Giovanna Sardelli

Giovanna Sardelli is the Director of New Works at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, where she has directed and developed plays around the country, including many off-Broadway productions. Sardelli’s directing credits include many collaborations with Matthew Lopez and Rajiv Joseph, including the production of Joseph’s Obie Award-winning play Describe the Night at Atlantic Theatre, and her production of Joseph’s Guards at the Taj for the Geffen Theatre which won the 2016 Ovation Award for Best Production of a Play. She recently directed the Marvel podcast Squirrel Girl: The Unbeatable Radio Show! Sardelli holds an MFA in Acting from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and taught in NYU’s Graduate Acting Program and Dance Department. Before being invited to train at NYU’s prestigious Director’s Lab program, Sardelli worked as a professional actress for a decade. In 2019, she was named the Alumna of the Year for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas College of Fine Arts.

Photo by Deborah Lopez.