About
Shalee Cole Mauleón (she/her) is a director and dramaturg specializing in new play development. She gravitates toward surrealist plays that stretch, destroy, and reinvent the form.
She has worked with Playwrights’ Center, 20% Theatre Company, Uprising in Minneapolis, MN. Since moving to the east coast she has directed for Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, Moonbox Productions, and The Rockwell. She assisted Tasia A. Jones on Front Porch Arts Collective and Central Square Theatre’s production of Her Portmanteau, a part of Mfoniso Udofia’s Ufot Cycle. She also assisted Wendy Goldberg in a workshop of Crimson Lit, A Scarlet Letter Setlist at The Tank. Her writing has been supported by Hedge Theatre, Somerville Productions, the Right Here Showcase, and St. Catherine’s University.
Shalee is also expanding her work in videogame development. She directed the voiceover for Oopsey Gamesy’s More than You Can Chew, which VICE called “an interesting and surreal take on the deck builder genre” and co-wrote the narrative for Season The Day.
She is an alumnus of the National Theater Institute, Directors Lab West, and is in her final year of Boston University’s Directing MFA program led by Wendy Goldberg. shaleedirects.com
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