Vivian is a theatre-maker and director
based in New York. A family story characterized by migration leads her to ask questions concerning the relationship between culture and behavior, examining how our history and belief systems impact our perspectives. 

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Currently, she is directing Constellations with the New Cosmopolitan Ensemble and developing The Obituary Play with Gianna Hoffman. Recent directing projects include Lucy Prebble’s Enron on the UNCSA Mainstage, productions of Lucy Prebble’s The Effect and Mike Bartlett’s An Intervention in the UNCSA Keys Season, and Anne Carson’s translation of Sophocles’ Antigone. In 2023, Vivian was the Directing Intern on Simon McBurney’s Wozzeck at the 2023 Festival D’Aix-en-Provence.

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She holds a B.F.A in Directing from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.