In 2007, Ms. Wasserman was appointed Artistic & Executive Director of the new Segal Centre for the Performing Arts at the Saidye. The Segal Centre is being built on five pillars. The first two are already in place - the Leanor and Alvin Segal Theatre and the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre and Bryna has been the Artistic Director of both since 1998. Bryna is developing the new pillars, an Academy of Performing Arts, a CinemaSpace and a Studio theatre that will add music, dance and multimedia programmes and provide a second stage for new companies and original works.

Born in Vienna, Bryna grew up in the theatrical milieu of her mother, Dora Wasserman C.M., C.Q., the Founding Artistic Director of The Yiddish Theatre. Bryna graduated with Bachelor and Masters Degrees in theatre direction from the Tisch School of Fine Arts, New York University. Her career in the performing arts is extensive and includes work at the American Place Theatre, The Vivian Beaumont Theatre at Lincoln Centre, the Mercer Street Theatre, the Vancouver Opera Company and four seasons at the Folksbiene Playhouse. Among her New York credits are: Arrabal's The Architect And The Emperor of Assyria, Wojzeck, The House of Bernardo Alba and Bernstein On Broadway. Among her most recent directing credits are Man of La Mancha and an original English musical Houdini at the Segal Centre and restaged at the Outremont Theatre as part of the Montreal Jazz Festival.

Under Bryna's direction, the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre has won MECCAs for The Great Houdini and The Threepenny Opera. Other Yiddish musicals she has directed are Double Identity, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, On Second Avenue, The Golden Land, Fiddler On The Roof and Those Were The Days (link)and The Wise Men of Chelm . Among the Yiddish dramas she has directed are Mirele Efros, Old Wicked Songs, The Dybbuk and God of Vengeanceby Sholem Asch.

Under Bryna's direction, the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre has won MECCAs for The Great Houdini and The Threepenny Opera. Other Yiddish musicals she has directed are Double Identity, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, On Second Avenue, The Golden Land, Fiddler On The Roof and Those Were The Days (link)and The Wise Men of Chelm . Among the Yiddish dramas she has directed are Mirele Efros, Old Wicked Songs, The Dybbuk and God of Vengeanceby Sholem Asch.

To carry the joy and meaning of Yiddish theatre far and wide, Bryna has organized touring productions to Florida and Toronto (1999, 2004, 2009) and to Europe (1998, 2001, 2004, 2006,). Always supportive of developing artistic talent in youth, she includes emerging theatre professionals in all her productions.