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Alexandra Meda - she/her (Los Angeles, CA)
NETneXt Interim Leadership Team Member
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Phone: 312-237-0878

Alexandra Meda is known for her groundbreaking work in collaborative artistry and ensemble praxis. She is a director, deviser, facilitator, and architect of immersive theatrical experiences that bring joy, confront hard truths, and foster internal restoration. Rooted in deep collaboration and requiring vulnerable self-examination from all involved, her work transforms the theatrical space into a sandbox for innovation, an arena for individual-driven social change, and a sacred vessel for healing. Through her art-making she cultivates meaning by engaging with contemporary cultural phenomena and exploring them within her emotionally-charged and unapologetic performances. She serves on the interim leadership team for the Network of Ensemble Theatres, the Impact Assessment Director for National New Play Network, the Artistic Director of Studio Luna and the founder of Culture Change Lab.

As a devised theatre-maker, Meda cultivates empowering spaces that center Women of Color, and in her role as Artistic Director of Studio Luna (formerly Teatro Luna founded in 2000), Meda leads an influential Latinx and Women of Color artistic collective, captivating audiences globally with original projects. Studio Luna stands at the forefront of creative collaboration and entrepreneurship, storytelling, new play development, and ensemble-devised theatre. Beyond her directorial expertise, Meda serves as a strategic facilitator and mediator through her consulting firm, Culture Change Lab. Guiding organizations, corporations, and individuals through transformative change processes, she specializes in building anti-racist initiatives, creating anti-oppression curricula, and leveraging artistic processes to activate vulnerability, expand collective imagination, and foster healing and growth.

Meda has made significant contributions to various organizations in the arts and culture field and some of her favorite relationships include serving Penumbra Theatre's Center for Racial Healing as part of the facilitation team and as an advisory member of the Theatre Communications Group's Accountability For Abundance National Initiative and TCG's Thrive re-granting program. A proud alumni ArtEquity facilitator training founding year alumni, and a participant in the  National Cultural Navigations Project she is also a founding  member of the National Coalition of BITOC Networks and The National Non-Profit Theatres Coalition. She also served as a steering committee member of the Latinx Theatre Commons from 2013 to 2020.