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Roxanna Myhrum is a producer and director of opera and theater. She originally trained as a stage actor and benefited from intensive conservatory-style training from ages 9 to 17 at The Drama Studio in her hometown of Springfield, MA. As a young actress, Roxanna performed all over New England with regional theaters, touring Shakespeare companies, and puppetry troupes. She balanced her theatrical studies with rigorous academic work, and went on to attend Harvard University. While at Harvard, Roxanna directed Shakespearian and Greek plays as well as Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. After working professionally in documentary production (frequently under the mentorship of Emmy Award-winning production designer Katha Seidman), Roxanna refocused her career on theater. She joined Boston Opera Collaborative in January 2007 as a staff director, and assistant directed/choreographed BOC's production of {Hansel and Gretel}. Entranced with opera and eager to explore more repertoire, Roxanna co-wrote (and later, directed) {The Countess of Seville}, an opera scene-and-text adaptation of the {Figaro} trilogy that explored Rosina Almaviva’s life story. Roxanna was later appointed to the BOC board of directors and to date she has worked on staff for 9 BOC productions (directing credits include food-themed scenes for BOC's gala, Rossini’s {La Cambiale di Matrimonio}, and Robert Ward’s {The Crucible}—praised as “high craft” by the {Boston Globe}). Recently Roxanna discovered her passion for staging new works and working with distinctive communities to develop innovative theater. She is a regular collaborator on shows-in-development at the National Puppetry Conference (held annually at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center). In 2008 she produced {username: FAUST}, a multi-media exploration of the Faust legend that utilized a cast of actors with disabilities (including a Lucifer who only spoke in opera quotes). Last spring she directed the premier of Matthew Vest’s opera {The Hourglass} (based on the novel by Danilo Kis) for Juventas! New Music Ensemble. Currently she is on the production team for an NIH-commissioned play about evolution ({From Orchids to Octopi: An Evolutionary Love Story}) for Underground Railway Theater; she will tour with the production this spring. Ms. Myhrum is extremely grateful to BOC for providing her with the opportunity to learn more about the power and contemporary relevance of opera, and is in awe of the multi-talented singers who hold this company together. rox.myhrum@gmail.com 65ddfe6d5d142bd15fd6095a21f05f09a038c0a4 52 false roxanna.myhrum 857-753-8721 Roxanna Myhrum Community Partnerships Chair 5518319600.520808535454617 true Director http://www.roxannamyhrum.com 617-496-8554