Ariel Warmflash is a theatre artist, activist, and educator based in Philadelphia, PA. She is deeply committed to using theatre a platform to highlight and connect universal human narratives and believes that everyone has a story to share.
Ari is the Community Programs Director for The In[heir]itance Project, a community-driven devised theatre company where she develops creative and community programming in cities around the US. With the In[HEIR]itance Project Ari finds herself at the intersection of her most avid passions; storytelling, community-building, and justice work. She also works and travels as a consultant and facilitator for theatrical workshops, storytelling seminars, leadership trainings, and team-building retreats for groups of all ages.
As Teaching Artist, Ariel has worked with the Creative Arts Team and Opening Act to develop original plays with students in NYC Public Schools based on their lives and experiences. While in NYC, she was also a co-creator of The Jewish Femme & Female Theater Project, a artistic exploration of gender and identity through theater and creative reflection. In her work as a Jewish Educator Ari is Maven and Storahteller with Lab/Shul during the year developing creative retellings of Biblical stories. She was also an Avodah Justice Fellow in New York City, spending a year exploring the intersection of Judaism and justice. After a lifetime as a camper at Camp Ramah in the Poconos, Ari went back to design and implement The Ramah Drama Academy to offer meaningful drama training through a Jewish lens.
Ariel is a founding company member of the Closer Look Arts Collective, a company of artists with whom she co-created the play Unspoken, as part of the Atlas Intersections Festival during her time in Washington, DC. While in DC Ariel spent four years in the Community Engagement Department at Arena Stage devising original plays with The Voices of Now Program as well as traveling with the State Department in order to create original plays with participants internationally in India & Croatia. In addition to her international work, Ariel recorded and produced the original podcast “Voices of Bokamoso,” collecting and sharing the stories of young people who seek creative outlets at the Bokamoso Youth Center in Winterfeldt, South Africa.
Ariel holds a master's degree in Applied Theatre from The CUNY School of Professional Studies and dual bachelor's degrees in Theatre and Dramatic Literature from the George Washington University.