ALEXANDRA COCKRELL
NY-Based Director & Actor
Alexandra Cockrell (she/they) is a Romanian-American theatre director, actor, and teacher. She is a graduate of The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, as well as Interlochen Arts Academy and the apprentice program at Williamstown Theatre Festival. While at the Conservatoire, Alexandra was awarded the John Gielgud Bursary, produced work for the On the Verge festival, workshopped a new piece for the Royal Lyceum Theatre, and was chosen to represent the school at Drama UK’s workshop at The Royal Shakespeare Company.
They have been a part of productions and readings at Williamstown Theatre Festival, Tron Theatre (Glasgow), The Cockpit Theatre (London), Bard City, Doghouse Ensemble Theatre, Parallel 45, Theatre Uncut, Kaohsiung Spring Arts Festival (Taiwan), and the World Theatre Games (St. Petersburg, Russia).
Alexandra is the Associate Director of the High School Repertory Theatre Production at Interlochen Center for the Arts. She is also a core company member of Venture Theatre, a theatre company based in Hamilton, Bermuda. The company’s inaugural production of THE GLASS MENAGERIE in January 2020 played to much acclaim. Venture’s mission is to bring international theatre artists together with local talent in an effort to stage classic and contemporary plays for a Bermudian audience. For more information about Venture, click here.
They are a member of the Actors’ Equity Association.
Alexandra is currently seeking representation.
News
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UPCOMING
February 2026
Alexandra will be co-directing Evergreen by Orlando Grant at the NYU Graduate Acting program’s Freeplay Festival in late February. -
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Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
February 2026
Recently assisted director Sivan Battat (In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot at Playwrights Horizons; Heroes of the Fourth Turning at Studio Theatre) on Angels in America at the NYU Graduate Acting program. -
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Woven Audiobooks
Winter 2025
Alexandra has been brought onboard to lead Woven Audiobook’s in-house dramaturgical prep for the company’s team of narrators. -
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The Definitions
Winter 2025
Alexandra directed their first audiobook, The Definitions by Matt Greene, and worked with Audies finalist, and SOVAS and Earphones Award-winning narrator, Jess Nahikian. -
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Cyrano de Bergerac
Fall 2025
Alexandra assisted director Jackson Gay (upcoming Little Women at the Guthrie, The Mousetrap at Hartford Stage) on Martin Crimp’s adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac at the NYU Grad Acting program.
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Shakespeare in Love
Summer 2025
Alexandra associate directed Shakespeare in Love at Interlochen Center for the Arts. The production was directed by Kit McKay.
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U of Minnesota BFA Acting Program / Twelfth Night
Alexandra served as a guest teaching artist on the U of Minnesota’s sophomore production of Twelfth Night, directed by Ben Lohrberg, providing scene and monologue coaching and an external set of eyes during the company’s first full run of the piece.
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The Seagull
Fall 2024
Workshopped a site specific and immersive production of Chekhov’s The Seagull with director Kyle Donnelly at a lake house estate in upstate New York.
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Sense and Sensibility
Summer 2024
Alexandra associate directed Kate Hamill’s Sense and Sensibility at Interlochen Center for the Arts. The production was directed by Kit McKay.
