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About Ethan

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Ethan Thomas Dixon (He/Him/His) is a director and deviser. He attended Pace University where he received his BA in Directing and a minor in Peace and Justice Studies. He also studied at the Institute of the Arts Barcelona. He enjoys creating work and collaborating with other artists, whether that is through a devised process, like his work on A Real Doll, or through collaborating with a playwright.

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Ethan is a mutlifaceted artist who works to bring the totality of himself to his work, and encourages those around him to do the same. He is proudly part of the  LGBTQIA+ community and explores these themes in his work, through inclusion of more nonbinary actors and characters, queer centered stories, and explorations in gender expression. He is particularly enthralled in allowing queerness to exist not as the whole story but as one aspect of it. However, he isn’t afraid to address the struggles the community faces. He usually finds himself wanting to hold up a mirror to the audience, forcing them to address current affairs. He refuses to allow them to find bliss in escapism (even when he himself is wishing to tune it all out). The totality of our existence has become politicized, and it is a luxury to be able to ignore that. A luxury he refuses to award audiences. He instead wants to lure his audiences in, show them a truth. One way he finds exciting to lure in the audience is through magic and spectacle. He finds awe in creating literal magic on stage with spells, potions, and enchantments. He also loves theatrical magic and how it solves problems in unique ways; showing us things we never considered possible. One of the most magical parts of the theatre is how a community is formed at each performance. While the show is the same performance to performance it is also unique thanks to the community formed, with each unique audience. He loves to build this community up by using audience participation. By having the audience engage this way with a show he hopes to create a more personal and visceral impact. 

 

He is a collaborative director, who steers the ship towards a common goal while taking input from the humans around him. He recognizes that a show becomes whole thanks to each individual's contribution. Without them the show would not be the same. He encourages each person who enters the rehearsal room to bring their whole selves- their ideas, passions, experiences, emotions, identities, and personhood to help craft a complex and profound piece. He guides this work primarily through images. He is a lover of art and brings in that love into the rehearsal room. He brings forward paintings, statues, and other visual images that spark the creativity, emotions, and humanness in the work.

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