Dev Luthra
(He, Him, His) trained at East 15 Acting School, London, England and at Shakespeare and Company in Lenox, MA. Dev has taught at Wheelock Family Theatre for many years. His courses include Shakespeare/Stage combat, Actors Toolbox, and Page to Stage, among others; he has directed the teen ensemble (Clue and Visions 2020 with Jeri Hammond). Dev also offers residences at schools throughout the area. He has taught acting and movement at Boston College and Emerson College and at Boston University’s Prison Education Program. Dev also served as the Artistic Director of And Still We Rise Productions, a theatre company committed to the advocacy of the rights of people impacted by the prison system. He is a contributing author to The Heart and Soul of Psychotherapy, S. Linden, ed. Macbeth’s Children, an adaptation of Shakespeare’s play, co-written with Michael Bettencourt, won an AATE New Play award. Acting credits include Sorin/Seagull (Arlekin Players); Antigonus, Old Shepherd, Bottom/The Winter’s Tale and Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bay Colony Shakespeare Company), Dance Teacher Pat/Dance Nation, Father/Brilliant Adventures and Azdak/Caucasian Chalk Circle (Apollinaire Theatre Company), Mr. Biedermann/Firebugs (Huellas Vivas), Orsino/Twelfth Night (Sun Valley Shakespeare Festival) Northumberland/Henry IV, parts 1 & 2 (Actors Shakespeare Project), M. le Comte/N. Bonaparte (Pilgrim Theatre), Leonato/Much Ado About Nothing (Public Theatre) Worcester/1 Henry IV (Palace Theatre). Dev also works as a presentation skills and presence coach in the corporate sector. Of Anglo-Indian parentage, he has lived and worked in the Northeast since 1978.
