Giselle is the new Artistic Director of Gallery Players, the longest running community theater in the midwest. Gallery Players produces theater of the highest artistic expression, reflecting a Jewish perspective while exploring our common humanity. Building on its rich history, Gallery Players strives to challenge and inspire audiences and artists alike.

About Giselle

Giselle D'Souza (Siegel) is an actress, director, choreographer, and teaching artist. Her credits include national tours, children's theater, original off-Broadway runs and premieres, and regional theater. Giselle has served as a director and choreographer for numerous productions featuring kids, teens and adults at many different schools and community centers in NY/NJ. She also specializes in creating and facilitating drama programs for adults with disabilities. In 2013, she founded Open Tent Theater Company, a community of theater artists dedicated to creating quality theater experiences in Uptown Manhattan and beyond. Giselle received her musical theater training from The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York. She holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from The New School and an M.S.ED degree in Educational Theatre with Initial Certification in Theatre for grades Pre K-12 from The City College of New York. She currently lives in Columbus, Ohio with her daughter and husband. 

As an actor

Credits include: Harriet Cornwall in Isn't It Romantic, Lala Levy in The Last Night Of Ballyhoo, Female Swing for Amigo Duende, Cinderella in Into The Woods, Madge Owens in Summer Brave, Sydney in It's A Bird, It's A Plane It's Superman!, Tobias in Sweeney Todd, Wife in Blood Wedding, Cow 2 in Click, Clack, Moo! Cows That Type, James in James and The Giant Peach and more... 

In 2012, Giselle appeared in Amigo Duende, a new musical written by Joshua Henry, the Tony Award nominated artist of The Scottsboro Boys, In The Heights stage manager Heather Hogan, and Luis Salgado, the Latin assistant choreographer of In The Heights and performer in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. 
Press for Amigo Duende 
Playbill 
Theatermania
Broadway World

As a choreographer

Giselle has choreographed numerous shows with kids, teens, and adults including:
Annie Jr., The Wiz, Once Upon A Mattress, 1776, Little Shop Of Horrors, 13, Zombie Prom, Into The Woods, Pippin, Fiddler On The Roof, Footloose, Seussical Jr., The Music Man, It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's Superman!, and Grease.  

As a director 

Giselle has directed and co-directed many shows featuring kids and teens including:
Annie, Little Mermaid Jr (Democracy Prep), Out Of Whack: The All Kids Rock Musical (Theater For The New City), Once Upon A Mattress (Democracy Prep, Yeshiva of Central Queens), Footloose, The Wiz (Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County), The Curious Savage, The Dark At The Top Of The Stairs, Marvin's Room, Scenes and Songs from Annie, The Wizard Of Oz, The Wiz and more!

As a teaching artist

Giselle has and abundance of experience teaching workshops and classes for kids, teens and adults in musical theater, acting, dance, movement, vocal production and speech, audition technique and more. 
Giselle works with all ages but specializes in working with:
  • Middle School Students
  • Adults with disabilities
  • Young children- toddler/preschool