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hayley’s work is
explorative, imaginative, and intuitively political. they blend both physical and visual language to develop stories for the stage, creating a platform for audiences to viscerally connect to the narrative, themes, and characters before them. their work is radically inclusive, multi-voiced, and aimed to ignite conversation, addressing the current political and social landscape in America.
hayley has developed work with Ars Nova, LDK Productions, Lookingglass Theatre Company, SoHo Playhouse, 16th Street Theatre, Davenport Theatrical Enterprises, Fringe Encore Series, Chicago Dramatists, SoHo Playhouse, and Theater Unspeakable. in the last 5 years hayley has devised, directed, and produced over thirty different US and World Premieres in New York and Chicago.
hayley has most recently written and developed a full length play, Don’t Ask, which they will guest direct at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. they are also a board member and ensemble member of The Olde School Shakespeare Collective. hayley teaches yoga, physical theatre, children’s theatre, and otherwise can be found rock climbing or making a zine.
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"Much of the play's success is due to the sensitive and empathetic understanding that director Hayley Procacci has brought to this production."
Chicago On Stage
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"Under Hayley Procacci's direction, Wols and Wilde deliver the kind of performances that grab the audience from the get-go and never let us go."
Chicago Reader
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"As a result of Hayley Procacci's masterful direction, the relationship Luna and Aaron share is an emblem of hope anyone would relish witnessing."
City Pleasures
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"Ledger wrote a play the blends harsh reality, prepubescent curiosity, and dreamlike desire. And Procacci instinctively grasped how to visualize that."
Chicago On Stage
