Andrew Shafer

Andrew Shafer received his B.A. (cum laude) from UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television. He has been supporting theatre artists, and helping produce new work for over fifteen years. Previous experience includes being the marketing director for the Los Angeles Theater Center, where he also developed and produced new work. He is now the Producing Director of The Young Actor’s Studio. At the Young Actor’s Studio, Andrew has developed the New Works Lab which has led to several award winning plays by young artists. He also serves as director of new programs with the Echo Theater Company where he has instituted the National Young Playwrights in Residence, and the Los Angeles Young Playwrights program. This program provides a year long mentorship to six playwrights from across the country who are subsequently flown out to Los Angeles for rehearsals/public readings of their work. Other select producing credits of include: Sheila Vand’s A Portrait of the Architect in Ruins (Los Angeles Theater Center), Ryan Scott Oliver’s Making Beautiful (Powerhouse Theater), Medea at The Fowler Amphitheater, Eugene Ionesco’s Exit The King (A Theatre Connection), Brett Neveu’s Detective/Partner/Hero/Villain (SkyPilot Theater), and This is Banned (NoHo Actor’s Studio).