About me

AMY SHOSHANA BLUMBERG is a theater director, writer, and dramaturg based in Brooklyn, NY. She co-founded movement-theater company the after-image with Kate St. John and co-leads the company with Kate and Zahydé Pietri.

the after-image was a Spring 2024 Artist-in-Residence at the Movement Lab at Barnard College. The residency included performances of Let’s Exorcise! A Community Catharty Party!, conceived, co-written, and directed by Amy. Following the performances, the after-image collaborated with students to devise Flow Up! The Catharty Quest Continues - a multimedia interactive installation inspired by the themes of Let’s Exorcise!

Amy is Associate Director for PURPLE: A Ritual in Nine Spells by SLMDances (artistic director Sydnie L. Mosley), which premiered at Lincoln Center’s Clark Studio Theater in June 2023. PURPLE is beginning its tour in April 2024 with performances at Dance Place (Washington, DC). Amy and Sydnie are also co-drafters of the languaged script for PURPLE.

Dramaturgy work includes: Ani Javian and Benjamin Roach’s When the Sky Separated from the Earth (Spring 2024, premiere), ASSEMBLY (GREYZONE, 2021), and alternative (f)Acts (MeenMoves, 2017), among others.

Directing work includes: Let’s Exorcise! A Community Catharty Party (the after-image, 2023), HOUSE OF AMERICAN ACTIVITIES (the after-image, 2022), Chaos Theory: Digital Edition (IKantKoan Games / Jessica Creane, 2020), RE: SHE (the after-image, 2019), and Chaos Theory (IKantKoan Games / Jessica Creane, 2019).

Recent creative non-fiction writing includes: “Ready, Set” about Esmé Boyce Dance’s residency at Baryshnikov Arts Center (publication forthcoming) and a BAC Story for choreographers Baye & Asa about their creative process for HotHouse (September 2022).

As a teaching artist with The Moth, Amy teaches personal storytelling to teens and adults across New York City and the country.

She holds an MFA in Theater Directing from Temple University and a BA in Africana Studies and Dance from Barnard College.