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Andrei Serban Biography (1943-)

Full name, Andrei George Serban; born June 21, 1943, in Bucharest, Romania; immigrated to the United States in 1969; son of Gheorghe and Elpis (maiden name, Lichardopu) Serban; married; two children. Addresses: Office: Columbia University, School of Arts, 601C Dodge Hall, 2960 Broadway, New York, NY10027-6902.

Nationality

Romanian

Gender

Male

Occupation

Director

Birth Details

June 21, 1943

Bucharest, Romania

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Director
• Arden of Faversham, Romania, 1965
• Ubu Roi, Romania, 1966
• Julius Caesar, Romania, 1968
• The Good Woman of Setzuan, Young People's Theatre of Piatra Neampt, Bucharest, Romania, 1968
• Jonah, Bucharest's Little Theatre, Romania, 1969
• Arden of Faversham, La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, New York City, 1970
• Ubu Roi, La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, 1970
• The Fragments of a Trilogy (composed of three plays: The TrojanWomen, Medea, and Elektra), La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, 1974-1976
• The Good Woman of Setzuan, La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, 1975
• As You Like It, La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, 1976
• The Cherry Orchard, New York Shakespeare Festival, Vivian BeaumontTheatre, New York City, 1977
• Agamemnon, New York Shakespeare Festival, Vivian Beaumont Theatre,then Delacorte Theatre, New York City, both 1977
• The Ghost Sonata, Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1977
• Sganarelle: An Evening of Moliere Farces, Yale Repertory Theatre,then New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, New York City, both 1978
• (And set designer) The Master and Margarita, New York ShakespeareFestival, Public Theatre, 1978
• The Umbrellas of Cherbourg New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, 1979, then Phoenix Theatre, London, 1980
• Happy Days, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, 1979
• The Seagull, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, 1980
• Eugene Onegin, Welsh National Opera, Cardiff, Wales, 1980
• Sganarelle, American Repertory Theatre, Cambridge, MA, 1981
• I puritani, Welsh National Opera, 1981
• Norma, Welsh National Opera, 1981 then 1985
• La traviata, Julliard American Opera Centre, New York City, 1981
• The Marriage of Figaro, Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, MN, 1982
• Zastrozzi, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, 1982
• The Three Sisters, American Repertory Theatre, 1982
• Uncle Vanya, La MaMa Annex, New York City, 1983
• Alcina, New York City Opera, State Theatre, New York City, 1983
• Orpheus Descending, Circle in the Square Theatre, New York City, 1984
• The King Stag, American Repertory Theatre, 1984
• Turandot, Royal Opera House, London, 1984
• The Love of Three Oranges, American Repertory Theatre, 1984
• The Juniper Tree, American Repertory Theatre, 1985
• The Marriage of Figaro, Circle in the Square Theatre, 1985
• Fidelio, Covent Garden Theatre, London, England, 1986
• Sweet Table at the Richelieu, American Repertory Theatre, 1986
• The Good Woman of Setzuan, American Repertory Theatre, 1986
• I puritani, Paris Opera, Paris, 1987
• Fragments of a Greek Trilogy (also known as Fragments of a Trilogy; composed of three plays, Medea, Elektra, and The Trojan Women), La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, 1987
• The Miser, 1988
• Twelfth Night, American Repertory Theatre, 1989
• An Ancient Trilogy (composed of three plays: Medea, TheTrojan Women, and Elektra), National Theatre, Bucharest, Romania,1990
• Lucia di Lammermoor, Civic Opera House, Chicago, IL, 1992, then Los Angeles, later Paris
• Elektra, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA, 1992
• The Fiery Angel, Opera Bastille, Paris, 1992
• Les contes d'Hoffman, Vienna State Opera, Vienna, Austria, 1994
• I puritani, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA, 1994
• Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor, Opera Bastille, 1995
• The Taming of the Shrew, American Repertory Theatre, Loeb Drama Center, Cambridge, MA, 1997-1998
• Cymbeline, Delacorte Theatre, 1998
• The Merchant of Venice, Loeb Drama Center, 1998-1999
• The King Stag, Loeb Drama Center, 2000
• Hamlet, The Public Theatre, Newman Theatre, New York City, 2000
• Lysistrata, Loeb Drama Center, Harvard University, 2002
• Pericles, Loeb Drama Center, 2003
• Also directed The Magic Flute, Paris Opera; The Serpent Woman; Rodelinda and The Merry Widow, National Welsh Opera; DonCarlos, Caballera Rusticana I Pagliacci, and The Fiery Angel, in Geneva, Switzerland; Oedipe, Romanian National Opera; PrinceIgor and I puritani, Covent Garden Theatre; Eugene Onegin,Lisbon, Portugal; Rigoletto, Venice, Italy; Don Giovanni and Les contes, Vienna, Austria; Adriana Lecouvreur, Zurich, Switzerland; What Happened in Boston, Willie?; Elektra and Thaie, Nice, France; and Peer Gynt, Columbia School of the Arts; also worked with the Shiki Company, Tokyo, Japan.
• Opera Director
• Movies
• Happy Days, 1980
• Prince Igor, 1990
• L'italiana in Algeri, 1998
• Film Stage Director
• Jane Austen in Manhattan, 1980

Further Reference

ADAPTATIONS

• (With Elizabeth Swados) Agamemnon, produced by New York Shakespeare Festival, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, then Delacorte Theatre, New York City, both 1977; The Master and Margarita, produced by New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, New York City, 1978; Fragments of a Greek Trilogy, produced by La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, New York City, 1987.

OTHER SOURCES

Books

• Menta, Ed, The Magic World Behind the Curtain: Andrei Serban in the American Theatre, Lang Publishing, 1995
• International Dictionary of Theatre, Volume 3, Actors, Directors and Designers, St. James Press, 1996

Periodicals

• Yale Theatre, spring, 1977