Daniel Ionazzi

About Daniel

• Academic Administrator
• Office: 303C East Melnitz
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Biography

Daniel Ionazzi is the Director of Production for the Department of Theater at UCLA and a faculty member of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. He is also the Production Manager for the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles. His other management credits include: Production Manager and Technical Director for the Denver Center Theatre Company and Santa Fe Festival Theatre; Executive Director of Colorado Stage Company; Director of Festivals and Events for The Denver Partnership; and Assistant Technical Director for the Juilliard School. Ionazzi is the author of “The Stage Management Handbook” and “The Stagecraft Handbook.” Design credits include: “WWII – Beyond all Boundaries” for the National World War II Museum. For the Geffen Playhouse: “Atlanta,” “Speed-the-Plow,” “A Picasso,” “Wishful Drinking;” “All My Sons” (Ovation nomination); “Cat On A Hot Tin Roof;” “Paint Your Wagon;” “Take Me Out;” “I Just Stopped By To See The Man;” “Boy Gets Girl” (Ovation nomination); “Under The Blue Sky;” “Oscar & Felix;” “God’s Man in Texas;” “The Unexpected Man;” “The Weir;” “Defiled;” “Merton of the Movies” and “All in the Timing” (Ovation nomination); For the Dance Company, “Diavolo,” “Catapult” and Traajectorie.” For Steppenwolf (Chicago and Los Angeles): “The Seafarer.” Additional design credits: “The Ahkmatova Project;” “Henry IV Part I;” “The Three Sisters;” “Telling Time;” “Othello;” “Trojan Women;” “Misalliance;” “The Night of the Iguana;” “Antigone;” “Amelia Lives;” and “Jenufa” with Josef Svoboda.