ISABELLE CHIRLS
(they/them) is a theatre & intimacy director, producer, arts administrator, and writer based in New York City.
With both independent and commercial experience, Isabelle has worked on projects in development for Broadway, as well as productions off-Broadway (HERE Arts Center, Classic Stage Company), and off-off-Broadway (The Tank, Court Square Theatre, The Vino Theatre).
Isabelle graduated from Wesleyan University in 2023 with a BA in Theatre and English with a concentration in Creative Writing. They were awarded the Outreach & Community Service Prize in Theatre and earned High Honors for their thesis “Make the Roof Cave In: Writing Queer Experience on the Page and the Stage.” They have also trained with Intimacy Directors & Coordinators (IDC).
In their work, much of which centers queer experiences, they infuse whole processes with an ethos of theatre as consensual practice.
upcoming
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR | Slanted Floors by Billy McEntee, dir. Ryan Dobrin. Starring Kyle Beltran & Adam Chanler-Berat.
LEAD PRODUCER | WRITE CLUB Summer Playfest at The Vino Theatre.
recently
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR | Mommy by Molly Kate Babos, dir. Violet Woundy. Classic Stage Company, SheNYC Festival.
INTIMACY COORDINATOR | The Sickness of Wanting written and directed by Ethan Manuel Homen. The Tank, Pridefest.
photo by Sophia Keefe