| JOE
SIRAVO
Mr.
Siravo’s directing credits range from Shakespeare
and The Greeks to Samuel Beckett and Sam Shepard.
He has directed productions of the following plays by Shakespeare:
KING LEAR, MACBETH, JULIUS CAESAR, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S
DREAM, ROMEO & JULIET, MEASURE FOR MEASURE and THE MERCHANT
OF VENICE.
As
a founding member of the esteemed New York Stage & Film,
he directed a production of Sam Shepard’s SUICIDE
IN Bb. In addition, he coordinated the New Voices Series
at Stage & Film for 3 years, where he directed Deborah
Pryor’s BURRHEAD and WETTER THAN WATER, Howard Brenton’s
SORE THROATS, and Franz Xaver Kroetz’ THE NEST and
NEITHER FISH NOR FOWL.
Additional
directing credits include: Caryl Churchill’s adaptation
of Seneca’s THYESTES and John Barton and Kenneth Cavendar’s
THE GREEKS, Lanford Wilson’s SERENADING LOUIE, Sean
O’Casey’s HALL OF HEALING, Fernando Arrabal’s
PICNIC ON THE BATTLEFIELD and Samuel Beckett’s PLAY.
He is a Founding Producer of Aviles Street Productions,
an independent film production company based in NYC. Currently,
Aviles Street is in pre-production for a new film “Things
that Hang from Trees,” to be shot on location in St.
Augustine, Florida in the Spring of 2005.
As an actor, Mr. Siravo has appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway
and Regional theatre stages, in Film and on Television in
a wide variety of roles ranging from Mark Antony in Shakespeare’s
ANTONY & CLEOPATRA to the title role in Stephen Sondheim’s
SWEENEY TODD to Johnny Soprano in HBO’s hit series
THE SOPRANOS.
Broadway:
CONVERSATIONS WITH MY FATHER.
Off-Broadway:
GEMINI and DARK RAPTURE at Second Stage, MAD FOREST and
UP AGAINST THE WIND with NY Theatre Workshop, MY NIGHT WITH
REG at The New Group, THE ROOT at the Atlantic, DREAM OF
A COMMON LANGUAGE with The Women’s Project, LUSTING
AFTER PIPINO’S WIFE at Primary Stages.
Regional: LAST OF THE BOYS at the McCarter Theatre, HAMLET
at the Long Wharf, THREE SISTERS at Shakespeare Theatre
of New Jersey, ANTONY & CLEOPATRA at Berkeley Rep, THE
SWEET LIFE at Yale Rep, SAVAGES at Seattle Rep, OTHELLO,
SWEENEY TODD and A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE at the Hangar.
He
has guest starred on: THE SOPRANOS, THIRD WATCH, LAW &
ORDER, NEW YORK UNDERCOVER, FEDS, SWIFT JUSTICE, NEW YORK
NEWS and THE COSBY SHOW.
Mr. Siravo’s film credits include: SHARK TALE, THE
WILD,
MAID IN MANHATTAN, CARLITO’S WAY, WISE GIRLS,
WALKING & TALKING, 101 WAYS, LABOR PAINS, SNOW DAYS,
A DAY IN BLACK & WHITE, NIGHT FALLS ON MANHATTAN
and THIRTEEN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ONE THING.
He
is a proud member of The Ensemble Studio Theatre and The
Actors Center Workshop Company.
Mr.
Siravo is a graduate of Stanford University and the NYU
Tisch School of the Arts.
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