Looking for the magic in the mundane
Revelations in human awkwardness
I design my shows to revel in the of being a human being. Things you may find in my work – a dinner scene performed flipped on its side, a lettuce eating contest or stability found in a bouncing ball. My aim is to create performances that cause people to come home to themselves and the magic in the mundane.
The deets:
Summer Shapiro writes, directs and performs theater productions that are fueled by a fascination with everyday life, turning it on its head and exploring the magical in the mundane. Since 2007 Shapiro’s original works have toured to San Francisco, Hawaii, Orlando, Los Angeles and New York. Shapiro’s Legs And All, costarring Peter Musante of Blue Man Group, won best in show at the 2010 FRIGID New York Festival; her solo show, In The Boudoir, shared the bill with Cirque Du Soliel star John Gilkey and headlined at the 2009 WOW Festival; Shapiro’s PANTS! The Best Show Ever sold out in the San Francisco and New York Clown Theater Festivals in 2008. She has been a company member and teaching artist with The Medea Project: Theater For Incarcerated Women as well as assistant director for the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival’s The Merry Wives Of Windsor. Shapiro has trained, performed and taught her craft in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Ireland, and has performed on the streets of Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Berlin. She holds a B.A. in acting from UCLA’s School of Theater, attended the Samuel Beckett School of Theater at Trinity College, Dublin and graduated from the Clown Conservatory in San Francisco.
