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FEATURED SHOWS

Giovanna is a passionate theater artist known for developing and directing bold, diverse, and thought-provoking new works. A gifted collaborator skilled in facilitating artistic partnerships, navigating difficult subject matter, and uniting teams around artistic visions and shared goals. An engaging public speaker who has been the face of successful fundraising efforts and who welcomes the opportunity to galvanize and inspire others in supporting a mission, a vision, a product. Adept at identifying talent. An advocate, connector, teacher, and mentor who delights in the success of others.

PODCAST

 

SQUIRREL GIRL Marvel

NEW YORK THEATER (selected credits)

BY RAJIV JOSEPH

DESCRIBE THE NIGHT Atlantic Theater Company

THE NORTH POOL The Vineyard Theatre

ANIMALS OUT OF PAPER Second Stage Theatre, Uptown Series, World Premiere

***2008 Joe A. Callaway Award for Best Direction***

THE LEOPARD AND THE FOX Alterego Productions, World Premiere

BENGAL TIGER AT THE BAGHDAD ZOO Lark Play Development Center Barebones Purchase College, State University of NY

ALL THIS INTIMACY Second Stage Theatre, Uptown Series, World Premiere

HUCK & HOLDEN Cherry Lane Theatre, World Premiere

 

GEORGIA MERTCHING IS DEAD by Catya McMullen Ensemble Studio Theatre, World Premiere, 2019

LITTLE CHILDREN DREAM OF GOD by Jeff Augustine Roundabout Underground, World Premiere 

FINKS by Joe Gilford Ensemble Studio Theatre

APPLE COVE by Lynn Rosen The Women’s Project, NY Premiere

DREAMS OF THE WASHER KING by Christopher Wall Playwright’s Realm, World Premiere

STRAY by Ruth McKee Cherry Lane Theatre (Mentor Project)

WILDFLOWER by Lila Rose Kaplan Second Stage Theatre, Uptown Series, World Premiere

TWO THIRDS HOME by Padraic Lillis Broken Watch Theatre Co., World Premiere

EARTH GIRLS ARE EASY Lark Theatre Company, Overtures Series

(w/Kristin Chenoweth, Hunter Foster, Marc Kudisch)

THE THREE SISTERS by Anton Chekhov – Rocamora Translation Mudbone Collective, Studio Tisch

CELEBRATION OF THE ARTS to honor George Campell Jr. The Great Hall at Cooper Union

(w/George C. Wolfe, John Guare, Sam Waterston)

THE SEAGULL by Anton Chekhov – Van Itallie Translation Paul Walker Theater, Studio Tisch

BASKING IN THE NEON (Created & Director) Interlude Theater

REGIONAL (selected credits)

THEY PROMISED HER THEY MOON by Laurel Ollstein The Old Globe, West Coast Premiere, 2019

DESCRIBE THE NIGHT by Rajiv Joseph Alley Theatre, World Premiere

ARCHDUKE by Rajiv Joseph CTG, Mark Taper Forum, World Premiere 

CONSTELLATIONS by Nick Payne Geffen Playhouse

ALL THE WAY by Robert Schenkkan Cleveland Play House

GUARDS AT THE TAJ by Rajiv Joseph Geffen Playhouse, Regional Premiere

***2016 Ovation Award for Best Production of a Play (Large Theater)***

MR. WOLF by Rajiv Joseph Cleveland Play House, Regional Premiere

IN A WORD by Lauren Yee San Francisco Playhouse, Rolling World Premiere

THE LAKE EFFECT by Rajiv Joseph TheatreWorks, Silicon Valley, West Coast Premiere

INTIMATE APPAREL by Lynn Nottage Dorset Theatre Festival

SOMEWHERE by Matthew Lopez Hartford Stage, Regional Premiere

THE MOUNTAINTOP by Katori Hall Actors Theatre of Louisville

CLYBOURNE PARK by Bruce Norris Dorset Theatre Festival/Barrington Stage Co

MUCKRAKERS by Zayd Dohrn Barrington Stage Co., World Premiere

THE WHIPPING MAN by Matthew Lopez Cleveland Play House 

THE LORD OF THE FLIES play by Nigel Williams Barrington Stage Company

THE NORTH POOL by Rajiv Joseph Barrington Stage Company

GOOD PEOPLE by David Lindsay-Abaire Dorset Theatre Festival

DEAD ACCOUNTS by Theresa Rebeck Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, World Premiere

SOMEWHERE by Matthew Lopez The Old Globe, World Premiere

THE NORTH POOL by Rajiv Joseph TheatreWorks, Silicon Valley World Premiere 

***Voted 1 of the 10 best productions in Bay Area by San Francisco Chronicle/Winner of the Glickman Award***

THE WHIPPING MAN by Matthew Lopez The Old Globe, West Coast Premiere

ABSALOM by Zoe Kazan ATL, Humana Festival, World Premiere

SALVATION by James McLindon Hudson Stage Company, World Premiere 

TAKING FLIGHT by Adriana Sevan CTG, Kirk Douglas Theatre, World Premiere

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"Sardelli is excellent at creating feral, febrile moments onstage."

-Times Union, The Lord of the Flies

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