James Marvel
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James Marvel is an internationally renowned stage director specializing in traditional and avant-garde stagings of operatic productions. James Marvel was born and raised in New Orleans and received his B.A. in World Literature from Sarah Lawrence College and Oxford University, England. He holds an M.F.A. in Theatre Arts from the International Actor Training Academy and conducted additional studies at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic.
Credits in the United States include productions at Florence Gould Hall in NYC; The Kimmel Center of Philadelphia; The Huntington Theatre of Boston; The Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco; and the Bing Theatre in Los Angeles.
International credits include work at the 5th International Theatre Festival in Budapest, Hungary; the Istropolitana Theatre Festival in Bratislava, Slovakia; the Viola Stage in Prague, Czech Republic; Teatr Wielki in Lodz, Poland; the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland; the Wadham Theatre and Burton-Taylor Theatre in Oxford, England.
In addition to his work as a stage director, James has also played violin in numerous orchestras; composed original music for professional theatre productions; danced in pieces choreographed by members of the Martha Graham company; and published critical and creative works in a variety of international journals.
