Taylor Harlow is a theatre artist and educator originally from rural Kansas.

Equally inspired nurturing new works or re-examining the cannon, his work has been described as both “scrappy” and “meticulous”. His work nudges audiences toward the realization that their collective imagination is a powerful tool capable of creating other worlds— perhaps more just ones.

His directing work has been seen at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, The Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Astra Theatre Company, Temple University, and The Pace University Sands School for Performing Arts. As an actor, Taylor’s work has been seen Off-Broadway and throughout regional theaters, including Immersive Everywhere, The Sheen Center, The Skirball Center, En Garde Arts, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, The Heart of America Shakespeare Festival, and others. He’s been in residence at The Eugene O’Neil Theatre Center and The Barn Arts Collective. 

At Temple University in Philadelphia, Taylor taught six courses in the School for Theatre, Film, and Media Arts. In the fall of 2024, he co-facilitated a course in a North Philadelphia jail after receiving a certificate in Prison Exchange Educational Program Design. As a recent guest artist at Actor’s Homeroom, Taylor taught a monthlong series in Shakespeare.

Taylor’s research and writing focuses on the intersections of performance, collective imagination, world-making and community health. He has worked as a program evaluator for The Kimmel Center in Philadelphia where he collected and analyzed data to support a pilot theatre education program.

He lives in Astoria, NYC with his wife Emily.