Natasha Mirny is a teaching artist, performer, stage director, and founder of Happy Theater (www.happytheater.com). She is currently working as a teaching artist and Arts Integration specialist at several theaters and educational programs in the DC area - Inspired Child, Arts for Learning, and Wolf Trap – designing and implementing programs for teachers and students in public schools in DC, VA and MD.
Her background is in pantomime, puppetry, and physical theater. For the past five years Natasha has devised and directed nine shows for children from 0 to 12 years old. Her last show for young audiences, that she wrote and directed for Arts On The Horizon, was nominated for Helen Hayes award in 2019 as an outstanding theater for young audiences production.