Mimsi Janis

Mimsi Janis is an Associate Professor in the School of Theater at George Mason University. She teaches theater education and performance courses. 

She is an actor and teaching artist in the DC area. She has performed with Studio Theater, Signature Theater, Washington Stage Guild, The Kennedy Center, South Dakota Shakespeare, NextStop Theater, Chesapeake Shakespeare, Maryland Shakespeare, and many others. 

Ms. Janis taught theater in the K-12 setting with Fairfax County Public Schools and has been a teaching artist with Acting For Young People for over a decade. She servers on the advisory board of Mason Community Arts Academy. She has facilitated workshops at Strattera Conference, Women’s Theatre Conference and American Alliance for Theatre and Education. Ms. Janis is former co-director of the DC Coalition for Theater and Social Justice, through which she has facilitated numerous Theater of the Oppressed workshops. 

Her research centers on teacher identity, applied theater with pre-service and in-service teachers, and applied theater with youth.

Degrees

• MFA, Acting, Catholic University of America
• MEd, Curriculum and Instruction, George Mason University
• BA, Theater, Principia College