Ariana Moses

Ariana Moses
Temporary Instructor, Theatre
mosesa24@ecu.edu
252-328-6390
Messick Theatre Arts Center
Mail Stop 553
East Carolina University

Ariana Moses (she/her) is an accomplished theatre-maker, director, and educator who has spent much of her twenty-year career exploring the interplay between art and education.

She has been privileged to work with theatres around the country including Seattle Children’s Theatre, Jean’s Playhouse, Children’s Theatre Company, LEAP NYC, Metro Theater Company, and the White Plains Performing Arts Center (WPPAC), among others. As Director of Education at WPPAC, she grew a burgeoning department into a multi-faceted, award-winning program by developing and expanding educational and community engagement offerings. During her six-year tenure, she produced, directed, and/or designed over 30 productions and taught hundreds of classes. Currently, Ariana is the Education Director at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park where she oversees in-school and out-of-school theatre education programs for Pre-K to grade 12 and adults, teaches classes and residencies, directs touring TYA productions, and oversees the Teaching Artist Training Fellowship Program. In addition to teaching at ECU, she is also on faculty at Xavier University in Cincinnati.

Ariana holds a Bachelor of Arts from Sarah Lawrence College, a Master of Arts in Teaching from Chatham University, and a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre for Youth from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.