BIOGRAPHY
Pascale Florestal
Pascale Florestal (she/her) is a first generation Haitian American Queer Woman. She is an Elliot Norton-nominated director, educator, dramaturg, writer, and collaborator based in Boston, MA. Recent directing credits: Fairview with SpeakEasy Stage; Spring Awakening at Brandeis University; The Colored Museum with The Umbrella Performing Arts Center; Once On This Island with SpeakEasy Stage; This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing with Emerson Stage; Everybody with Boston Conservatory. As an Assistant to the Director she has worked with Timothy Douglas, Liesl Tommy, Billy Porter, Paul Daigneault and M. Bevin O’Gara. Pascale served as the Associate Director to Gil Rose on X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X with Odyssey Opera and Kimberly Senior on Our Daughters, Like Pillars at The Huntington Theatre. Pascale also serves as the Associate Director for the North American Broadway National Tour of Jagged Little Pill. Pascale was named one of the WBUR ARTery’s 25 Artists of Color Transforming the Cultural Landscape in Boston. In 2020 she won the Inaugural Greg Ferrell Award for her excellence in teaching and supporting young people. She serves as the Education Director and Associate Producer for The Front Porch Arts Collective and is an Assistant Professor of Theater at Boston Conservatory at Berklee College of Music. Pascale is also a full member of the SDC Union.