Alessandra Giuntini
Alessandra Giuntini is a theatre director, actress, acting coach and opera assistant director working between theatre, opera and socially engaged performance.She graduated in Acting and Directing (2011) from the Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy, studying with Venyamin Filshtinsky and within the tradition of the Russian theatre school. A decisive influence on her artistic vision has been the encounter with Lev Dodin and the pedagogical legacy of the Maly Drama Theatre, which shaped her approach to ensemble work, long-term process and theatre as an ethical and human practice. She also trained internationally, including the SITI Company Intensive in New York with Anne Bogart (Suzuki Method and Viewpoints).
Directing works
2026:
“REHAB ” Documentary theatre performance combining real-life testimonies from rehabilitation centres with fictional narratives. Invisible Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia.
2025:
“Il trittico della colpa” A participatory social theatre workshop and performance involving young people held at Florence’s juvenile detention centre and members of the local community.
2024:
” Monters and labyrinth” Performance with the young offenders at the Florence Juvenile Institute.
2023:
” FINIST, THE BRIGHT FALCON” Italian translation and staged readings of Svetlana Petriychuk’s play, curated by Alessandra Giuntini at Festival delle Migrazioni, Turin, and NEST – Napoli Est Teatro, Naples, Italy.
2022:
” Prostadursen” inspired by the novel ” Prostadursen, winter from the beginning to the end “, dramaturg Polina Borodina, VENE TEATR, Tallinn, Estonia.
” Turandot³” inspired dy “Turandot” Carlo Gozzi, Njagan, Russia.
2021:
” Lion in the winter” James Goldman, Russian state theatre, Uljanovsk, Russia.
” La Locandiera” Carlo Goldoni, Russian drama theatre, Ijevsk, Republic of Udmurt.
” Exodus ” Polina Borodina, Sarapul, Russia.
” Testimony of testimony ” Dmitri Danilov, Novokuznesk Drama theatre, Russia.
2020:
” #I’MANTIGONE ” Evgenia Shevchenko a contemporary reimagining of Sophocles’ Antigone, interwoven with the stories of two modern-day Antigones confronting the Creons of their own countries. Njagan, Russia.
” Life is Beautiful ” N. Erdman, Masterovie theatre, Nabarejnie Chelny, Republic of Tatarstan.
” The marriage of Figaro” Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Russian drama theatre, Una, Republic of Bashkorkostan.
” No woman, no cry ” Documentary performance about domestic violence, Invisible Theatre, Sankt Petersburg, Russia.
2019:
” One shot Trepliev” inspired by ” the seagull ” Anton Chekov, Russian drama theatre, Kurgan, Russia.
” Deli’s dance” Ivan Vyrepaev, Masterivie theatre, Nabarejnie Chelny, Republic of Tatarstan.
” Go in peace” EcoPerformance by IGC ( Intervention Garbage Company), Elzin Center, Ekateringburg Russia.
” Le Gardenie” family constellation on stage, for Premio di Riccione, Italy.
” God rides a bicycle” Russian drama theater, Bugulma, Republic of Tatarstan.
2018:
” Travel-in-drama” adapted from” Little tragedies” A. Pushkin, State drama theatre, Kemerovo, Russia
” Gardenia” Elżbieta Chowaniec, Volkov theatre, state Russian theatre, Yaroslavl.
2017:
“ My Psyche” Apuelio, Theatre on the Roof, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
” The singles” H. Levin, Notara theatre, Bucarest, Romania.
” The Confession” M. Gorky, Moscow art theatre, Russia.
” Children of children” initiative of festival ” I’m not alone”, Moscow art theatre, Russia.
” Blizzard” A. Pushkin, Pushkin drama theatre, Pskov, Russia.
” Shasa, take out the trash” N. Vorogbit, Invisible theatre, Sankt Petersburg, Russia.
2016:
“ Bashmachkin” Y. Bogoslavskij, North Dramma Norilsk, Russia
“The Shrew” (based on the play by W.Shakespeare “The Taming of the Shrew”), state theatre of Kurgan, Russia
“ The coffè Shop” C. Goldoni, state theatre of Kemerovo, Russia
“ Green Bird” C. Gozzi, Theatre of Youth, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
2015:
“ Mamma Roma” P.P. Pasolini, state theatre of Omsk, Russia
“ The Road” F. Fellini, Theatre of Youth, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
“ Our Class” T. Slobodyanin, State Theatre of Kemerovo, Russia
“ Blue Room” D. Hayr, Szena Molot, Perm, Russia
“ Yat” K. Fedorov, Alexandrnkij Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia
2014:
“ Light at the end ” S. Skologub, state theatre of Omsk, Russia
“ Tiramisù” O. Ovsyanko, Theatre of youth, Rostov on Don, Russia
“ Beautiful away” D. Prevalov, MDT Novoshahtinsk, Russia
2013:
“Nature Morte in the pit” By Fausto Paravidino, Etud-Theatre St.Petersburg , Russia
“ Love letters” A. R. Gurney, State theatre of Magadan, Russia
In Russia she co-founded the independent company “Невидимый театр” (The Invisible Theatre), conceived as a laboratory for contemporary dramaturgy and new scenic languages. With the company she developed original productions and reinterpretations of classical and modern texts, combining artistic research with a strong social focus.
Alongside her artistic work, she carried out long-term social theatre projects with orphans and vulnerable adolescents in Russia, using theatre as a tool for empowerment and community building. This experience deeply informed her vision of theatre as a place of reflection, care and social commitment.
She has directed and taught in Russia, Estonia, Romania and Italy, staging works ranging from Antigone and Turandot to contemporary and documentary theatre projects such as No Woman, No Cry.
As an actress, she performed in the Russian version of Luna Park (based on the original production by Daniele Finzi Pasca) and appeared in films such as Dovlatov (dir. Alexey German Jr.).
She has also worked as an assistant director in opera productions at the Salzburg Festival, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, and Opernhaus Zürich, where she collaborated with Dmitri Tcherniakov on Rachmaninoff’s The Three Operas.
Currently based in Italy, she continues to develop interdisciplinary projects that connect performance, education and social engagement.
Publications
2025 — “Voci dall’ombra: il teatro in Russia dopo il 2014, dalla libertà al ritorno del totalitarismo”, Hystrio, No. 2, April–June 2025, dossier “Teatro e censura”.
Journal issue
2023 — “Il teatro in Russia. La condanna di Putin”, Teatro e Critica, June 2023.
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Acting:
2021
“ Luna Park” idea by Daniele Finzi Pasca, in collaboration with “ Cosmo probuction”, Sankt-Petersburg, Russia.
2018
“ The shoop “ based on a real story of modern slavery, director Semen Serzin, Invisible theatre, Sankt-Petersburg, Russia.
2015
“ Two poor romanians speaking polish” Dorota Maslovskaya, director Evgenia Sofonova, Etyud theatre, Sankt-Petersburg, Russia.
“ Don’t lean” physical theater performans, based on stories that go on the subway every day, choreographer Anna Zakusova, Sankt-Petersburg, Russia.
2014
“ Demons” Natalya Vorojbit, director Semen Serzin, Etyud theatre, Sankt-Petersburg, Russia.
“ Happines” physical theater performans,based on a teenager’s diary, choreographer Anna Zakusova, Sankt-Petersburg, Russia.
2013
“ Beautiful far away” D. Privalov, Etyud theatre, Sankt-Spetersburg, Russia.