Violeta Picayo is a bilingual Cuban-American director/choreographer and actor. She believes that imagination is our greatest tool for compassion and social change, and the theater is an essential place to practice this both as audience and artist.
Violeta has directed world premiere productions including Helen. (SuperGeographics, En Garde Arts, La Mama) and The Strangers Came Today (Society, New Ohio). NYC performance credits include: The Medium (BAM, SITI Company), War of the Worlds (SITI Co.), Three Little Girls Down a Well (Under the Radar @ The Public), Evelyn Brown (La MaMa), Sense and Sensibility (Bedlam), Julius Caesar (Pocket Universe).
She has worked regionally throughout the US at the American Repertory Theater, Portland Center Stage, the Fisher Center, City Theatre, and internationally in Argentina, Chile, England, Greece, India, Scotland.
Violeta is a company member of The SuperGeographics and an associate artist of SITI Company and New Georges. She is the inaugural recipient of SDCF's Abe Burrows Award, and is a proud graduate of Vassar College, the National Theater Institute, and SITI Company's Conservatory.
