Jovanni Sy 施崇梵

Last updated: December 30, 2024

Jovanni Sy is a Montreal-based director, performer, and playwright. His previous NAC English Theatre credits include Prison Dancer, the Musical (Citadel Theatre), King of the Yees (Gateway Theatre), and The Ark - Brecht

Directing credits include: Wildfire (Edmonton), The Weight of Ants (Victoria), The Five Vengeances, The Orchard (After Chekhov), Yoga Play (Vancouver); Murder on the Orient Express (Calgary); Stitch (Toronto); and Blackbird, Antigone, God of Carnage (Hong Kong). 

Jovanni has performed across Canada and internationally. Recently, he played Mr. Miyagi in the pre-Broadway tryout of The Karate Kid, the Musical (Gorgeous Entertainment). Other acting credits include Forgiveness (Theatre Calgary) and Noises Off (Arts Club). 

Jovanni's plays include The Five Vengeances, Nine Dragons (Jessie Richardson Award), The Tao of the World (PGC Comedy Award), and Kowloon Bay (PGC Drama Award). His solo play A Taste of Empire has been translated into Cantonese and Tagalog. 

Salesman in China (co-written with Leanna Brodie) received the 2024 Quebec Writers' Federation Prize for Playwriting. It will be published by Playwrights Canada Press in Spring 2025.