Ashley Steed

regional managing editor

Ashley Steed is a theatre maker (primarily as a director, performer and creative producer) and educator. She recently moved to Dublin, Ireland from Los Angeles where she was a member of the award winning Son of Semele Ensemble and ran her own company, The Visceral City Project, which devised new works. Her practice focuses on new writing, immersive and site responsive work, and devised and physical theatre. Ashley holds a BA in Theatre from the University of Southern California (USC) and an MA in Theatre and Performance from Queen Mary, University of London. Her master's dissertation focused on the role of play in the re-creation of risk, uncertainty and tension in immersive and participatory work. She also taught Contemporary Theatre at USC.