Marie Farsi

Marie Farsi is a Vancouver-based theatre maker, director and marionettist known for her original and international perspective. She has studied theatrical forms in Italy, China and Bali, and her curiosity, love of travel, eclectic studies and knowledge of diverse techniques have informed her exploration of a wide range of stage writing and movement. Recent directing credits include Movements 1&2 (Babelle Theatre), Jean & Béatrice (Vortex Théâtre), Seabird is in a Happy Place (OOB Short Play Festival/NYC), and Rivulets: 3 short plays about a flood (Babelle Theatre). In 2016, her production of The 4th Graders Present an Unnamed Love-Suicide (Tremors Festival/Rumble Theatre) was nominated for seven Jessie Awards, including Best Director. She recently returned from the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, where she assistant directed The Komagata Maru Incident and choreographed the play’s shadow puppet sequences. Marie Farsi holds a B.F.A. in theatre performance from Concordia University in Montreal. At Zones Théâtrales 2017, she is directing the reading of Crème-Glacée.