Alana Dietze

Alana Dietze (she/her) is a director, actor, educator, and formerly the Echo's Literary Manager (2013-2023) and Associate Artistic Director (2018-2023). Directing work with the Echo includes the world premiere of Crabs in a Bucket (2 LADCC Awards), Poor Clare (8 LADCC Awards including Direction and Production), The Wolves (LADCC Award for Ensemble), Dry Land (Ovation Award for Production, Intimate Theater), The Found Dog Ribbon Dance (included in Ovation Nomination for Best Season) and A Small Fire (4 Ovation Nominations). Dry Land was subsequently remounted at the Kirk Douglas Theatre as part of Center Theater Group’s inaugural Block Party program (7 Ovation nominations including Director and Production, Large Theater). Alana also regularly directs productions at academic institutions including Occidental College, UCLA, USC and CSULB.

As an actor, she most recently appeared as Nora in Dido of Idaho with the Echo (LADCC Nomination, Leading Performance). Other favorite acting work includes The Recital (Monkspace), Charlotte Stay Close (EST/LA, Ovation Nomination for Ensemble), Gloria (Echo, Stage Raw Winner – Comedy Ensemble), An Undivided Heart (Echo), Fugue (Echo), Everything Will Be Different (Echo, Ovation nominations for Leading Actress, Ensemble, Production), The Red Letter Plays (Illyrian Players), The Devil’s Wife (Skylight), and The Hillary Game (Padua Playwrights).

Alana is also a founding company member of public assembly and a faculty lecturer at CSULB.