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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Recent directing credits include Gianna Hoffman’s Obit Play (The Tank), Natalie Wright’s Otolaryngology (Concord OOB Festival), and Drew Woodson’s Four Sisters Waiting For An Exit (24 Hour Plays: Nationals). She has assisted for directors Leigh Silverman (Vineyard Theatre WIP), GT Upchurch (Red Bull), Simon McBurney (Festival D'Aix-en-Provence), Carolyn Cantor (24 Hour Plays: Musicals), Elizabeth Hess (LaMaMa), George R. Miller (Juilliard Opera), and Carl Forsman (UNCSA).This spring she was selected as JPA 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