Tara Branham is a fat theatre and opera director and producer living in Chicago. She is the National New Play Network Producer-in-Residence with Prop Thtr where she is the producer for the Chicago Directors Workshop and the Director of Marketing. She will serve has the Resident Director with Opera San Jose in 2021. Previous Directing Credits: Another Jungle, Cloudgate Theatre; octagon, Jackalope Theatre Company; good friday, Self-Produced with Oracle Productions; Bars and Measures, Prop Thtr. Assistant Directing Credits: Fire Shut Up In My Bones & La Traviata, Opera Theatre of St. Louis; The Consul, Long Beach Opera & Chicago Opera Theatre. Tara served as the Artistic Producer at Chicago Dramatists where she was the Casting Director and Curator for Monday Night Drama. She is the teacher and creator of the Unbridled Sound - a physical/vocal technique for actors. She is the NNPN Producer in Residence with Prop Thtr. Tara is a graduate of Ball State University (cum laude), and a student of Black Box Acting Studio. www.tarabranham.com