Elena Velasco

Elena Velasco is a theatre artist whose work encompasses many aspects of performance, production, activism and education. During her 25 year career she has devoted her time equally between performance and community engagement, throughout the DC metro area, with a focus on Title 1, immigrant and marginalized populations.

Her directing and choreography credits include work at Convergence Theatre (which she co-founded), Synetic Theater, Keegan Theatre, GALA Hispanic Theatre, Imagination Stage, Source Festival, Mosaic Theatre Company, Avant Bard, and Theatre J. and she has performed at the Kennedy Center, Theatre Alliance, Discovery Theatre, Imagination Stage, Signature Theatre STAGES, and in several films, commercials, and TV shows.

She serves as the Co-Director of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Access for the American Alliance for Theatre and Education and has provided EDIA consultation for organizations such as Theatre Washington, Gandhi Brigade, North Carolina Women’s Theatre Festival and Southeastern Theatre Conference.