Description: Daniella Topol studying to become a doula. Formerly known as a New York based theater director primarily.
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Novenas for a Lost Hospital , by Cusi Cram, Directed by Daniella Topol, September 2021.
I have been a theater director and arts leader for over 20 years, and, in June 2023, I will start the Columbia University's Masters Direct-Entry Program, an accelerated nursing program to become an RN.
Between 2017-2019, I created, developed, and directed Novenas for a Lost Hospital, a theatrical requiem for Saint Vincent’s Hospital. The show was produced at Rattlestick Theater in the West Village, where I have been the artistic director for the past seven years. The theater is around the corner from Saint Vincent’s former location before it closed in 2010. Through the research and rehearsal process, I saw the immense impact a hospital can have on a community, from the intimate and essential bedside inter