Vivienne Benesch Biography

is in her fourth season with the Festival. N.J.S.F. credits: Rosalind in AS YOU LIKE IT, the Princess of France in LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST and Isabella in MEASURE FOR MEASURE. New York credits: VIENNA: LUSTHAUS (REVISITED) at the New York Theatre Workshop; PERICLES and ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL at New York Shakespeare Festival; THE DEEP BLUE SEA at the Roundabout; HURRICANE at the Classic Stage Company; ANCIENT HISTORY at Primary Stages; TROILUS AND CRESSIDA at Theatre for a New Audience; and TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA with the Blue Light Theatre Company. Regional credits: EDWARD II at A.C.T.; SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL and THE MATCHMAKER at McCarter Theatre; DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH with Gene Wilder at Westport Country Playhouse; DUTCHMAN at Hartford Stage; SIGHT UNSEEN at Long Wharf; HENRY V at the Shakespeare Theatre; and ARMS AND THE MAN at the Alley. Film and television: SEX AND THE CITY, LAW AND ORDER, MAX BICKFORD, THE DIVISION, AMERICAN SPLENDOR, TWO WEEK'S NOTICE and TRIFLING WITH FATE. Vivienne is a graduate of Brown University and New York University's M.F.A. program.