Arianna Knapp graduated from Boston University School for the Arts. Her career started as a professional stage manager with touring productions of Fiddler on the Roof, Gypsy and Little Shop of Horrors. After two years as Company Manager at North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, MA, Arianna went to New York City as the assistant to Fran Weissler, producer of Broadway's Falsettos, My Fair Lady and Grease. In 1994 she managed a five-city tour of the new musical Lunch, which reunited her with Jon Kimbell, Executive Producer at North Shore Music Theater. After the tour completed, she returned to NSMT as Associate Producer.

It was then that the development of new works became Arianna’s passion. With successful productions of Lunch, Abyssinia, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Hall/Levy) on the mainstage, Kimbell and Knapp introduced a New Works development program. With SenovvA, she is able to bring theatrical expertise from all quarters, and 20 years of production experience together with the desire to see theater created and produced with 21st century resources.