Brandeis University's FreePlay Theatre Cooperative
About FreePlay
Mission Statement:
FreePlay aims to facilitate a safe, brave, supportive space and community for student theater makers to hone their craft together while creating innovative and experimental works of theatre. We support the creation of original student theatrical works and provide space and funding for new student work to be featured on Brandeis campus. We aim to bring together members of the wider Brandeis community to create theater and related programming that aligns with and promotes Brandeis' primary values of:
Social justice & transformation, diversity, inclusion, and education.
We believe in the power of theater as a conduit of these values and ideas.
Our Team
Ruthi Wasserman
Artistic Director
Ruthi is a junior majoring in Theatre Arts and Near Eastern and Judaic Studies. She is interested in directing experimental theatre that raises questions and pushes boundaries. Recent credits include The Chairs (Director, Freeplay Theatre Cooperative), Population 1 (Director, Freeplay Theatre Cooperative), The Tempest (Assistant Director, Brandeis Theater Department), Barefoot in the Park (Director, SUNY Purchase). Ruthi also does long-form improv with Crowd Control Improv! Come check out her shows!
Dara Anhouse
Production Manager
Dara is a sophomore majoring in History and HSSP, with a minor in East Asian Studies. She participated at Brandeis in the FreePlay production Anton Pavlovich's Garden Club as Trofimov and as Vladimir Mayakovsky in 10, 9, Too Late…Blast Off!. She has a background in dramaturgy, and looks forward to seeing great student-lead theater this year!
Emily Riordan
FreePlay RED Director
Emily is a senior majoring in English with a double minor in Politics and International Global Studies. She is interested in writing, performance, and visual art. She is currently working on a senior thesis on William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and an animated short film about Tudor era hunting and courtship.