National Performance Network's 2012 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia

MEENA NATARAJAN
Pangea World Theater
Executive/Literary Director
711 West Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN 55408
phone (612) 822-0015 fax (612) 821-1070
meena@pangeaworldtheater.org
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Meena Natarajan is a playwright and director and the executive and literary director of Pangea World
Theater, a progressive, international ensemble space for arts and dialogue. She has led the theater's
growth since its founding in 1995. She serves on the boards of NPN and the Consortium of Asian
American Theater and Artists. She was on the advisory council of the Community Arts Network and is
past president of Women Playwrights International. She has written several full-length works for
Pangea, ranging from adaptations of poetry and mythology to original works dealing with war,
spirituality, personal and collective memory.
LETTA SIMONE NEELY
20 Annabel, Apt 1, Dorchester, MA 02125
phone (617) 367-8611
lettaneely30@gmail.com
LISA NELSON HAYNES
Painted Bride Art Center
Associate Director
230 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106
phone (215) 925-9914 x21 fax (215) 925-7402
lhaynes@paintedbride.org
RICHARD CHANDLER NEWMAN
The Hinterlands
Co-Director
12645 Moran Street, Detroit, MI 48212
phone 313.454.1756
richard@thehinterlandsensemble.org
RICHARD NEWMAN is the founding co-director of The Hinterlands (Detroit, MI). His art researches
American performance traditions, subcultures, and archetypes through the creation of visceral and
physical theatrical works. Often participatory and always explosive, his work re-imagines the theatrical
space as a ground for ecstatic interaction between performer and audience. Prior to founding The