BROOKE ECHNAT IS A FREELANCE DIRECTOR, ACTOR, AND THEATER EDUCATOR BASED IN PITTSBURGH, PA.

As a director, she specializes in curating immersive experiences, developing new work, and creating community-centered work. Her work aims to create opportunities for audiences to explore innovative and captivating worlds and reconnect with their childhood sense of curiosity, imagination, and play. Her driving force in pursuing this art form is her belief that theater serves as a gateway for empathy and connection; when we center audiences in our work and invite them into the story, we create more opportunities for them to feel and connect. Brooke aspires to discover new ways to activate and engage audience members, bringing them as close as possible to the world, characters, and message of the story. 

As an Arts Merit Scholar, she graduated Cum Laude from Bucknell University with degrees in Theatre & Political Science. She has trained at the London Dramatic Academy, True Acting Institute, Michael Chekhov Association, Ensemble Actors Studio, and Theatrical Intimacy Education. Brooke was a part of two Opening Teams for the Walt Disney Company: Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser & The Disney Wish. Her time working on these projects and being mentored by Disney’s directing team made her fall in love with immersive theater and the endless possibilities of what storytelling can be. 

Currently, Brooke is a Resident Director and Producer for Vigilance Theater Group. She is also a Teaching Artist for City Theatre, and the Pittsburgh CLO, specializing in Acting, Playwriting, and Devising.

As an artist and human being, Brooke strives to create positive, equitable, energizing, and uplifting spaces that are welcome and made for all. 

In her free time, Brooke can be found cooking, listening to Stevie Wonder, hanging out with her dog, Piper, and planning her next adventure.