Noam Shapiro is a New York-based director and the Producing Artistic Director of Three Hares, a company that produces political and socially engaged theater. He is a member of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab, a Manhattan Theatre Club Directing Fellow, a Drama League First Draft Resident Artist, and a resident artist at Access Theater. Noam’s interpretation of Rachel Portman’s The Little Prince was selected as one of four finalists for OPERA America’s Robert L.B. Tobin Director-Designer Showcase and will be presented at Opera Conference 2019 in San Francisco. Recent directing credits include The Laramie Project (Johns Hopkins University), Gonzo (LaGuardia Performing Arts Center), Little League (NY Frigid Festival), Speaking as Then (Columbia University), The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (Lyra Theater), and It Takes a Village (The Tank). In New York, Noam has developed work with Ensemble Studio Theatre, The Barrow Group, The Lark, New Dramatists, The Brick, Dixon Place and Fresh Ground Pepper. He has also enjoyed assisting directors at The New Group, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Keen Company, The Pearl Theatre, and Transport Group, and observing directors at Theatre for a New Audience, SoHo Rep/Ars Nova, and Elevator Repair Service. Upcoming: Paulo K Tiról’s song cycle On This Side of the World (Access Theater). Gratitude to Stephen and Mary. BA Yale. noamshapiro.com