Team   /   Shira Leuchter

Shira Leuchter

Affinity Groups Curator,
Balancing Act

Shira (she/her) is an actor, writer and performance maker. She likes to make performances that invite audiences to participate in imaginative collaborations. Shira’s recent performance work includes the one-to-one participatory performance The Haunting (Tarragon Theatre Greenhouse Festival 2024) and the live art performance Lost Together (OFFTA, Nightwood Theatre, Progress Festival, In the Soil, SummerWorks Festival – Production Prize Winner). With UnSpun Theatre, Shira has received large-scale commissions from organizations like Harbourfront Centre and the Gardiner Museum. She is co-editor for the upcoming issue of Canadian Theatre Review on Care. Shira is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada (Acting) and recently earned her MA in Theatre and Performance Studies at York University. She lives in Tkaronto with her husband and two very wonderful kids.

Shira facilitated Hack Lab at Balancing Act. She also served as a member of the Steering Committee for Balancing Act from 2021-2024.