APRIL CLEVELAND

Artistic Director, founding ensemble member

April is the director of EXODUS. April was raised in Champaign, Illinois and moved to Los Angeles in high school. She studied acting for four years (The Lee Strasberg Institute, Hollywood) and undertook The Great Books Program at St. John’s College in Santa Fe (BA, 2015). April received her MFA in Directing at The Theatre School at DePaul University in 2019. Directing credits include work for The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Classic Stage Company (NYC) and Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

HOMETOWN: Los Angeles, CA