Assistant Professor of Practice, Playwriting/Directing
Bio
Alexandra Bassiakou Shaw creates and performs new work. She is Co-Producing Artistic Director of Austin-based theatre collective Rude Mechs and Producing Artistic Director of UTNT (UT New Theatre). M.F.A., Columbia University.
What do you enjoy most about being a part of UT Theatre and Dance?
The biennial Cohen New Works Festival.
What is your favorite thing about Austin?
CRASHBOX, porch time, Barton Springs under a full moon, Fusebox Festival, Mozart's light show, papas egg and cheese and scootering at night!
Areas of Expertise
Contemporary performance: directing, collaborative creation, dramaturgy and embodiment
Classes
Spectacle, Playwriting Workshop, Viewpoints, Production Process, Directing Fundamentals
Recent Work
- Anthropocene (Performa/Dance, Ballet Austin 2025) - Co-Creator, Director and Librettist
- Our Town by Thornton Wilder (Rude Mechs, 2024) - Performer
- Contranyms by Rude Mechs (Fusebox Festival, 2023) - Co-Creator and performer
- Decapitations by Megan Tabaque (Premiere, Salvage Vanguard Theatre, 2023) - Director
- The Cold Record (Performance Philosophy Biennial, 2024; Under the Radar Festival, 2019; Darwin Festival, 2022; Brisbane Festival, 2019; Harbourfront Brave Festival, 2019; Fusebox Festival, 2019) - Director
- Not Every Mountain (Guthrie Theater, 2018; Pivot Festival, 2018; Fusebox Festival, 2019) - Performer
Alexandra Bassiakou Shaw creates and performs new work. She is Co-Producing Artistic Director of Austin-based theatre collective Rude Mechs and Producing Artistic Director of UTNT (UT New Theatre). M.F.A., Columbia University.
What do you enjoy most about being a part of UT Theatre and Dance?
The biennial Cohen New Works Festival.
What is your favorite thing about Austin?
CRASHBOX, porch time, Barton Springs under a full moon, Fusebox Festival, Mozart's light show, papas egg and cheese and scootering at night!
Contemporary performance: directing, collaborative creation, dramaturgy and embodiment
Spectacle, Playwriting Workshop, Viewpoints, Production Process, Directing Fundamentals
- Anthropocene (Performa/Dance, Ballet Austin 2025) - Co-Creator, Director and Librettist
- Our Town by Thornton Wilder (Rude Mechs, 2024) - Performer
- Contranyms by Rude Mechs (Fusebox Festival, 2023) - Co-Creator and performer
- Decapitations by Megan Tabaque (Premiere, Salvage Vanguard Theatre, 2023) - Director
- The Cold Record (Performance Philosophy Biennial, 2024; Under the Radar Festival, 2019; Darwin Festival, 2022; Brisbane Festival, 2019; Harbourfront Brave Festival, 2019; Fusebox Festival, 2019) - Director
- Not Every Mountain (Guthrie Theater, 2018; Pivot Festival, 2018; Fusebox Festival, 2019) - Performer
Contact Information
Email address
alexbass@
617-571-8445
WIN B.104C