Alex Ates is a theater artist from New Orleans. He is the Director of Theater at Westtown, a Quaker school in Pennslyvania.
Former reporter on American theater, entertainment industry, organized labor, diversity/representation and inclusion, #MeToo, Time's Up, and Covid-19 for Backstage. Bylines with American Theatre, Howlround, Scalawag.
Guest artist at Agnes Scott College, Emerson College, Teachers College of Columbia University, and Tulane University. Former K-5 Theater teacher at Lusher School.
Published researcher on Black Mountain College. Recipient of Graduate Scholar Award from Southeastern Theatre Conference, SETC.
Board member of Goat in the Road Productions. Former board member of the American Alliance for Theatre and Education (AATE)
Former education and engagement director of The NOLA Project.
Member of Actors' Equity and Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.
New York University, Gallatin (MA, '22) (profile here), Dean's Graduate Scholarship.
The University of Alabama (MFA) (profile here).
Emerson College (BA).
Educated in Orleans Parish Public Schools.