ABOUT

Hi. I'm ILANA.
I’m a fool. At least I aspire to be. I’ve navigated this aspiration through wandering in nature, creating theater; as an educator, a daughter, a friend, a neighbor. I am here to meet you, dear reader, in the place where we can feel most free. The way there, I have a hunch, is through listening to our curious hearts.
In January 2025, having just turned 49, I lost my belongings and beloved home in the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California. Naturally, this has shifted my writing as I process this deep grief while I find myself starting over, in many ways, in middle-age. In addition to this, I draw upon my experience from hundreds of miles of solo backpacking, creating several original theater shows utilizing mask, clowning, movement, and language, and inquiries into the great existential question:
Who am I?

