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Maridee Slater

Activator / Advocate / Rambunctious Creative 

Maridee Slater is a world, story and community-builder who most recently served as Artistic Director of Blue Water Theatre Company in Wayzata, MN. A favorite gig has been teaching Creating Original Theatre at Columbia University as a part of their high school summer immersion program. Maridee has worked with companies in the US, Europe, and South America, including Intiman Theatre, Seattle Rep, The Guggenheim, SITI Company, Seattle International Children's Festival, Ontreoerend Goed, and BLACKOUT, among others. 

An image of a bird and the words North Star.
Essay

Master’s Degree Preferred

23 October 2025

Maridee Slater invites theatremakers to think beyond graduate school credentials and gatekeepers to preserve the embodied practices that allow us to see each other and collaborate across difference. Let’s circle up.

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