is a theatre practitioner who most often shapes stories for the stage as a director. A public humanist from Durham, North Carolina, her work examines the intersections of language, performance, and cultural history. Her practice emphasizes collaboration, rigor, and theatre’s role as a space for reflection and envisioning. With experience across classical, contemporary, and community-based work, she approaches directing as both craft and inquiry - an opportunity to uncover shared human stories through form, text, and collective process. <a href="www.jdhdirectedit.com"www.jdhdirectedit.com