Vivienne Claire Luthin (she/her) is a NYC based director, educator, actor, and artist. 

 

Vivienne is currently leading Broadway Rise's preschool, elementary, middle, and high school musical theater classes. Recent projects include directing Lenox Hill Neighborhood House's production of Singing in the Rain Senior, a collaboration with MTI as they promote their new Broadway Senior catalog. Vivienne will be returning to Lenox Hill to direct in 2026 and will be choreographing for a second year at Columbia Grammar + Preparatory School.

 

Vivienne’s unique directorial work brings creativity and professionalism to both educational and community based storytelling. Under her direction, actors are encouraged to unlock their imagination and dare greatly.

 

Past experience includes Artistic Director of Piknik Theatre, a professional summer theatre company in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. During her four years working for Piknik Theatre, Vivienne performed as an actor in productions of The Tempest, The Paperbag Princess*, Much Ado About Nothing, The Boy Mole Fox and Horse*, Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, and Patches*. In addition to performing, Vivienne created Piknik's first educational outreach program working with the local middle school, high school, and Montessori school to bring theatre education to the community. In the summer of 2023, Vivienne unveiled a new theatrical program in Steamboat Springs: The Community Collaboration Production. This involved writing a new adaptation of Peter Pan. The cast consisted of five professional theater actors working alongside 30 local students ranging from kindergarten to high school, as well as local adult actors.

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Vivienne has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting with a Minor in Vocal Music from The Conservatory of Theater Arts at Webster University.  She studied at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in 2018 and is a proud member of Actor's Equity.

Other professional appearances include Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream and the Cat in The Cat in the Hat at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Maria in Shakespeare Festival St. Louis's production of Love's Labors Lost, and Captain Beatty in Tim Ocel’s production of Fahrenheit 451 at Webster Conservatory. 

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In addition to her experience directing and training as an actor, Vivienne has studied abroad in the medium of visual fine arts, photography, acrylic and watercolors. She finds joy in creating art and sharing these artforms with others.

 

Her portfolio can be found on this site in the “shop”.​
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*performed as an original actor in a world premiere