Director | Playwright | Producer
Anna Hanson
About
Anna Hanson is a multi-hyphenate theatre producer, director, and playwright rooted in Pittsburgh’s creative community. She focuses on developing new and overlooked work, fostering collaboration, and building processes that support both artists and projects.
She is the Associate Producer of the Center for New Work Development at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Drama, managing operations and supporting the development and production of new theatrical projects. Previously, she worked in the Producing Department at Pittsburgh CLO—facilitating one of the largest summer stock auditions in the county, managing administrative operations, and acting as a key link between creative teams and administrative departments. She also serves as a Venue Manager with the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, overseeing Liberty Magic, the Rohr Education Building, and Three Stories.
In addition to producing, Anna is a director, playwright and designer. Her credits include Kings of Delancey Lane, Masked: The Musical, Don’t Speak, Letters of a Lifetime, and Current War.
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Anna earned her BFA in Theatre Arts from Point Park University with a concentration in Directing and a minor in technical theater design.
Life outside
the Theater
When she isn't working on a new theatrical venture Anna has approximately a million and one hobbies. As a big book worm, she loves to pick up and book and get transported into another world. Some of her recent favorites are Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, How to Be Eaten by Maria Adelmann, and Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly. She is also a self-proclaimed arts and crafts god, always ready to wield her hot glue gun to create any Pinterest mom's dream. When she isn't crafting up a storm she can be found in the kitchen baking cakes, pastries, and other sweet goods despite the fact that she is intolerant of gluten. As a lifelong baseball fan, she is always excited to go to a game where she can snack on a hotdog and belt out Take Me Out to The Ball Game during the seventh-inning stretch.