Elena Giannetti is a Twin Cities-based director. Her most recent credits include The Last Five Years at Artistry, Coney Island Christmas at Lyric Arts, and A Midsummer Night's Dream at Park Square Theatre. Elena directed and produced the sold out "Audience Encore Favorite" at the 2013 MN Fringe Festival of A Certain Age  (the honest and lighthearted look at what it is to be a woman over 40!). In addition, Elena has worked on mulitple projects as Assistant Director at Park Square Theatre. 

Elena is the co-founder of PRIME PRODUCTIONS - a new professional theater company dedicated to Celebrating Women in their Second Act. After their successful launch in May 2017 with the production of Little Wars, PRIME started PRIME Voices: A Series of Staged Readings. Their next production will be in fall of 2018. 

Elena is also an actor of stage and film, with recent credits including Brooke Wyeth in Other Desert Cities at BCT, Goneril in King Lear at Park Square Theater, Becca in Rabbit Hole at TRP. She appeared in the 3rd season of the web series Theater People as well as numerous independent films including Recalibrate, Twin Cities, and Bringing It All Back Home. She recently appeared in the third season of ABC's In an Instant.   

Elena is a member of SAG-AFTRA.