Miriam Hahn

Adjunct Acting & Directing Instructor


Originally from Dearing, Georgia, Miriam Hahn recently received her Ph.D. in Theatre from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. Her current research centers on interrogating strategic performative appropriations of Native American cultures, histories, and identities by self-proclaimed hippies during counterculture movement of the 1960s. In addition to her work as a theatre historian and performance scholar, Miriam enjoys directing, acting, and writing for the stage.

Her most recent directorial projects include Kara Hartzler’s No Roosters in the Desert, a play that engages with issues of immigration and the pursuit of the ever-elusive “American dream,” and Melinda Lewis’ Sonia Flew, the dramatic story of a young Cuban girl sent to America as part of Operation Pedro Pan in 1960. She has also appeared onstage in roles such as Jean in Sarah Ruhl’s Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Cel in Madeleine George’s The Most Massive Woman Wins, Claire Zachanassian in Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s The Visit, and Gwendolyn Fairfax in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest.

Production dramaturgy credits include Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods, Michael Frayn’s Copenhagen, and Ellen McLaughlin’s Iphigenia and Other Daughters.

Contact
Email: mhahn@defiance.edu