Anne Hamburger

Hamburger was born in Baltimore, Maryland. She began her career as a sculptor, photographer, and performance artist, and started acting with Saratoga International Theater Institute (SITI). She then studied at Yale School of Drama, where she started a site-specific theatre company as part of her Master's studies.Plass, Sally. [https://primarystagesoffcenter.org/interviews/f-j/anne-hamburger "Anne Hamburger"], Primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral History Project, June 21, 2018, accessed January 22, 2022

Hamburger founded and led En Garde Arts from 1986 until 1999. The company put on large site-specific performances across New York City at venues including Bow Bridge (Central Park) and Hotel Chelsea. Hamburger and the company won six Obie Awards.{{Cite web|title=Performing arts group En Garde Arts' past 30 years in photos|url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/see-photos-of-the-amazingly-site-specific-performing-arts-group-en-garde-arts|access-date=2022-01-22|website=Time Out New York|date=24 September 2015 }} She has also won two Drama Desk Awards. In a 1994 article in The New York Times, Hamburger described the extensive process needed to obtain permission from property owners and the city to present performances at locations throughout the city.{{Cite news|last=Gussow|first=Mel|date=1994-01-23|title=MAKING IT WORK; Location, Location|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/23/nyregion/making-it-work-location-location.html|access-date=2022-01-22|issn=0362-4331}}

She was then named artistic director of La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, California, and after one year moved on to become executive vice president for Walt Disney Creative Entertainment.{{cite news |last1=Ehren |first1=Christine |title=Artistic Director Hamburger Departs La Jolla For Disney in 2001 |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/artistic-director-hamburger-departs-la-jolla-for-disney-in-2001-com-90711 |access-date=22 January 2022 |work=Playbill |date=20 July 2000}} She produced spectacles and stage shows for the Disney parks and cruise ships, including Disney's Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular and Finding Nemo – The Musical.{{cite news |last1=Boehm |first1=Mike |title=Granting Disney's wish |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jan-05-ca-boehm5-story.html |access-date=22 January 2022 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=5 January 2003}}{{cite news |last1=Lampert-Greaux |first1=Ellen |title=Taking The Plunge |url=https://www.livedesignonline.com/theatre/taking-plunge |access-date=22 January 2022 |work=Live Design Online |date=1 February 2007}}

After eight years at Disney, Hamburger restarted En Garde Arts and returned to producing off-Broadway theatre.{{cite news |last1=Seymour |first1=Lee |title=Avant Garde Trailblazer Returns To Roots In Era Of Trump |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/leeseymour/2018/06/20/avant-garde-trailblazer-returns-to-roots-in-era-of-trump/ |access-date=22 January 2022 |work=Forbes |date=20 June 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Tran |first1=Diep |title='BASETRACK Live' Marks Reboot of En Garde Arts |url=https://www.americantheatre.org/2014/10/14/basetrack-live-marks-reboot-of-en-garde-arts/ |access-date=22 January 2022 |work=American Theatre |date=14 October 2014}} In 2015, she presented a theater festival in Hudson River Park with nine separate pieces, including one by the Obie-winner Lee Sunday Evans.{{Cite news|last=Collins-Hughes|first=Laura|date=2015-10-22|title=For Big Outdoor Site Specific Stuff, Location, Location and Good Weather|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/23/theater/for-big-outdoor-site-specific-stuff-location-location-and-good-weather.html|access-date=2022-01-22|issn=0362-4331}} In 2017, she produced and co-wrote the play Wilderness which explored the issues created by sending children on wilderness therapy camps.{{cite news |last1=Bradshaw |first1=Marshall |title=Wilderness explores Utah teen therapy program (review) |url=https://dctheatrescene.com/2017/10/18/wilderness-explores-utah-teen-therapy-program-review/ |access-date=22 January 2022 |work=DC Theatre Scene |date=18 October 2017}}{{cite news |last1=Heckel |first1=Jodi |title=Stories of troubled youth and their families depicted in documentary-theater production "WILDERNESS" |url=https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/475125 |access-date=22 January 2022 |work=news.illinois.edu |date=16 March 2017}} While developing Wilderness, Hamburger spent time with youths in Utah at a wilderness therapy camp{{Cite news|last=Collins-Hughes|first=Laura|date=2016-10-20|title=Therapy Becomes Theater in 'Wilderness'|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/23/theater/therapy-becomes-theater-in-wilderness.html|access-date=2022-01-22|issn=0362-4331}} and conducted interviews with parents who had to send their children to such camps.{{Cite news|title='Wilderness' sends teenagers into the wild to find themselves|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/10/14/wilderness-sends-teenagers-into-the-wild-to-find-themselves/|access-date=2022-01-22|issn=0190-8286}}

Hamburger curated a free performing arts festival in New York City in May 2021.{{cite news |last1=Karel |first1=Daniel |title='Downtown Live' Brings Free Outdoor Performances to an Altered Landscape |url=https://bedfordandbowery.com/2021/05/downtown-live-brings-free-outdoor-performances-to-an-altered-landscape/ |access-date=22 January 2022 |work=Bedford and Bowery |date=3 May 2021}}

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