As a director, shorb facilitates physical virtuosity and intensity. Directing credits in theatre, devised theater, and opera include: The Future of Ismael, black girl love: an adaptation project, The Women of __, Carmen, 893 | Ya-ku-za, The Mikado: Reclaimed, and others. Their directorial work with creator-performers includes: The Psychopomp Project by Wendy Vastine (2014); Radio Kaduna and a tortoise walks majestically on window ledges by Guggenheim Fellow Wura-Natasha Ogunji, presented at The Pulitzer Foundation and the Menil Collection (2013); and two works by Natalie Goodnow, EAGLE WOMAN POEMS (2010) and MUD OFFERINGS (2009). shorb has also directed FronteraFest “Best of Fest” winners Dice (2012; by Candyce Rusk) and by a quiet sea (2009; by Wura-Natasha Ogunji).
They have trained in the Suzuki Acting Method and Viewpoints (Anne Bogart/Tina Landau) and have studied directing with Pirrone Yousefzadeh and KJ Sanchez.
They are currently collaborating with Katherine Wilkinson on a new performance piece about the body, desire, and queerness called Inappropriate. They were a 2015 invited fellow at the Peer Leadership Exchange for the National Institute for Directing and Ensemble Creation in Minneapolis, hosted by Pangea World Theater and Art2Action, and a 2019 Directing Fellow at Wolf Trap Opera.