Jodi Kanter is a theater artist whose work focuses on strengthening communities through performance. To this end, she has created theater in a wide variety of settings, including professional theaters, hospices, prisons, cultural centers, libraries, galleries, schools and other public spaces. She is an associate professor of theater at George Washington University, where she teaches acting and directing. Her book, Performing Loss: Rebuilding Community Through Theatre and Writing (Southern Illinois University Press, 2007) explores how communities can use performance to respond to shared experiences of grief. Jodi’s next directing project is “From Prison to Stage,” an evening of plays written by prisoners across the country to be performed at The Kennedy Center on September 5.
Jodi Kanter is a theater artist whose work focuses on strengthening communities through performance. To this end, she has created theater in a wide variety of settings, including professional theaters, hospices, prisons, cultural centers, libraries, galleries, schools and other public spaces. She is an associate professor of theater at George Washington University, where she teaches acting and directing. Her book, Performing Loss: Rebuilding Community Through Theatre and Writing (Southern Illinois University Press, 2007) explores how communities can use performance to respond to shared experiences of grief. Jodi’s next directing project is “From Prison to Stage,” an evening of plays written by prisoners across the country to be performed at The Kennedy Center on September 5. 
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