Cassie Ahiers is a director, writer and educator originally from Minnesota. She holds a degree in Theater Directing from Columbia College Chicago. Recent Elysian directing credits include, Shipping, Fanny: A Classical Punk Musical and Widdle Women, an original play she wrote for the Elysian’s Spaghetti Festival. Cassie has over 15 years of experience teaching improv, sketch writing, and theater, to students ages 4 to 80. Cassie is a former director of The Second City’s National Touring Company- leading 100+ productions that toured theaters nationwide. As an acting coach, she worked on over 50 episodes of Nickelodeon productions, including Side Hustle, The Thundermans Return, That Girl Lay Lay, Danger Force, and Aaron & Erin. Her newest short film, Aloneness, is in post-production, while Boy Band in a Haunted Hotel—a short she created with a group of artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities—is set to premiere at festivals later this year. Learn more about her film and theater work at www.cassieahiers.com (http://www.cassieahiers.com/)
