Irene Lazaridis is a Producer at Ars Nova Entertainment with Jenny Steingart. Ars Nova Entertainment produces theater, film and tv, including projects like Freestyle Love Supreme and Black Dynamite. 

In addition to this, Irene is a creative producer with expertise in theatrical and experiential production. She most recently produced Freestyle+ with Bill Irwin at San Francisco Sketchfest and has co-produced various projects with Tiresias the Oracle aka Evan Silver including HYPERFANTASIA at the Brick and UNDERWORLD at 3DollarBill. Irene has produced experiential projects for PBS, Amazon Prime, Facebook, CES, Pop Culture Collaborative, and Meow Wolf. As a theatermaker, she has produced work at Waterwell, the Tank, La Mama, Atlantic Theater, Paradise Factory, Irvington Shakespeare Company and more. She is also a board member of Colt Coeur and Broadway League Rising Stars Fellow (Class of ‘23-’24).

Irene is the lead producer of the annual arts festival, Cosmic Cherry, which showcases new works by emerging femme and LGTBQ+ artists. She received her BFA in Drama at NYU/Tisch.