Leah Harris (she/her)  is a theater practitioner with years of experience in education, community engagement, artistic producing and program management. She received her Bachelors in Theater Arts, with a focus on directing and education, from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas. Shortly upon receiving her Bachelor's degree, she returned to Dallas and joined the Education & Engagement team at Tony Award Winning Dallas Theater Center (DTC) and began to focus her work on community engagement and partnerships, while gradually laying the groundwork for Public Works Dallas, a participatory, community engaged program for all citizens of Dallas. Leah served as the Public Works Dallas Manager until 2019, when she transitioned into the role of Director of Community Engagement at Milwaukee Repertory Theater, where she deepened their existing engagement work and built out capacity for new programs and program partners. Leah has presented at numerous universities in Texas on racial equity in the arts and community engagement practices. Currently, Leah is the Artistic Engagement Associate at the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T) at Harvard University, where she oversees all of the artistic engagement programming, inclusive of the Lavine Learning Lab, Arts and Cultural Organization Management and other community partnerships across Boston and Cambridge. In addition to her work at A.R.T.,  she serves as the Program Manager for The Theatre Leadership Project, which specifically aims to transform the commercial producing space on Broadway by supporting diverse leadership in key management roles. Leah is and a Teaching Assistant at  Harvard University in their Theater, Dance and Media concentration and an alumni of American’s for the Arts, Arts & Culture Leaders of Color Fellow program.