Alex Mallory (she/her) is a director and educator for The Theatre School at DePaul University and director of The Metal Shop Performance Lab. She is also a facilitator for DE-CRUIT, a healing-centered engagement program for military veterans. Prior to arriving in Chicago, Alex directed and developed new works in New York City, serving as Co-Artistic Director of Poetic Theater Productions and Director of Culture Project’s Women Center Stage Initiative. Her award-winning production of Takeo Rivera's choreopoem GOLIATH toured for seven years throughout New York and California. She holds an MFA in Directing from Northwestern University and a BA from Stanford University, where she received the Louis Sudler Prize in Creative Arts and the Sherifa Omade Edoga Prize for work involving social issues. Associate Member, SDC.