world. She is an actor, director, educator, and writer. Lesley is Past President of the Shakespeare Theatre Association, was elected to the Marin Women's Hall of Fame, and is the recipient of the Burbage Award for excellence in Shakespeare production from the American Shakespeare Center. Lesley received the Frances LeMoyne Page Theatre Prize from Princeton University in 1984.
Featured Project(s) and Video(s)
Visit the Marin Shakespeare Company YouTube channel to see videos including over 50 performances by incarcerated actors in California State Prisons.
Social Media
Website: http://www.marinshakespeare.org