Dorea Slagle is a Brooklyn based actor and director. After earning her BA in Media, Culture, and the Arts, she was then selected to train at the T. Schreiber Conservatory for film and theater performance. 

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Favorite movie of 2025? Hamnet.

Favorite Broadway show of 2025? John Proctor is the Villain. 

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Dorea has had the privilege of working with several award winning directors, including Terry Schreiber, Dan Foster, Misti Wills, Bryan Hunt, Peter Jensen, and Laura Pietropinto.

 

She has a passion for cross cultural communication. She believes in using the mediums of theater and film to broaden our horizons of understanding toward other people, and to develop our empathy through the sharing of experience and story. She is committed to creating an equitable and safe space for each cast and crew she works with.

She's directed productions at Mile Square Theater, AMT Theater, Theater 315, Ryan Repertory, Firebone Theater, The Heights Players, Broadway Bound Theater Festival, The King's College, New York Theater Workshop, NYTF and more.

She enjoys reading, walking BK Bridge park, hunting for the best mezcal margarita, and traveling. She has been to 16 countries and 34 states! Her directing role models are Greta Gerwig and Rachel Chavkin. Her not so secret wish is to work with Laura Dern one day.​