CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & COMPANY MEMBER

2021 TUTAlab: 1 Minute Project
2020 Hedda Gabler
2018 TUTAlab: The Hedda Project

Aziza Macklin is an actor, educator, and director. A native of Columbus, Ohio, she received her BFA in Acting from Wright State University in Dayton (2012), and her MA in Performing Arts Administration from Roosevelt University in Chicago (2022). Aziza most recently appeared as Thea Elvsted in TUTA’s Hedda Gabler. Chicago credits include: Hedda Gabler (TUTA), Avenue Q (Metropolis Performing Arts Centre),Crowns (MPAACT), Anonymous and Women (Cuckoo's Theatre Project), and The Wiz (Emerald City Theatre).Other Chicago credits include Bechdel Fest 7 (Broken Nose Theatre), When They Came, (Piven Theatre Workshop), The Secret of the Biological Clock, (Eclectic Full Contact Theatre), Forecast (For Youth Inquiry), Edge of Life (Glass Apple Theatre), By Definition (BYOT Productions), Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, Tubman: Road to Freedom, Chicago: Our Kind of Town, The BFG, and Anne Frank: Thinking Myself Out (GreatWorks Theatre Company) Ohio credits include: Blacktop Sky (Know Theatre of Cincinnati), Love and Information (Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati), and two years with the Columbus Children's Theatre Touring Company where she played over 40 roles. Aziza holds a passionate love for education and Theater for Young Audiences, moonlighting as a substitute teacher for nearly 7 years. She currently directs multiple shows for GreatWorks Theatre Company, and is the Audience Experience Manager at the Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts at Northwestern University.