ShaheenVaaz
Director, Educator, Actor, Los Angeles CA
PROFESSIONAL
East West Players, June and December 2013
Cowgirls by Neelanjana Bannerjee, Pink Shadows by Jyoti Dugal
Staged Workshops, David Henry Hwang Writers Workshops
East West Players, September – October 2011
A Widow of No Importance by Shane Sakhrani
LA Times Critics Choice, Ovation Recommended
"Director Shaheen Vaaz isn't afraid to go big with the comedy." -- Charlotte Stroudt, LA Times
"Under the fine direction of Vaaz, the comedy is non-stop." -- Hoyt Hilsman, Backstage
Japan American National Museum, January 2011
Letters from my Mother by Kanthi Salgadu
Staged Workshop for Coalition Against Slavery and Trafficking
East West Players, December 2010
A Widow of No Importance by Shane Sakhrani
Bare Bones Workshop
California Institute of the Arts, October 2010
Devi: The Untold Story by Ensemble (MFA, BFA actors), Self
Epic Theatre Ensemble, NYC, Summer 2008
Shakespeare Remix: Students Re-interpret the Master
LaGuardia Community College
Epic Theatre Ensemble, NYC, Summer 2007
Antigone-in-Progress by Ensemble
Fordham College
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, November 2006
Arabian Nights by Ensemble (MFA, BFA actors) and Self
Japan American Cultural Center, Summer 2006
Uncharted: The True Story of the Journey of Two Women
Artwallah Festival-- The South Asian Immigrant Experience
Highways Performance Space, Summer 2005, 2006
Desifactor: Performances by Spoken Word Artists
Youthwallah Mentoring Program
Directing
SECONDARY SCHOOL DIRECTING
Our Town Thornton Wilder 2010
Ask Me Anything Ensemble 2010
Arabian Nights Mary Zimmerman 2009
The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde 2008
The Tempest Shakespeare 2008
West Side Story Laurents, Sondheim 2008
Twelve Angry Women Reginald Rose 2007
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Shakespeare 2007
The Women Clare Booth Luce 2006
With Their Eyes Annie Thoms 2006
Fiddler on the Roof Bock, Harnick, Stein 2006
Masterpieces Hicks, Goldberg, Piehler 2005
The House of Bernarda Alba Federico Garcia Lorca 2005
The Syringa Tree Pamela Gien 2004