Brooke is a theatre director/choreographer, experience designer, design researcher, and speaker based between New York, NY and Dallas, TX. Brooke’s creative work infuses deeper m storytelling into traditional experience models, exploring classic tales, new narratives, and elevating audience experiences everywhere from meeting rooms to merry-go-rounds.
This multidisciplinary approach to experience design has led to collaborating with Emursive/The McKittrick Hotel (home of Sleep No More), Alvanon, RWS Entertainment Group, Virgin Voyages, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Pittsburgh CLO, Atlantic Theater Company, National Audubon Society, Historic Hudson Valley, and NYCxDesign among others.
Her current research, Anonymous Intimacy, explores the impact of compassionate design on audience experiences in live entertainment. As a speaker, they have engaged audiences at Webster University, School of Visual Arts, Pratt Institute, and University of Birmingham as part of Remixing the Classics, an international conference on contemporary adaptations of classical texts.
Brooke holds a BA in Directing from the Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University, and a MA in Design Research, Writing, and Criticism from the School of Visual Arts.
brooke @ brookeviegut.com