Hallie Dizdarevic is the Director of Creative Engagement has a long history with Commonwealth Theatre Center. She began working with Walden Theatre in 2006 and Blue Apple Players in 2008. She is proud to have taught at every level of the Conservatory over the years, especially at the Imagination level which she developed and launched in 2013. Hallie has also been responsible for developing many successful Outreach programs such as Connecting Cultures, Spanish Movement for Stories, and Resiliency; a drama curriculum intended to destigmatize trauma and introduce an arsenal of positive coping mechanisms to children who have experienced high levels of Adverse Childhood Experiences. Hallie is currently heading up a three year project funded by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art and the NEA that is intended to increase tolerance and understanding between Muslim and non-Muslim members of the Louisville community
Denmo Ibrahim is a first-generation Egyptian-American playwright, actor, and entrepreneur who the San Francisco Chronicle called “a tower of strength in the Bay Area theatre scene.” Denmo was one of 25 theatre artists nominated for the Rainin Fellowship (2020) and was a Sundance Theatre Lab Finalist.
Denmo joins the Connecting Cultures team as the playwright and lead actor in “Zaynab’s Night of Destiny”, an audio immersive play premiering later this year.