RESUME
UPCOMING PROJECTS
AFFILIATIONS
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Roundabout Directors Group | Cohort Six (2024-2025)
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Horticulture Playwrights Fellowship | Directing Fellow (2021 - 2022)
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Arena Stage (DC) | Allen Lee Hughes Directing Fellow (2019-2020)
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AMS Planning & Research | Project Analyst (Contracted 2020 - 2022)
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4615 Theatre Company | Producing Director (2017-Present)
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Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics | Artistic Apprentice (2018- 2019)
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Kennedy Center Dramaturgy and Directing Intensive | Directing Alumnus (2018)
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Yayasan Bali Purnati | Resident Artist (June 2017)
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Ragdale Foundation | Fellow (August 2017)
DIRECTING
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The Chinese Lady by Lloyd Suh; American Stage Company
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Sometimes the Rain, Sometimes the Sea by Julia Izumi; Rorschach Theatre; DC Premiere
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American Spies by Sam Hamashima; The Parsnip Ship; Audio/Podcast
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Pericles by William Shakespeare; adapted by Alec Wild & Gregory Keng Strasser, directed by Gregory Keng Strasser; Academy @ Shakespeare Theatre Company
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The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller; adapted and directed by Gregory Keng Strasser - World Premiere; Shenandoah University
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Les Mamelles de Tiresias by Poulenc; co-directed with Alison Moritz; Peabody Opera Theatre; Full production
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Hin und Zuruck by Hindemith; Peabody Opera Theatre; Full production
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Paperless Pulp Series 2; Flying V; Radio/Podcast - Voice Director
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Episode 1: Vlad Ash by Navi
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Episode 2: Cyri, No! by Alexandra Petri
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Episode 3: Starchild Diaries by Seamus Sullivan
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The Peachlanders by Lyra Yang; Horticulture Playwrights Workshop; Staged Reading
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Miku, and the Gods by Julia Izumi; Rorschach Theatre; Workshop
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Scuttlebutt, Confirmed by Robert Montenegro; Catholic University of America; World Premiere
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The Infinite Tales adapted from Marie Heaney, others; 4615 Theatre; World Premiere
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Doi Nang Non - conceived with SJ Rachel; The Core + others; Workshop Production
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The Odyssey trans. Emily Wilson; Brighton Center for the Performing Arts; Production - World Premiere
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410[GONE] by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig; Rorschach Theatre Company; Full Production - DC Premiere
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Oplontis: A Roman Tragedy by Sophie Herried; The Core/Industrious; Workshop
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The Odyssey trans. Emily Wilson; Lab for Global Performance/Politics; Workshop
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Performing the Anthropocene; Lab for Global Performance/Politics; Production
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Derangements arranged by Derek Goldman; Lab for Global Performance/Politics; Staged Reading
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Bleecker Street by Eric Grant; The Kennedy Center; Workshop & Staged Reading
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The Osiriyan Tales adapted from Richard Wilkinson; Yayasan Bali Purnati; Workshop
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The Infinite Tales adapted from Marie Heaney; The Core; Workshop
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The White Snake by Mary Zimmerman; Mosaic Theatre of Ann Arbor & The University of Michigan; Full Production
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Grand Concourse by Heidi Schreck; Basement Arts
Production - Regional Premiere -
Tribes by Nina Raine; Rude Mechanicals, University of Michigan
Production - Regional Premiere -
Istanbul by Stuart Richardson, Basement Arts
Production - World Premiere
WRITING
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The 51st State, "Go" for Arena Stage
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May 22, 2020, "The Heart's Rage" for Arena Stage
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Big Snow for Adventure Theatre-MTC
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Rep Us All for Rorschach Theatre
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Dark City (with Aria Velz) for 4615 Theatre
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The Infinite Tales (adaptation)
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4615 Theatre Company (World Premiere)
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Kennedy Center Page-to-Stage (Staged Reading)
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The Odyssey (adaptation)
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Brighton Center for the Performing Arts (World Premiere)
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Odin Teatret (Workshop)
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Lab for Global Performance and Politics (Workshop)
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VIDEO GAME DIRECTING
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Dark City by Gregory Keng Strasser and Aria Velz; RenPy
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Terminal by Gregory Keng Strasser (2017); Twine
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The Telemachy by Gregory Keng Strasser (2017); RenPy
PRODUCING
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Producing Director at 4615 Theatre Company:
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4615GO Programs
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BIPOC Emerging Theatre Leaders Forum
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Old Soul by Jordan Friend (dir: Otis Ramsey-Zoe:)
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It's For You by Britt Willis
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Enron by Lucy Prebble (dir: Jordan Friend)
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Betrayal by Harold Pinter (dir: Stevie Zimmerman)
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Venus in Fur by David Ives (dir: Stevie Zimmerman)
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Macbeth by Shakespeare (dir: Jordan Friend)
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Dinner by Moira Buffini (dir: Stevie Zimmerman)
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Waxing West by Saviana Stanescu (dir: Jordan Friend)
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Theatre Programming and Producing Assistant and Intern at The Kennedy Center
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In the Heights by Q. Hughes & L. Miranda (dir: Stephanie Klemons)
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Chess with a new book by Danny Strong (dir: Michael Mayer)
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ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE DIRECTING
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Long Way Down adapted from the novel by Jason Reynolds by Khiyon Dursey and Dahlak Brathwaite (dir: Ken-Matt Martin); Olney Theatre Center; Production; World Premiere
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Nancy by Rhiana Yazzie (dir: Ken-Matt Martin); Mosaic Theatre; Production; World Premiere
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King of the Yees by Lauren Yee (dir: Jennifer Chang); Signature Theatre; Production
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The Dragon King's Daughter by Marcus Yi (dir: Chongren Fan); The Kennedy Center; Workshop & World Premiere
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Angels in America: Millennium Approaches by Tony Kushner (dir: János Szász); Arena Stage; Production
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L'inganno Felice by Rossini (original dir: Ella Marchment); Opera Festival of Chicago; Revival
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Celia and Fidel by Eduardo Machado (dir: Molly Smith); Arena Stage; Production
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A Thousand Splendid Suns adapted by Ursula R. Sarna (dir: Carey Perloff); Arena Stage, ACT-San Francisco; Production
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Right to be Forgotten by Sharyn Rothstein (dir: Seema Sueko); Arena Stage; World Premiere
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A Departure by Daria Miyeko Marinelli (dir: Jesca Prudencio); The Kennedy Center, Workshop & Staged Reading
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Trayf by Lindsay Joelle (dir: Derek Goldman); Theatre J
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The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekov (dir: Daniel Cantor); Associate Director; UV Theatre Project; Production
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The Living Lakes devised by Anita Gonzalez & Joel Valentin-Martinez; The Global Midwest; Production - World Premiere
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The Little Mermaid by Menken/Ashman (dir: Linda Goodrich); University of Michigan; Production
AWARDS
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DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Fellowship, 2024
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DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Fellowship, 2023
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DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Fellowship, 2022
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DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Fellowship, 2021
Hannah Ervin Photography
Email: gk.strasser@gmail.com
Phone: 248-535-0316
Dark City character art for Juda and Paaya by Sara Eskandari
Concept and writing by Gregory Keng Strasser
Mask painting with Ida Bagus Anom Suryawan
Photo by Aaron Hussein
Directing actors Yasmin Tuazon and Sebastian Amoruso
Photo by Andreq Quilpa
Back in the acting/performing days with actor Marisa Cicurel. Neil Simon's Rumors
Photo by Ashley DuBois
Directing the fantastic undergraduate acting majors at Shenandoah University.
Photo by Laurel Hinton