Catwalk Institute proudly welcomes Janet Grillo, an Emmy Award-winning producer, filmmaker, and NYU Tisch professor whose residency will support the development of RETURN/REIMAGINED, a multimedia play that reimagines Odysseus’s return through Persephone’s perspective
Janet Grillo
Janet Grillo
Janet Grillo is an Emmy Award-winning producer, acclaimed independent film writer/director, former New Line Cinema studio executive, and Professor of Film & Television at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Trained as a playwright with an MFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU, she began her career in theater before transitioning to film. During her residency, Grillo will develop RETURN/REIMAGINED, a multimedia play with music and projections that reimagines Odysseus’s return through Persephone’s perspective. Set in a Woodstock, New York music club in 2009, the work explores fame, sacrifice, family, and redemption as a legendary protest musician confronts the consequences of his long-ago choices.
