During this time, she worked with leading avant-garde theatre directors: Ariane Mnouchkine, Simon McBurney, Robert Lepage and Richard Foreman.
[7] Alagic moved in 2003 to New York City, where she performed in Richard Foreman's Panic (How to Be Happy)[8] with the Ontological-Hysteric Theater.
In New York City, Alagic also worked as a director and deviser, creating ensemble and solo shows, including The Filament Cycle, One Day in Moscow, and Men Have Called Me Mad.
While at Yale, Alagic collaborated with Tarell Alvin McCraney, Amy Herzog, Lauren Feldman, Dorothy Fortenberry, Gonzalo Rodriguez Risco, Jennifer Tuckett, Matt Moses and Mattie Brickman[citation needed].
In 2006, for her final thesis project, Alagic wrote and directed the play Zero Hour,[10] based on her personal experience in the Bosnian War.