Fox, Greenwich, CT.[2] After a competitive figure skating career, Ciardelli received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Sarah Lawrence College, with a concentration in theater.
[11] As well as play readings, Ciardelli held enrichment activities in conjunction with some of the productions, and collaborated with other organizations, including Opera North (U.S.A.), Dartmouth College's Hood Museum of Art and The AVA Gallery).
[14][15] In 2011, Ciardelli developed and implemented a National Endowment for the Arts literacy program, with events available live, over the Internet and via community access cable.
She has worked with actors from Broadway, London's West End, and around the world, as well as touring, as co-director, with I Am My Own Wife to Harare, Zimbabwe and Edinburgh, Scotland.
[18][19] In the summer of 2010, she co-directed a production of Macbeth with Castle Theatre Company, which toured England and the northeast U.S., including Off-West End and Off-Broadway performances.
)[20] Ed Siegel of The Boston Globe said in his review that The Shrew Tamer "feels a little like listening to a symphony orchestra speed through an edited version of Mahler before going all-out in Mantovani".
[23] Additional producing includes: The Art Of The Storyteller - An Evening with Jodi Picoult, U.S. producer; Tom Crean – Antarctic Adventure, (Irish Repertory, NYC; Sugan Theatre, Boston; Big Arts, Florida; Northern Stage; Vermont, on tour since 2005 in U.K., Europe and Australia);[24] world premiere of A Christmas Carol – the musical written by Robert J. Cronin;[25] Take Two, a new musical written by Brett Schrier and Catherine Doherty[26] Ciardelli has partnered with U.K. based Developing Artist ; site-specific London company Specifiq, and is working with VOICETheatre, New York City.
She is a Visiting Fellow of University College, Durham University, Durham, England; a guest artist and lecturer at the Vienna International School; Chad's College, Durham University, England; Harare International Festival of the Arts, Zimbabwe; Durham Drama Festival, England, the Elderhostel Program Tour to the Fringe Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland; Dartmouth College, State University of New York, Albany; NH; New England Theatre Conference, Boston, MA; Phi Beta Capa, Regional Conference, Northeast Region;[27] Kendal at Hanover, NH; Adventures in Learning, NH; Keene State College, NH and a teaching artist for the Vermont Arts Council.