Jude Schanzer

Jude Schanzer, Freeport resident and director of Cultural Programs and Public Relations at the East Meadow Public Library, joined the board of directors of Long Island Traditions in 2016. Schanzer, of Freeport, has been at the library for over 17 years. As an educator, she has been an adjunct at C.W. Post, a teaching artist in theatre with the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts and on the faculty of the Rutgers University Camden Theatre Department.

Schanzer was a member of Circle Repertory Company’s Directors’ Lab for many years and is a theatre director with Circle Rep East. She has directed productions off and off-off Broadway, regionally including the Tilles Center, and in colleges. Her production of Our Country’s Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker won the award for Best Production at the University of Indianapolis. Schanzer also sits on the board of Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington, NY.