Zoe Lesser is a director and choreographer, working across theater, opera, and immersive experiences.
She has directed and developed work with Firefly Theatre Group, The Mercury Store, the Morgan-Wixson, Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe Pro Musica, The Tank, Hollywood Fringe, Santa Fe Playhouse, Chicago Dramatists, and Rhino Fest. Recent productions include the southwestern premiere of Heroes of the Fourth Turning by Will Arbery and a multimedia, body-horror re-imagining of Agnes of God by John Pielmeier.
She recently served as the Assistant Director on the world premiere of The Reservoir at Denver Center Theatre Company (dir. Shelley Butler) and Your Local Theater Presents… (dir. Les Waters) at La Jolla Playhouse. Additionally she has assisted at Aspen Music Festival, Chicago Opera Theater, and Steppenwolf Theatre Company.
Zoe is a co-founder of the immersive theater company, The Exodus Ensemble, in Santa Fe, NM. She collaborated and originated roles in their productions of IVANOV and BATHSHEBA, and performed with them in an original variety show on George RR Martin’s train experience, Sky Railway. She continues to support the ensemble’s work, creating narrative driven, multi-media saturated, irreverent adaptations of classic texts that take small audiences on thrilling, unforgettable, experiences.
As a Tap Dancer dedicated to stewarding the form, she has served on the Dance Faculty of The Colburn School and the National Dance Institute, New Mexico. Her choreography has been presented at Keshet Dance and Center for the Arts in Albuquerque and at the Detroit City Dance Festival. She was an apprentice with Chicago Tap Theatre and is alumna of Jacob’s Pillow. She continues to dance in theaters, dive bars, street corners, and moving trains across the USA.
She is currently collaborating on new works for theater and opera with Lulu Fairclough Stewart, Gregory Moss, Kamila Boga, Kallan Dana, Julia Moss and Clare Bierman.