Grace Wilkerson
Grace is an LA based director, stage manager, and arts educator. She is passionate about creating accessible creative spaces for artists and audiences alike.
Her recent directorial team work includes the award nominated, sold out world premiere folk musical "Where Within" at the 2024 Hollywood Fringe Festival, “The Wolves” with The Morgan-Wixson Theater, and "Honeybee" with The Blank Theatre. Grace also recently collaborated with Liza Sanaye Dring and Tova Katz as assistant director of their workshop production “Onward, Ruthless”, directed by Emil Weinstein. Grace is proud to have worked with The Blank Theatre’s Young Playwrights Festival, Rally Cat Theatre, Outside/In Theatre, Chalk Repertory, and the Los Angeles LGBTQ Center.
This summer, Grace will be a Directing and Dramaturgy Apprentice at Santa Cruz Shakespeare, where she will work with director Jerry Lee. Grace will assistant direct and provide dramaturgy for “Betrayal”, directed by Rebecca Clark.
Much of Grace’s artistic voice comes from her work at Rogue Artists Ensemble. She loves working in heightened realism, satire, and dark comedies. Grace is also interested in physical theater, from dance to puppetry, and how scripts can convey the internal life of a character even beyond dialogue. Her background in improv, stand-up and sketch comedy helps her find the humor in every script. Grace’s aesthetic is one of experimental, messy theater full of laughter and vulnerability.
Grace is a graduate of the University of Southern California with a BA in theater and a minor in occupational science. She spends her time outside of the theater coaching soccer, leading mommy and me music classes, and perfecting her matcha latte recipe. She works for Rogue Artists Ensemble, an immersive and experimental LA theater company, as a production and administrative assistant and social media designer.
Let’s talk: gracewilk02@gmail.com
Recent Projects

“The direction is so clear and beautifully done.”
Maria Gnoza, Hollywood Fringe Festival 2024 Review
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