VIVIAN FARAHANI is a stage director and producer of German-Persian origin currently based in New York. She has worked internationally across theater and opera.

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Her artistic approach places culture at the center, recognizing its immense role in the formation of our identities and worldviews. She believes storytelling is our strongest entry point to interrogate complex political dynamics. 

 

In New York, she has directed work at venues including The Tank, Classic Stage Company, Brooklyn Art Haus, Ballet Hispanico, and the Brooklyn Comedy Collective (BCC). Recent projects include Obit Play, 24 Hour Plays Nationals, and Park Play. She has interned and assisted for directors including

Simon McBurney (Festival D'Aix-en-Provence), Carolyn Cantor (24 Hour Musicals), Elizabeth Hess (LaMaMa), and Carl Forsman (UNCSA).

 

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

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B.F.A in Directing, UNCSA