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"Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others." ~ Jonathan Swift 

DIRECTING EXPERIENCE (Selected Works) 

The Words Will Come (New Work)by Melody Erfani, SMW, Sarah Miles

LES Shakespeare Co. | Portland, OR | Director/Creator/Producer

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Bee زنبور  (New Work) Created by Melody Erfani and Written by Sean Michael Welch                                    

LES Shakespeare | Portland, OR | Director/Creator/Producer 

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Richard 3 (3) by William Shakespeare Adapted by Sarah Lynn Brown

Bag & Baggage | Hillsboro, OR | Director/Choreographer 

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Dear Elizabeth by Sarah Ruhl

Enlightened Theatrics | Salem, OR | Director 

 

Ironbound by Martyna Majok

Salon Reading Third Rail Repertory | Portland, OR | Director 

 

Maz & Bricks by Eva O'Connor

Corrib Theatre | Portland, OR | Director 

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A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare 

Enlightened Theatrics | Salem, OR | Director 

 

First Date Musical by Austin Winsberg

Enlightened Theatrics | Salem, OR | Director/Choreographer 

 

Farmbook/Fossett Family (New Work) developed by Creative Cohorts

First Stage Residency at the Drama League | New York, NY | Co-Creator and Director 

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Climate Change Theatre Action (assorted plays)

Boom Arts | Portland, OR | Director 

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The Sacrifice of Belonging Created by Melody Erfani 

Risk/Reward Pavement Festival | Portland, OR | Creator and Director 

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Stars Falling Upside Down  Created by Melody Erfani and Tracy Francis

Women Center Stage Festival | New York, NY | Co-Creator and Director 

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Bee زنبور  (New Work) Created by Melody Erfani and Written by Sean Michael Welch                                    

Lower East Side Shakespeare Co. & HB Studio | New York, NY | Producer/Director

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Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare  Adapted by Melody Erfani                                  

Lower East Side Shakespeare Co. | New York, NY | Producer/Director

 

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Adapted by Melody Erfani

Lower East Side Shakespeare Co. | New York, NY | Producer/Director

 

Around the Block 97 Orchard St (World Premiere) Created by Melody Erfani

5D Productions | New York, NY | Creator/Director

 

Afterglow (New Work) by Jonathan Green

Actors Studio PDW  | New York, NY | Director

 

All an Act (New Work) by Sean Michael Welch

Edinburgh Fringe Festival | Edinburgh, Scotland | Director and Producer (World Premiere) | Award: Four–Five Star Production

The Bike Shed | Exeter, England | Director

Actors Studio Drama School Repertory Season | New York | Director

 

Leader of the Pack by Anne Beatts

Stagedoor Manor | Loch Sheldrake, NY | Director

 

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

Stagedoor Manor | Loch Sheldrake, NY | Director

 

Pride and Prejudice by Helen Jerome Adapted from the Novel by Jane Austen

Stagedoor Manor | Loch Sheldrake, NY | Director

 

The Boyfriend by Sandy Wilson

Stagedoor Manor | Loch Sheldrake, NY | Director

 

Playing for Time by Arthur Miller

Stagedoor Manor | Loch Sheldrake, NY | Director

 

Our Town by Thornton Wilder

Stagedoor Manor | New York | Director

 

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Jay Presson Allen

Stagedoor Manor | New York | Director

 

Dying City by Christopher Shinn

Actors Studio Drama School Repertory Season | New York, NY | Director

 

The Woolgatherer by William Mastrosimone

Actors Studio Drama School Repertory Season | New York, NY | Director

 

Raised in Captivity by Nicky Silver

Actors Studio Drama School Repertory Season | New York, NY | Director

 

Terminal Adapted by Melody Erfani from the Short Story by Nadine Gordimer

Actors Studio Drama School Repertory Season | New York, NY | Director

 

The Great American Trailer Park Musical by Betsy Kelso

Actors Studio Drama School Repertory Season | New York, NY | Director

 

The Lover by Harold Pinter

Actors Studio Drama School Repertory Season | New York, NY | Director

 

Othello by William Shakespeare  

The Looking Glass Forum | New York, NY | Director

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Honors/Residencies​​

     2026   Key West Literary Seminar  Fellow

     2026   Alembic Residency, Performance Works NW

     2025   Olseth Family Foundation Writing Residency

     2024   HB Studio Residency (The Words Will Come)

     2019   Drama League First Stage Residency   

     2017   Barn Arts Collective Residency (Bee زنبور)

     2017   HB Studio Residency (Bee زنبور)

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Education/Internship

Creating a Culture of Consent: Community Agreements

2023 July Theatrical Intimacy Education 

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Intimacy Choreography

2022 September Theatrical Intimacy Education 


Trauma-Informed Practices 

2022 October Theatrical Intimacy Education 

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Theatrical Intimacy Education: Best Practice 

2021 June Theatrical Intimacy Education 

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Lincoln Center Director’s Lab, New York, NY 

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Actors Studio Drama School, New York, NY

2009–2012  Master of Fine Arts in Theater Arts, Pace University, New York, NY

Recipient, Iranian-American Scholarship Fund, 2009

 

University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX

2001–2005  Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater Arts

Graduated summa cum laude

Presidential Honors Scholarship, Honors College, 2002–2004

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Shakespeare Globe, London, UK

2004 Education Intern

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Richmond University, London, UK

2003–2004 Theatre Courses in British Theatre, Shakespeare, and Acting on the Camera

 

MELODY ERFANI

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