Ashley H. White

Ashley H. White (she/her) is a multi-hyphenate artist, whose passion lies within storytelling.  She is an award-winning director, fight and intimacy director, playwright and teaching artist, with international credits and decades of experience creating theatre. 

 

As a director, she has helmed numerous productions, each incorporating significant play and a pursuit of creative risk. Most recently, she directed The Hatmaker's Wife at Circle Theatre and Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812  at Theatre Three in Dallas. Prior to that, her World Premiere of Imposter! Hypocrite! Tartuffe! ran at Circle Theatre.

 

As a playwright, Ashley recently enjoyed a hit run of her original work, Imposter! Hypocrite! Tartuffe! (based on the play by that one guy), at Circle Theatre. Her previous devised pieces include The Forever Quest at Cry Havoc and A Room For Vincent at Union. She is currently under commission with Bishop Arts Theatre Center to pen a new play based on Ibram Kendi's Stamped from the Beginning, set to debut in early 2025. 

 

She is a certified Intimacy Director with IDC Professionals and has worked across the U.S., in addition to film and television, where her intimacy coordination work can be seen on Amazon, The CW, Paramount+, and other networks and studios. An accomplished Fight Director, she is also a Certified Teacher with the Society of American Fight Directors. Ashley is a sought-after educator and the creator of The Cycle of Consent—an approach to building and navigating safe creative spaces.

 

Ashley is the recipient of five DFW Critics Forum Awards for Outstanding Direction, as well as special recognitions from the Critics Forum for her fight and intimacy work. She is a proud member of SDC and has received nominations for the SDC Zelda Fischander and SDC Barbara Whitman awards for innovation in directing.

 

Ashley is proud to be the Artistic Director of Circle Theatre, a professional theatre based in Downtown Fort Worth.

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