ANNABEL HEACOCK (THEY/SHE) IS A COLLABORATIVE ARTIST, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, DEVISER, SOMETIMES-WRITER, PUPPET-CREATOR, AND COLLAGE-MAKER.

At present, Annabel is based in Brooklyn, New York and is the Associate Director for the upcoming Liberation national tour to Berkeley Rep, The Geffen, and Studio Theatre. Annabel also works as the Company Producer for sweat variant, Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born's studio working at the intersection of dance, theatre, and visual art. Prior to this, they worked at Roundabout Theatre Company for three years, supporting the work of playwrights and emerging directors and producing new play readings as the Artistic Programs Manager.  

Annabel assistant directed Liberation by Bess Wohl (dir. Whitney White) both on Broadway and at Roundabout, and The Beastiary by On the Rocks Theatre Company (dir. Dakota Rose) at Ars Nova. Most recently, Annabel directed The Toxicology Report by Yide Cai with Episodic Theatre Project, as well as readings of Penelope Gould’s Or Current Resident as part of Pridefest at the Tank and Daphne Kinard’s ROWDY as part of Red Light Theatrical’s Green Light Reading Series. They directed here i fall up, a new queer, haunted folk musical by Beth Golison at the New Ohio Theatre's final Ice Factory Festival, and the world premiere of As I Was, Not As I Am by August Hakvaag at WP Theater as part of the Moxie Arts NY Incubator Program. Annabel developed an adaptation of the short story “The Breakfast” by Amparo Dávila with collaborator Valen-Marie Santos during a residency with Fresh Ground Pepper at Little Pond Arts Retreat and a work-in-progress showing at The Brick’s ?! New Works Festival. They look forward to future work on the adaptation.

As a director, Annabel enjoys working on new plays and devised works that explore otherness and the limits of ethics and morality. They love spectacle, magic, transformation, and making the impossible and unexpected appear onstage. Additional NYC credits include readings with Breaking & Entering Theatre Collective, City Garage, Theatre Write Now, and Moxie Arts NY, assisting at the NAMT Annual Festival of New Musicals and the Keen Company Keen Teens Festival, and directing for 24 Hour Plays: Nationals. After graduating from Northwestern University with degrees in Theatre and Sociology, Annabel completed Studio Theatre's directing apprenticeship in Washington, D.C. Select Northwestern directing credits include an immersive production of The Visit, The Donkey Show, and Carrie the Musical. While at Studio, they assisted David Muse on Cock, Joanie Schultz on 2.5 Minute Ride, and Henry Godinez on Tender Age. Annabel is passionate about spectacle and sparking moments of wonder in public places, and has directed several free, site-specific adaptations inspired by Where the Wild Things Are, Clue, and The Little Prince at libraries, gardens, beaches, and parks.