Shira Weiss (she/her) is originally from Orlando, FL. Her backgrounds in both dance and theatre led her to Northeastern University, where she is currently a fourth year theatre major. Her artistic credits include: creating and codirecting an original, interview-based, digital interactive play How to Survive a Pandemic, which won the Lux, Veritas, Virtus award at RISE; assistant movement directing Northeastern University’s production of The Bacchae; as well as co-choreographing and performing Vessel alongside Lila Ruth Klaus for NACHMO Boston 2020. She has also served as an assistant dance teacher at URJ 6 Points Creative Arts Academy, a summer program for grades 3-12 in the greater Philadelphia area. Shira is currently a Theatre Education intern at Gann Academy and previously completed an internship at Actors’ Shakespeare Project.