“The director’s job is to be passionate about - to be an advocate for - the story that you’re telling.”
— podcast interview for Admixing Alexandra’s Get Real
photo by Hunter Canning/Barnard College
She describes her production of Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad as “a decolonization of the epic poem The Odyssey,” in which her seven actors — five working in person and two remotely — give voice to the handmaids who were “a footnote” in the original poem.
-— The Art of Creation for Architecture at Barnard
Haddad hopes to inspire her viewers to consider several questions when they tune out of the live stream this week: “What stories am I not hearing? What stories are being ignored?” and “Who loses out when certain stories are silenced?”
— In the Wings by Sadia Haque for The Blue & White
photo by Round House Theatre
— Student Artist Spotlight on Alex Haddad ‘21 by Annette Stonebarger for The Barnard Bulletin
“… my dream job is to direct new works by underserved voices. Developing plays with playwrights is something that I really enjoy, and that’s how I started directing.”
“It’s our first return to theatre after a year being separated from one another, and that is so joyful and so special.”
— “The Art of Directing: Alex Haddad ‘21” - video interview for Barnard College