Welcome!
Allegra Durante, M.A.
I'm here to help you plan and pivot creatively, building lasting solutions to pesky problems. I design effective people-forward and empirically-supported organizational processes, and offer audiences cathartic moments through my work in opera and immersive theater. Those might seem unrelated, but my passion for connecting with people and helping them breathe a little more easily comes first in everything I do!
I earned my MA in Psychology in early 2026, and my area of focus is industrial-organizational psychology. My work is informed by the latest research into employee satisfaction and retention, and a decade of my own experience working in corporate retail environments.
My significant accomplishments to date:
Designing a comprehensive and intuitive inventory classification system for an international luxury business which now has sales of $10-25M per year
Organizing and funding multiple theatrical productions from the ground up
Consulting for a successful immersive theater crowdfund which raised over $16,000
Earned accelerated Psychology BA, summa cum laude, while also earning an accelerated Psychology MA, at City College of New York (CCNY)
Accepted into two prestigious work fellowships while at CCNY: the S Jay Levy Fellowship for Future Leaders, and the Mixner LGBTQ+ Equal Rights Fellowship
When not coaching people on how to present themselves in the workplace, I work in and around New York City as a performing artist. You’re just as likely to find me on stage singing Mozart, “in the wild” at a larp or immersive show, on social media talking about my latest craft projects, or excitedly telling someone about Herzberg’s two-factor motivation theory.
Are you interested in how social science can help design and refine current workplace systems and communication? Let's connect!
Upcoming Engagements
Premiere: Hippolyte et Aricie
Location(s) and date(s) TBD
New York, NY
Highlights from recent operatic roles (2019-2024) performed by New York-based lyric coloratura soprano Allegra Durante.
Highlights from recent operatic roles (2019-2024) performed by New York-based lyric coloratura soprano Allegra Durante.
The roles included are Zerlina in Don Giovanni (2024), Amore in Orfeo ed Euridice (2022), Oscar in Un Ballo in Maschera (2019) and a sneak behind-the-scenes peek of her next production, Hippolytus in Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie (release TBA).