Shana

Komitee

Shana Komitee teaches American and European theater history and theory and serves as the dramaturg for the Drama Division. After working for five years with ethnic conflict resolution groups in Northern Ireland and Israel/Palestine, Komitee returned to the U.S. to pursue an interdisciplinary MA/PhD at Harvard University in Near Eastern languages and civilizations and performance studies. She is the author of A Student’s Guide to Performance Studies and the text for the Juilliard Global Ventures Open Studios episode on Tony Kushner’s Angels in America, among other works. Komitee is a former New York City Urban Fellow and the recipient of a Wexner Fellowship and four Harvard University Derek Bok Certificates of Distinction for undergraduate teaching. Outside Juilliard, Komitee provides dramaturgy at theaters and museums throughout New York City, including most recently the Frick Collection, WP Theater, and the Manhattan Theatre Club.