ABOUT JOANA:

 

     Joana is a NYC based actor and director.  She hales from Short Creek, West Virginia, where she was surrounded by the deep Greek-American and Appalachian roots of her family.  She earned her BFA in Acting from Shenandoah Conservatory, where she studied under LAByrinth Theater's Scott Hudson, Martha Wollner, and Padraic Lillis.  Joana most loves deep collaboration and exploring the connections between language and the human experience. 

 

   Some of her work as an actor include: playing Irina in Three Sisters under the direction of Talia Feldberg, starred in and co-developing the new play Rift at The Tank with playwright Rita Francis Welch, playing Malcolm in Macbeth at The Tank directed by Avery Sedlacek, and her Off- Broadway debut as Kaliope in She Kills Monsters at Theatre Row.

 

     Some of her work as a director include: directing the musical cabaret Forever Miscast: A Night with Megan Chacalos with the historic Oglebay Institute, assisting directing for such directors as Johanna McKeon, Chris Murrah, Dara Malina, and Zachary Elkind, and directing a reading of the new play Campaign by artist Raul Martinez at the White Box art gallery in NYC.  Currently Joana is assistant directing The Imaginary Invalid with Director Jesse Berger at Red Bull Theater / New World Stages. 

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