Rebecca Haley Clark is so excited to have her directorial debut with Santa Cruz Shakespeare. Currently, she is developing their in-schools Shakespeare and Social Justice program as their new Education Programs Manager. She most recently produced and directed a devised international collaboration entitled Hindsight 2020 (Those Women Productions, Berkeley, CA) reflecting on the past year. Her previous credits include: Nasty, Brutish & Short by Ian McRae (Santa Cruz Shakespeare Staged Reading Series), Troilus & Cressida (Santa Cruz Shakespeare), As You Like It (Bard in the Botanics, Glasgow, Scotland), Cycle-Logical (Tron Theatre/Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow, Scotland), Suffering from Scottishness (Edinburgh Fringe Festival), Shakespeare é Brasileiro (Os Ciclomáticos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Hamlet/Ghosts (HERE Arts Center/The Brewing Department/Rochester Fringe Festival). She has directed internationally in New York, Brazil, and the UK, including a residency at Shakespeare’s Globe in London. Rebecca holds an M.A. in Classical and Contemporary Text in Directing from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and a B.A. from Columbia University in Drama and Comparative Ethnic Studies. She also received a Fulbright research grant to study Shakespeare and race studies in Rio de Janeiro. www.rebeccahaleyclark.com