Leah Cooper

Leah Cooper is a freelance stage director and nonprofit administration consultant. From 2001 to 2006, she led the Minnesota Fringe Festival to annual attendance increases and financial stability. This summer, she heads off to Eureka, CA for a one-month residency with Cornerstone Theater's Summer Institute.

Articles by this author

Building a better bucket brigade

By Leah Cooper
Posted Monday, May 25

And see, it’s that maniacal way you pull on your hair and squeal that requires us to keep the rehearsal schedule secret from you.

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System error

By Leah Cooper
Posted Thursday, January 29

The board president's moping. The actor's angry. The audience is harassed, and the managing director's thinking of hitting someone with an auction clipboard.

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Blog posts by this author

First public screening of local Film "Ana’s Playground" at Nobel Peace Prize Forum

Posted Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 10:21 pm by Leah Cooper

News and notes Filmed in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood with a local cast and crew, you can see it first on March 6 at 3:15 p.m. at Augusburg College.