About Me

Ivey Lowe is a Brooklyn-based theater director, producer, and civic practitioner working at the intersection of art, community, and public life. Her work moves between traditional stages, unexpected public spaces, and community-centered projects, driven by a belief that making art is also a way of bringing people together. She is drawn to ambitious, unconventional work that challenges how we see the world and to the relationships, collaborations, and communities that make that work possible.

As a producer, Ivey has led large-scale artistic projects and cultural initiatives across New York City and the Hudson Valley. Most recently, she served as Lead Producer of PLAZA and FIELD, two site-responsive performance works by Andrew Schneider, co-commissioned by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and PS21: Center for Contemporary Performance. She is a Co-Producer of The 24 Hour Plays, including its annual Broadway benefit and national artist development programs. Previously, she was Producing Director of The Foundry at Hudson, where she led multidisciplinary programming and community partnerships, including Hudson’s Winter Walk, a citywide cultural celebration welcoming more than 9,000 attendees.

Her directing work spans new plays, devised performance, and interdisciplinary collaborations. Selected credits include (un)conditional (Soho Playhouse), Far Away (Hangar Theatre), Providence (59E59 Theaters), Julius Caesar (NYU Atlantic Acting School), and The Taming of the Shrew (Brooklyn College). She has developed new work with Rattlestick Theater, Musical Theatre Factory, The Brick, Dixon Place, and others. She is an alumna of the Drama League Directing Fellowship, Williamstown Theatre Festival Directing Corps, and Lincoln Center Directors Lab.

Alongside her theatrical work, Ivey has built a civic practice exploring how art can foster belonging, collective action, and meaningful connection across difference. As a Social Practice CUNY Actionist Fellow and Citizen University Civic Saturday Fellow, she created participatory arts and civic engagement initiatives at Brooklyn College, including public gatherings and an interactive archive documenting student organizing. Her community-centered work also includes collaborations with Parents to Improve School Transportation, Fuel the People, and Hunts Point Alliance for Children in the South Bronx, where she serves as a communications consultant. She has also supported regional cultural engagement and partnerships at PS21.

Ivey holds an MFA in Directing from Brooklyn College and a Graduate Certificate in Community Leadership from the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies. She has taught at Brooklyn College and worked as a teaching artist and facilitator with organizations including Yale University, Pace University, SUNY Albany, Atlantic Theater, and The Drama League.

Across all of her work, she is interested in what art can make possible—not only onstage, but in the spaces between people.

For a more personal touch...

I currently reside in Brooklyn, NY, in the neighborhood of Flatbush with my husband and 2 pets, Ollie and Reggie.