DeDe Jacobs-Komisar – Theater Director, Writer, Actress, Producer – New Haven, CT

DeDe Jacobs-Komisar is originally from Baltimore, where she co-founded the Jewish Theatre Workshop and ran JTTV Live!, an interactive teen theater program. While living in Israel, DeDe founded and led BamatMabat Theater Company and appeared in productions of Center Stage Theater and Jerusalem English-Speaking Theater. DeDe is on the advisory board of 24/6 Theater Company, and has been published in Bridges: Journal for Women and Home Planet News. She is currently pursuing an MFA in Theater Management at Yale School of Drama with the goal of founding a professional Jewish company. Current projects include an adaptation of Jewish King Lear for the Yale Cabaret, Where is the Woman – an exploration of women in Tanach through the midrashic poetry of Enid Dame, and the Jewish Women through the Ages Fashion Show, produced by Jewish Women’s Circle. DeDe lives with her husband and son in New Haven, CT.