Anita Maynard-Losh
ANITA MAYNARD-LOSH is the Director of Community Engagement for Arena Stage and leads the theater's education and outreach programs. She also directs Camp Arena Stage, the theater's multi-arts summer camp, and the Arena Stage Academy. Ms. Maynard-Losh trained and taught at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, was on the faculty at Webster University in St. Louis, headed the theater department at the University of Alaska Southeast, and was the associate artistic director of Perseverance Theatre in Juneau, Alaska where she directed eighteen mainstage productions. Ms. Maynard-Losh has been a theater educator for more than 30 years, and has taught all ages, from preschoolers to university students. The Alaska Native-inspired production of Macbeth that Ms. Maynard-Losh conceived and directed was performed in English and Tlingit at the National Museum of the American Indian as part of the Shakespeare in Washington Festival. Her essay, "The Tlingit Play: Macbeth and Native Americanism" was included in the book, Weyward Macbeth: Intersections of Race and Performance, published by Palgrave MacMillan. Ms. Maynard-Losh has directed readings and workshops of new plays at Arena Stage and the Kennedy Center. She has been an assistant director, dialect coach and vocal consultant on numerous productions at Arena Stage and was the dialect coach on a new interpretation of the musical Ragtime, both at the Kennedy Center and on Broadway. Bio as of April, 2011. American Theatre Wing programs, interviews and/or credits include: In The Wings (video) Director of Community Engagement - April, 2011 - Watch now. Internet Broadway Database Listing (IBDB.com)