“Where do we begin? First, you must learn who YOU are.”

-Uta Hagen, Respect for Acting

Savannah (Vee) is currently the choreographer for Seussical the Musical TYA at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Orlando, an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Florida’s School of Theatre & Dance (teaching Acting II, Acting for Change, and Dance, Race & Gender), and is training back into Celestina Warbeck & The Banshees as a Soprano 1‍ ‍at Universal Studios Orlando.

She began on regional stages and has since expanded into live entertainment, education, production, and research. In 2025, she directed, choreographed, and co-produced Risky Business Live! (Norcia Entertainment, Los Angeles). As a Company Member with The Hippodrome Theatre, she produced and directed The Hipp’s Spotlight Cabaret Series and performed in Pump Boys & Dinettes (Rhetta), Silent Sky (Margaret), The Hipp Unplugged’s Pride readings (Dike, Saint Brigid), and Ebenezer’s Big Gainesville Christmas Show (Actor 5). In 2024, she worked as a theatre facilitator with FLOAAT (Florida OCD, Autism & Anxiety Treatment Center).

Her work and research has been published in The Journal of Applied Arts & Health and The International Journal of the Inclusive Museum, and she has served as an Artist in Residence with UF Health’s Center for Arts in Medicine—facilitating Theatre Connect (LGBTQIA+ youth), the Dance in Medicine Community Program (for patients with MS), and contributing as a Research Assistant in the Arts in Public Health Research Lab.

In Brooklyn, she taught Acting I–III at Acting Out. At UF’s School of Theatre & Dance, Savannah directed Exit, Pursued by a Bear, choreographed Hills on Fire, and Assistant Directed A Second Chance. Previously, she spent eight years as Dance Captain, full-time Soprano 2, and Banshee swing for Celestina Warbeck & The Banshees at Universal Studios, and has performed internationally with RWS Global in Cancun, Mexico.

She is trained in Shakespeare, Brecht, Commedia dell’arte, Boal’s Forum Theatre, Intimacy Direction (IDC), The Lucid Body, and live entertainment.

Her cat is a gentle companion, and her family remains central to her life.

Performance Artist

Arts Educator

Published Researcher

BRAVO Award Winner

Forum Theatre Practitioner

Program Manager

Choreographer, Producer, & Creator

“Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it.”

-Bertolt Brecht