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The Female Pope
Joana Assistant Directed for Johanna McKeon in The New Group and The Pipeline Arts Foundation's June 13th 2024 reading of the striking new musical The Female Pope, which follows the story of Pope Joan.
Forever Miscast
On July 13th 2024, Joana will be directing Forever Miscast, a Cabaret with Megan Chacalos and many other talented performers at the historic Towngate Theatre.
Ariadne
Joana directed an industry reading of the new play Ariadne by Richard Colley and produced by Megan Chacalos on May 31st at Houghton Hall Arts Community in NYC. She is currently working towards further development of the play with news coming out soon!
The Ruminants
On May 20th Joana read the role of Aria in a workshop of Dipti Bramhandkar's new play The Ruminants at Urban Stages directed by Padraic Lillis.
Associate Producing
Red Bull Theater's
20th Anniversary Festival
Joana associate produced Red Bull Theater's 20th Anniversary Festival which was jam-packed, with classical and classically inspired works from April 15th to May 12th 2024.
She Kills Monsters
In March 2024 Joana played the elf Kaliope in Art Lab Production's rendition of the fantastical play at NYC's Theatre Row.
Macbeth
In fall 2023 Joana played 6 integral roles, including Witch 1 and Malcolm in this 7 actor adaptation of Macbeth at The Tank directed by Avery Sedlacek and assisted by Jaycie Buben.
Romeo & Juliet
Joana produced, played Juliet, and led educational workshops through Rue 151's Band of Bards! Band of Bards conducted this first leg of their programming which included a reading of their four actor cut of Romeo and Juliet and interactive workshops, at The Towngate Theatre in 2023. Joana and her team are in the works to grow this programming and educational outreach for more events in 2024!
Hamlet Pitch
Joana pitched her upcoming directorial project Hamlet: The Undiscovered Country and won monetary support for the project in Bridging Innovation Week 2023, conducted by the Morris L. Hayhurst LaunchLab. This competition consisted of artists from all over Appalachia presenting their projects before a panel of judges. Only two winners were selected.
Familial
Familial, a short film directed by and starring Joana was selected in 2022 for the Upstate New York Film Festival and the Midnight West Film Festival.
BEDLAM
In the Summer and Fall of 2021 Joana had the amazing opportunity to observe Bedlam's Artistic Director Eric Tucker as he directed the company's world premiere adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion
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