VIVIAN FARAHANI is a German-Persian stage director and producer based in New York.

Growing up in Düsseldorf and the Bay Area, she has worked in Europe and the United States across theater, opera, audio and film. 

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She believes stories bridge the pedestrian and political; they bring big ideas into reach where they can be challenged. Her artistic approach places culture at the center, recognizing its immense role in the formation of our identities and worldviews.

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In New York, she has directed projects at venues including The Tank, Classic Stage Company, Brooklyn Art Haus, Ballet Hispanico, and the Brooklyn Comedy Collective. She has interned and assisted for directors including Simon McBurney (Festival D'Aix-en-Provence), GT Upchurch (Red Bull) Carolyn Cantor (24 Hour Musicals), Elizabeth Hess (LaMaMa), and Carl Forsman (UNCSA). Coming up this spring, she is assistant director on La Voix Humaine (Julliard Opera Recital), and the Directing Observer on The Marriage of Figaro 

(Royal Opera House).

 

As an audiobook director and engineer, she has worked on titles for Hachette Book Group and Recorded Books with Audie-nominated narrators.

She is currently the Literary Intern at The Vineyard Theatre. 

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B.F.A in Directing, UNCSA