“One of the great functions of art is to help us imagine what it is like to be not ourselves, what it is like to be someone or something else, what it is like to live in another skin, what it is like to live in another body, and in that sense to surpass ourselves, to go out beyond ourselves.”
-Adrienne Rich
Anna Hogan (she/her) is queer artist of Mexican and Irish parentage, born in Lubbock, TX.
Anna studied visual art and music and completed her BA in Musical Theatre.
Anna pursued her craft in New York City and found an artistic home at Rising Sun Performance Company where she served as Associate Artistic Director. Anna interned with the Administrative Director at the League of Professional Theatre Women, where she assisted with the the Oral History Project at Lincoln Center and the Theatre Women Awards.
Currently, Anna resides in New Mexico where she produces freelance productions, teaches workshops, and serves as Artistic Director of the Santa Fe Playhouse.This is a triumvirate model with fellow artistic directors David Stallings and Antonio Miniño.
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Santa Fe Playhouse staff: Colin Horde, Zoe Burke, David Stallings, Anna Hogan, Antonio Miniño, and Zac Goin.
Santa Fe Playhouse Artistic Director Team: Anna Hogan, David Stallings, and Antonio Miniño
Artist Statement
Anna is a director and performer with credits from New York City and West Texas.
Her work explores unconventional staging, technology and multimedia integrations, audience accessibility, and public programming that empowers audiences to engage further with theatrical themes. Anna strives to bring new perspectives to her audiences through thorough research, intentional interpretations, and insanely talented collaborators. She works to shape the theatrical productions of tomorrow.
Anna empowers her collaborators on and off stage with the freedom to create within the limits of budget, space, and time. Anna strives to create safe spaces where team members & actors can feel free and supported to take unconventional artistic risks in an effort to bring the work closer to audiences.
While Anna relishes the opportunity to bring a familiar story to our audiences, she finds immense artistic fulfillment delving into new and developing works. She cherishes the experience to work closely with playwrights and treats opportunity extreme intention and care. Anna seeks works that feature underrepresented themes and content — especially commentary on gender roles, underrepresented coming of age stories, and modern social experiences. Anna has helmed the free program Page to Stage in West Texas. It holds over 100 members that are educators, theater professionals, and community members. We have workshopped two new works within the mission of Page to Stage - LAREDO by Max Duane in 2022, and TRACKS by John Patrick Bray in 2023.
tl;dr Anna’s passion lies in developing new work, working closely with playwrights, and creating accessible live theater for modern audiences.
Anna M Hogan, Certified COVID-19 Compliance Officer
Certified by Health Education Services
Anna M Hogan
Rising Sun Performance Company’s Former Associate Artistic Director, Current Member
19 YEARS OF RAW, ENGAGING, THEATRICAL EXPERIENCES.
"RIVETING" "EXTRAORDINARY" "NOT TO BE MISSED" "PERFECT" "DELIGHTFUL"