VIVIAN FARAHANI is a director based in New York.

Raised in Düsseldorf and the Bay Area, her work spans theater, opera, audio, and film in the United States and across Europe.

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Vivian makes work that puts pressure on our inherited truths. She is driven by a profound belief that stories can bridge the personal and political; they bring big ideas into reach where they can be challenged. She is drawn to contradiction: in the text, in the world, in the space between what people say and what they mean. She is interested in the cracks of our reality, in how funny and sad it is to be alive.

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In New York, Vivian has directed new work at venues including The Tank, Classic Stage Company, Brooklyn Art Haus, and the Brooklyn Comedy Collective. At UNCSA, she directed plays by Lucy Prebble, Anne Carson, and Caryl Churchill on the Mainstage and in self-produced festivals & student seasons. She has interned and assisted for directors including Simon McBurney (Festival D'Aix-en-Provence), GT Upchurch (Red Bull) Carolyn Cantor (24 Hour Plays), Elizabeth Hess (LaMaMa), and Carl Forsman (UNCSA). This spring she is assistant director on La Voix Humaine (Juilliard Opera) and Directing Observer on The Marriage of Figaro (Royal Opera House). She currently serves as Literary Intern at The Vineyard Theatre. 

 

As an audiobook director and engineer, Vivian 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