Anne Ciarlone (they/them) is a New York City based director, producer, and arts administrator interested in theatre as a means of community organizing and activism.
Since moving to New York in 2010, Anne has developed a diverse theatrical toolbox with experience in directing, producing, fundraising and event management, company management and AEA stage management. Anne is proud to have worked on a breadth of projects with companies like Soho Rep, Theatre for a New Audience, Transport Group, Fiasco Theater, The York Theatre, the cell, and The Drama League.
In 2016 Anne founded The Pantry Reading Lab with Brian Reager; as Co-Artistic Directors, Anne and Brian curate and produce reading labs developing the work of emerging playwrights and theatre makers. In their 2016-inaugural season, Anne directed a one-night-only benefit performance of Ruby Rae Spiegel's Dry Land , which raised over $300 for Planned Parenthood.
Anne is also a co-founder of Shuga Pie Supreme with Charles Quittner; since 2017 Shuga Pie Supreme has made theatre out of fleeting trifles and pizza parties with queer bends. For Shuga Pie, Anne has produced It’s Cymbeline ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ at The Brick, He Hurt Himself in His Confusion at The Glove, The Goodbye Party, and directed Their food tastes better when they see us starving (or, Coriolanus) and Coriolanus: The Midterm Election Extravaganza, and the Boscoe Barles Bestival at The Brick.
Anne is the recipient of the Marymount Manhattan College's Gold Key in Directing Award and graduated magna cum laude in 2014. In addition to theatre-making, Anne enjoys playing soccer, singing , writing, and binge watching the next best TV show.
Anne has been on staff at Theatre Communications Group since 2017 and currently serves as Manager of Event Production playing a key role in producing TCG's National Conferences and events. In 2019 they took their passion for organizing all the way to Washington to advocate for arts education and funding on Capitol Hill. In 2021 they were on the producing team of the first ever segment of TCG programming dedicated to centering and uplifting theatre artists 30 and under, which was written about in American Theatre magazine.
Since moving to New York in 2010, Anne has developed a diverse theatrical toolbox with experience in directing, producing, fundraising and event management, company management and AEA stage management. Anne is proud to have worked on a breadth of projects with companies like Soho Rep, Theatre for a New Audience, Transport Group, Fiasco Theater, The York Theatre, the cell, and The Drama League.
In 2016 Anne founded The Pantry Reading Lab with Brian Reager; as Co-Artistic Directors, Anne and Brian curate and produce reading labs developing the work of emerging playwrights and theatre makers. In their 2016-inaugural season, Anne directed a one-night-only benefit performance of Ruby Rae Spiegel's Dry Land , which raised over $300 for Planned Parenthood.
Anne is also a co-founder of Shuga Pie Supreme with Charles Quittner; since 2017 Shuga Pie Supreme has made theatre out of fleeting trifles and pizza parties with queer bends. For Shuga Pie, Anne has produced It’s Cymbeline ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ at The Brick, He Hurt Himself in His Confusion at The Glove, The Goodbye Party, and directed Their food tastes better when they see us starving (or, Coriolanus) and Coriolanus: The Midterm Election Extravaganza, and the Boscoe Barles Bestival at The Brick.
Anne is the recipient of the Marymount Manhattan College's Gold Key in Directing Award and graduated magna cum laude in 2014. In addition to theatre-making, Anne enjoys playing soccer, singing , writing, and binge watching the next best TV show.
Anne has been on staff at Theatre Communications Group since 2017 and currently serves as Manager of Event Production playing a key role in producing TCG's National Conferences and events. In 2019 they took their passion for organizing all the way to Washington to advocate for arts education and funding on Capitol Hill. In 2021 they were on the producing team of the first ever segment of TCG programming dedicated to centering and uplifting theatre artists 30 and under, which was written about in American Theatre magazine.