
LEO LION
MY NAME IS
director / performer / educator / game artist
brooklyn, ny
I’ve been telling stories and running games for my entire life. My passion for creative storytelling has led me to a 12-year multidisciplinary career in acting, directing, creative producing, improv, game design, and arts education. My practice draws from classic texts, physical theater, clown, roleplaying games, and other disciplines. I see my work as creating playful surprises.
I’m the Founder/Artistic Director of an arts production & education company called THE FIREBIRD PROJECT, which creates dynamic new works inspired by classical/mythic stories and fosters teen artists through year-round classes.
I’m also the Associate Artistic Director of the PHOENIX THEATRE ENSEMBLE, an NYC/Rockland County classics theater that hosts an annual performing-arts festival which showcases theatre, music, dance, and circus in Nyack, NY. At Phoenix I lead the development of new experimental approaches to classics theatre in our PLAYCOOP workshop series.
I am the Performing Arts Teacher at INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN, an International Baccalaureate Middle School in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.
I am a Member of the Dramatists Guild and the Stage Directors & Choreographers Society, and hold a BA in Theatre (Directing), Fordham University ‘22.