Luan Schooler
Luan Schooler
Artistic Director
Luan Schooler joined Artists Rep in 2015 as Director of New Play Development, commissioning and premiering work with Yussef El Guindi (THE TALENTED ONES), Larissa FastHorse (THE THANKSGIVING PLAY), Hansol Jung (WOLF PLAY), Kareem Fahmy (AMERICAN FAST), and Diana Burbano (SAPIENCE). She also commissioned work from E.M. Lewis, Dael Orlandersmith, Ethan Slater & Nick Blaemire, Linda Alper, Andrea Stolowitz, Anthony Hudson, and more. Additionally, she was dramaturg for the Play On! translation of HAMLET by Lisa Peterson, developed E.M. Lewis’s STRANGE BIRDS and Linda Alper’s SHANGHAI at the UCSB Launch Pad, and worked with Regan Linton and M. Graham Smith on FDR’S VERY HAPPY HOUR at the Off-Center in Denver. At Artists Rep, she’s directed the world premiere of THE THANKSGIVING PLAY, A DOLLS HOUSE, PART 2, THE CHILDREN, THE STRANGE UNDOING OF PRUDENCIA HART, TRUE STORY, THE EVENT! and THE BED TRICK. She is the Artistic Director for Artists Rep.