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
"Sardelli is excellent at creating feral, febrile moments onstage."
-Times Union, The Lord of the Flies