ABOUT

Jack F. Serio is a Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning New York-based theatre director.

He recently made his West End debut directing Samuel D. Hunter’s Clarkston at The Trafalgar Theater starring Joe Locke. The five-star production was celebrated as “the coolest show on the West End” by City AM. Prior to that, he directed the world premiere of Bubba Weiler’s Well, I’ll Let You Go, a NY Times Critic’s Pick, which opened to universal acclaim at The Space at Irondale and was twice extended.

Earlier this season, he directed the world premieres of Samuel D. Hunter’s Grangeville at Signature Theatre Company and Ken Urban's Danger and Opportunity at East Village Basement. He also directed the critically acclaimed production of Uncle Vanya staged in a Flatiron loft. His work on the sold-out, three-times-extended production was declared “revelatory” by The Wall Street Journal, “stunning” by The New York Times, and is the subject of a profile in American Theater. The production was nominated for three Drama Desk Awards including Outstanding Revival. Additionally, he was listed as a New King of Culture in Town & Country’s Creative Aristocracy and one of Theaterly’s 31.

He produced and directed the U.S. premiere of Ruby Thomas’ The Animal Kingdom at The Connelly Theater Upstairs. He also directed the U.S. premiere of Rita Kalnejais’ This Beautiful Future at The Cherry Lane Theater. A NY Times Critic’s Pick, the production was celebrated as “highbrow and brilliant” by New York Magazine, “extraordinary” by Theatermania, and transferred off-Broadway after a twice-extended, sold-out run at Theaterlab. Other credits include the world premieres of On Set With Theda Bara starring David Greenspan and written by Joey Merlo at The Brick, and Bernard Kops’ The Dark Outside at Theater for The New City.

As an artistic consultant he worked on Julio Torres’s Color Theories at Performance Space New York, which is being filmed for HBO, and Brynolf & Ljung’s international magic show sensation, Stalker, at New World Stages.

As an assistant director, Jack has had the privilege of working with Shayok Misha Chowdhury, Austin Pendleton, Lee Sunday Evans, Jason Eagan, Knud Adams, and Rory McGregor. He was most recently the Associate Director of Jordan Tannahill’s Prince Faggot which transferred to Studio Seaview after a sold-out run at Playwrights Horizons.

Born and raised in Boston, MA, he was the Founding Artistic Director of The Boston Teen Acting Troupe, a groundbreaking, nationally recognized, professional teen theatre company. His work for The Boston Teen Acting Troupe has been profiled in The New York Times, on National Public Radio, and in The Boston Globe.

He was the Development Associate for actor/comedian Aasif Mandvi’s Fat Mama Productions, a member of the 2019 Lincoln Center Directors Lab, and the 2019-2021 SDC Foundation Observership Class.

He has taught and guest lectured at NYU, MIT, and Babson College.

Jack is the great-grandson of Oreste Fabrizi, an Italian socialist who was chased out of Italy in the early 20th century for conspiring to assassinate Benito Mussolini. Oreste immigrated to NYC and ran an Italian anarchist newspaper on East 4th Street. Jack hopes to carry on his great-grandfather’s anarchic legacy.

BFA: NYU.