JV Mercanti

JV Mercanti (New York City) is the director of acting for the musical theater program at Pace University's School of the Arts. He is also is a professional director and casting director, who has worked on such shows as the recent Broadway revival of Romeo and Juliet with Orlando Bloom, and the Kevin Kline revival of Cyrano de Bergerac co-starring Jennifer Garner. JV is currently developing a new country-and-western adaptation of The Seagull , titled Songbird , with book by Michael Kimmel and...See more

JV Mercanti (New York City) is the director of acting for the musical theater program at Pace University's School of the Arts. He is also is a professional director and casting director, who has worked on such shows as the recent Broadway revival of Romeo and Juliet with Orlando Bloom, and the Kevin Kline revival of Cyrano de Bergerac co-starring Jennifer Garner. JV is currently developing a new country-and-western adaptation of The Seagull , titled Songbird , with book by Michael Kimmel and music/lyrics by Lauren Pritchard (world premiere at 59E59 Theaters, October 2015). See less