Hi, I'm Sloan Elle Garner, a dramaturg, director, and theatre educator from North Mississippi.

My practice relies on offering tangible experiences to casts, crews, and audiences to deepen relationships to texts and narratives. My research specialties are in ethnodramaturgy and survivors' art, with projects ranging from Shoah operas to pinpeat orchestras after the Khmer Rouge genocides to the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. With the moniker “Southern Directurg,” I am passionate about uplifting communities in the rural Southeastern U.S. and Lower Appalachia through education, community resources, empathy, and art. I am also an alumnae of Alpha Psi Omega and Southeast Regional Vice President for Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas.