Serge Seiden

managing Director

Managing Director Serge Seiden (he/him) helped found Mosaic Theater Company in 2015 and has held leadership positions with the company since then. From 1990 to 2015, Serge held many positions at Studio Theatre, including Stage Manager, Literary Manager, and Producing Director. Serge was a key player in Studio’s 1996 and 2004 expansions—developments crucial to the reemergence of 14th Street NW as a DC cultural hub. He is also an acting teacher and director. For Mosaic, he most recently directed Birds of North America. Other Mosaic credits include Eureka Day, Ulysses on Bottles, and Hooded, or Being Black for Dummies, which received the Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding Original New Play. In 2013, Serge received the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Director/Resident Musical for Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris... at MetroStage. His production of Bad Jews at Studio Theatre was nominated for four 2015 Helen Hayes Awards, including Outstanding Director. Serge also directed Studio’s acclaimed The Apple Family Cycle. More directing credits include Everett Quinton’s A Tale of Two Cities at Synetic Theater, Freud’s Last Session at Theater J, and Clifford Odets’ Awake and Sing! at Olney Theatre Center. Serge has been a member of the faculty at Studio Acting Conservatory for 28 years.