by Ella Pennington
Sivan Battat (she/they) is a theatre director, producer & organizer based in New York City. Sivan’s work is across genres - in the theatre, in community, in ritual celebration, and beyond & seeks to make deeply individual stories into universal ones, helping us understand how our liberation is, and will always be, collectively bound.
Sivan is the Director of New Work Development at Noor Theatre Company, an Obie-winning company dedicated to supporting, developing and producing the work of theatre artists of Middle Eastern descent.
Sivan has developed new works and reimagined classics with companies including Playwrights Horizons, The Old Globe, Roundabout, NYTW, the Atlantic, Ars Nova, National Queer Theatre, New Georges, Goodman, Victory Gardens, New York Stage & Film, MCC and more.