Biography
Dominique Serrand. Paris native Dominique Serrand was Artistic Director and one of the co-founders of Theatre de la Jeune Lune from 1978 to 2008. He studied at the National Circus School and the Ecole Jacques Lecoq in Paris. Mr. Serrand has acted, conceived, directed and designed for most Jeune Lune productions for over 25 years, concentrating primarily on directing. His directing credits include The Kitchen, Lulu, The Bourgeois Gentleman, Romeo and Juliet, Red Noses, 1789, Children of Paradise: Shooting a Dream, 3 Musketeers, The Pursuit of Happiness, Queen Elizabeth, Tartuffe, Gulliver, The Seagull, The Miser, The Little Prince, and Amerika, or The Disappearance. He has staged several operas, including The Magic Flute, Cosi Fan Tutte, Don Juan Giovanni, Figaro, Carmen, Maria de Buenos Aires and Mefistofele. Mr. Serrand's directing stages include Berkeley Repertory Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Yale Repertory Theatre, American Repertory Theater, Actors Theatre of Louisville, the Guthrie Theater, and the Children's Theatre Company, among others. He is a USA/Ford Foundation and Bush Foundation fellow. Mr. Serrand has been knighted by the French Government in the order of Arts and Letters.
