The acting bug bit Chanel Bragg when she played a tree in âThe House on Mango Street.â At the time Chanel was in fifth grade and her teacher Ms. Peralta was trying to use theater as a way to engage her students in the arts, and keep them out of gangs and off the streets.
Fast forward to February 2023, Bragg is the Associate Artistic Director of Arizona Theatre Company and she will make her ATC directorial debut in âThe Glass Menagerieâ. She was also highlighted in Phoenix Magazineâs Great 48. Bragg has spent her career working to make the Phoenix theater community diverse.