Bianca Puorto
Assistant Director
Bianca is a Brooklyn based film and theatre director from Montreal, Canada. Select theatre credits include Dutchman, Two Rooms, On Tidy Ending, Roger and Vanessa (ASDS Rep), and Wimberley by Julia Rae Maldonado (Outstanding Director Award, Midtown International Theatre Festival). She recently had the honor of directing the world premier of Oh, Danny Boy! (Theatre East), a new play by Edward Allan Baker. Film and TV credits include, Is This Life? (web series), Static (short film) and Dolores, (short film, asst. dir. VOZ productions). Bianca holds an MFA in Directing from the Actor’s Studio Drama School in New York City and has also trained extensively with The LAByrinth Theater Company. She is currently working on a short film adaptation of Wimberley.
Frank J Oliva
Set Design
Frank J Oliva is an NYC-based Stage Designer. With Maria Dizzia: The Lonliest Number (Amios Collective). Recent designs include world premieres and new productions at Cincinnati Symphony, Urban Stages, The Contemporary American Theatre Festival, The Billie Holiday Theatre, Two River Theatre Company, UP Theatre Company, and others. Associate Designer on projects for Broadway, Lincoln Center Theatre, St. Ann’s Warehouse, Atlantic Theatre Company, Signature Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, and more. Forthcoming designs include new productions of Tosca(Madison Theatre), Rob Roth’s Soundstage(HERE Arts Center) and Biloxi Blues (CC Theatre). Frank won the 2017 Innovative Theatre Award for Stage Design. His work will be featured at the 2019 Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design & Space. BFA:NYU. www.frankjoliva.com
