Welcome to this Inwood Art Works On Air podcast artist spotlight episode featuring actor and filmmaker, Hannah Eakin.

Hannah Eakin is an Arkansas-born, New York City-based actress, singer, writer, and filmmaker. She is a member of Actors’ Equity Association, holds her BM in Music Theatre from Oklahoma City University, works regularly with the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, and has performed roles like Mary Poppins and Irene Molloy in Hello, Dolly! in regional houses and venues throughout New York City.

As a creator, she finds inspiration in the intimate, complex, and often overlooked narratives of women throughout history. Her screenplays have garnered recognition from the PAGE International Screenwriting Awards and ScreenCraft Drama Screenplay Competition, her musical adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel, Jane Eyre, is a recipient of the New York State Council on the Arts FY24 Support for Artists Grant, and her short film The Poet’s Daughter received a grant from the Inwood Film Festival Filmmaker Fund.

A self-taught director, she delights in studying the styles and techniques of great filmmakers and innovators. Her ongoing work includes The Sara Teasdale Project, an expansive poetry and film history project culminating in 92 short films. www.hannaheakin.com