Joanna Godwin-Seidl

Joanna - The actress and director studied theatre in the United Kingdom. She has been running vienna theatre project since 2006. As well as her passion for theatre she loves committing her talent to film roles, not included in the list below are "The Case" and "Bad Date" written by FFAB. Most recently she was the executive producer of the feature film "City of Spies" (Phil Moran) coming to theatres in 2019. "When I Die" Pennylane films was her first lead. "The Last Five Years" was her solo musical debut at the Theater Drachengasse. German language credits include directing "Mädchen mit dem Schwefelhölzern" (Ronacher Theater);, "Closer" (Patrick Marber) for Theaterverein Vision (OFF Theater) and Mord im Musi (Asst. director - Theater Drachengasse). Recent acclaimed musicals include "Ordinary Days" and TICK TICK..BOOM! She has a solid repertoire often choosing plays with social & political content; "Plenty" (VIS Theatre), "Dirt" (Theater am Petersplatz) and "The Meeting" (Black History Month/Theater am Petersplatz) to name a few. In 2014 she directed the hit play "Topdog/Underdog", was pleased to receive rave reviews for her musical "Title of Show" and starred in Sarah Kane's 4.48 Psychosis. As an actress she has starred in a number of shows from Aykbourn to Coward, Shakespeare and back in theatres such as Vienna English Theatre, Kammeroper, Schönbrunner Schlosstheater 2015-2016 she directed the critically acclaimed shows "Disgraced", "Marry Me a Little" and "The Invisible Hand" at Theater Drachengasse.