Christina Casano

Christina Casano (she/her) is a theatre artist based in Chicago. Her training includes a BA in Theatre from Miami University, Victory Gardens Theater’s Director’s Inclusion Initiative, and the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey’s Summer Professional Training Program. Selected directing credits: I Build Giants, Poison (The Plagiarists), Henry IV Part 1 (Starling Shakespeare), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Stone Soup Shakespeare), Plaid As Hell (Babes With Blades), Socks & Co. (workshop, Eclectic Full Contact Theatre), Work in Progress (workshop, The Plagiarists) How To Murder… (workshop, Bramble Theatre), Blood of My Mother’s (workshop, Wayward Sisters), Deep Shadows (audio drama, EFCT). Other favorite projects: Short Shakes! Romeo & Juliet (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), Some Like It Red (The Plagiarists), How To Defend Yourself (Victory Gardens), Bury Me (Dandelion Theatre), The Light Fantastic (Jackalope Theatre). www.cmrcasano.com

Where did you grow up? I was born and raised in Toledo, Ohio, and went to college in Ohio, so I am a very Midwestern gal.