Zachary Cooper joined Ballet Arizona in the Spring of 2021 after a tenure as Technical Director at the two-time Tony-winning Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford, CT and has worked professionally in theatrical production for nearly a decade.
Originally from Wisconsin, Zac attended Lawrence University, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, and the National Theater Institute and worked with the Fireside Dinner Theater in Fort Atkinson, WI and Skylight Music Theater in Milwaukee, WI. In addition to time spent behind the stage, Zac maintains years of training as an actor, director, and playwright which he constantly uses to inform his technical work. While at the O’Neill Theater, Zac worked with grant recipients of the Jerome Robbins Foundation and Jim Henson Foundation while overseeing and contributing to the Young Playwright’s Festival, the National Puppetry Conference, the National Musical Theater Conference, the National Playwright’s Conference, and the Cabaret & Performance Conference.
