Cassie Chapados (she/her) is a director, production manager, and technical director originally from small town Wisconsin. She joined Harvard’s Theater, Dance, and Media program in September 2023 after nearly six years at Central Square Theater in Cambridge. There she worked in various roles, including Technical Director, Production Manager, and Director of Production.

As an artist and educator, she is passionate about the stories of young people, particularly young, queer, women and femmes, and has focused largely on this work as a director. Some favorite local directng projects include: She Kills Monsters (Watertown Children’s Theater), Snowgirl (The Nora Theatre Company), honeyhole (Moonbox New Works Festival), Idawalley (Fresh Ink Theatre), and Meet Me in the Bathroom (Boston Conservatory).

In addition to her directing work, she has served as a technical director/supervisor, scenic designer and painter, fight choreographer, and intimacy director with a variety of local companies and educational insitutions including Flat Earth Theatre, Hub Theatre Company of Boston, Boston College, Lesley University, Tufts University, Arlington Catholic High School, Boston Playwright’s Theatre, Off the Grid Theatre Company, Central Square BID, and Open Theatre Project.