Shpend Xani
Latest News on Shpend Xani:
SOCIETY Announces Creative Teams For Two New Plays In Rep (May 4, 2022)
New Ohio Theatre's Ice Factory Festival Opens Tonight (Jul 24, 2020)
Ice Factory Festival At New Ohio Theatre Goes Digital (Jul 8, 2020)
SOCIETY Announces Creative Teams For Two New Plays In Rep (May 4, 2022)
New Ohio Theatre's Ice Factory Festival Opens Tonight (Jul 24, 2020)
Ice Factory Festival At New Ohio Theatre Goes Digital (Jul 8, 2020)
Shpend Xani BIO
Shpend Xani is a classically trained Albanian-American actor based in New York City. Born and raised in Kosovo, he left his native country in 1999 following the war and brought with him a vibrant talent and unique skill set, including a degree in acting from the University of Prishtina, his career as a professional basketball player in Germany, and proficiency in four languages.
On stage, Shpend has appeared in Shakespeare’s King John at Folger Theatre, Antony and Cleopatra at Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Coriolanus, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Shakespeare Theatre-ACA, in the Olney Theatre’s production of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible and Caryl Churchill’s Love and Information at Forum Theatre. Shpend also performed in the world premiere of Mona Mansour’s The Vagrant Trilogy at Mosaic Theater Company. Other premieres include Rest Upon the Wind at NYU Skirball Center,The Interstellar Ghost Hour at Longacre Lea, Pawnshop Accordions at FringeNYC, Pocono Christmas at Hudson Guild Theatre. Shpend has also appeared in NBC’s TV show The Blacklist as well as other independent features and short films.
Training: MFA in Classical Acting from Shakespeare Theatre’s Academy for Classical Acting & George Washington University, BFA in Acting from Millikin University.
Shpend Xani News
SOCIETY Announces Creative Teams For Two New Plays In Rep
New York City-based theater collective SOCIETY announced today that they will stage two new plays in repertory at New Ohio Theatre this June. Performances begin June 8th and are set to continue through June 25th.
New Ohio Theatre's Ice Factory Festival Opens Tonight
New Ohio Theatre's 27th annual Obie Award-winning Ice Factory Festival opens tonight. The festival will be live-streamed online for the first time, and will feature four new works over four weeks, July 24 - August 15, 2020.
Ice Factory Festival At New Ohio Theatre Goes Digital
New Ohio Theatre has announced that the 27th annual Obie Award-winning Ice Factory Festival will be live-streamed online for the first time, and will feature four new works over four weeks, July 24 - August 15, 2020.
New Theatre Company, Society, Has Launched in New York
Playwright Mona Mansour and director Scott Illingworth have announced the founding of the new theatre company, Society.
BWW Review: THE VAGRANT TRILOGY at Atlas Performing Arts Center
The tone for Mona Mansour's three-plays is set with two words projected onto a spinning set piece: “It's complicated.” It is. It's very complicated. But sometimes complicated can be a beautiful thing.
Mosaic's Third Season Concludes With Epic World Premiere Starring Hadi Tabbal
The final production of Mosaic Theater Company of DC's third season will be the world premiere staging of The Vagrant Trilogy, written by Mona Mansour and directed by Mark Wing-Davey. The Vagrant Trilogy is comprised of three different one-act plays: The Hour of Feeling, The Vagrant, and Urge for Going. These three plays, combined for the first time in one epic performance, follows Palestinian scholar Adham and his family over multiple generations and in multiple continents.
Timely Revival of THE CRUCIBLE Set to Open at The Olney Theatre Center
Olney Theatre Center brings Arthur Miller's The Crucible directed by Eleanor Holdridge (Fickle: A Fancy French Farce, Hay Fever, I and You) to the Mainstage April 18 - May 20, 2018.
Manhattan Film Festival Screenings of GROWING UP FAT & ALBANIAN Set for April
GROWING UP FAT & ALBANIAN will be screened at the Manhattan Film Festival April 22nd at 5PM and April 28 at 8PM.
GROWING UP FAT & ALBANIAN Set for Tribeca Film Center Screening Room, Today
A story that's messy, complicated, violent. A movie about FAMILY. Rocky from Da Bronx Productions presents GROWING UP FAT & ALBANIAN, a new film by Elza Zagreda directed by award winning filmmaker Dhimitri Ismailaj (Cannes International Film Festival) and Elza Zagreda.
GROWING UP FAT & ALBANIAN Set for Tribeca Film Center Screening Room, 1/13
A story that's messy, complicated, violent. A movie about FAMILY. Rocky from Da Bronx Productions presents GROWING UP FAT & ALBANIAN, a new film by Elza Zagreda directed by award winning filmmaker Dhimitri Ismailaj (Cannes International Film Festival) and Elza Zagreda.
Photo Preview 'Pawnshop Accordian' At Fringe Festival
PAWNSHOP ACCORDIONS, the latest play from Jonathan Wallace, will be presented as part of The New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC). Aaron Gonzalez will direct. Performances will be at the Theatre at 45 Bleecker Street, and will begin on August 9th and will continue through August 16th.
'Pawnshop Accordian' to be Part of Fringe Fest. 8/9
PAWNSHOP ACCORDIONS, the latest play from Jonathan Wallace, will be presented as part of The New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC). Aaron Gonzalez will direct. Performances will be at the Theatre at 45 Bleecker Street, and will begin on August 9th and will continue through August 16th.
'Pawnshop Accordian' to be Part of Fringe Fest. 8/9
PAWNSHOP ACCORDIONS, the latest play from Jonathan Wallace, will be presented as part of The New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC). Aaron Gonzalez will direct. Performances will be at the Theatre at 45 Bleecker Street, and will begin on August 9th and will continue through August 16th.
Videos
