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Actors are one family over the entire world. [Alfre Woodard]

Deal me out this hand, I'm on

I've spent many a day on one stage or another. It started in the third grade, when I adapted Tom Sawyer for performance in the front of the class with my best friend Steve Ciacciarelli. He was Tom and I was Huck. (Steve and I did act together "for real" later, in Ionesco's "Rhinoceros".)

Here's my theatrical resume:

2009, Jul/Aug

Not My Daughter by Ann Mary Mullane

No Apology Theatre Company

Midtown Intl Theatre Festival (MITF) |Mainstage Theatre |The Theatre Building |New York, NY

Role: Lou Finley

2009, Jan

Not My Daughter by Ann Mary Mullane

No Apology Theatre Company

Bradley Hall Theatre |Rutgers University |Newark, NJ

Role: Lou Finley

2008, Jul

Not My Daughter by Ann Mary Mullane

No Apology Theatre Company

Initial Reading of unfinished script |Esplanade Gardens, Harlem, New York

Role: Lou Finley

2008, Mar

West Side Story based on a conception of Jerome Robbins |book by Arthur Laurents |music by Leonard Bernstein |lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

Nutley High School Performing Arts

Nutley High School

Role: Doc

2007, May/Jun

Bye, Bye Birdie book by Michael Stewart |music by Charles Strouse |lyrics by Lee Adams

Township of Nutley

Nutley High School

Role: Harry MacAfee

2007, Jan

Intercessions of Father Brown a Radio Play by John Dandola |based on the Father Brown stories by G. K. Chesterton

Celtic Theatre Company

Theatre-in-the-Round |Seton Hall University |South Orange NJ

Role: Waiter, Shopkeeper, Mr. Audley, Colonel Adams, Policeman

2006, Nov

Is the Priest at Home? by Joseph Tomelty

Celtic Theatre Company

Theatre-in-the-Round |Seton Hall University |South Orange NJ

Role: Cathal McNulty

2006, Feb

Oliver! by Lionel Bart

Township of Nutley

Nutley High School

Role: Fagin

2005, Jul

Come Blow Your Horn by Neil Simon

Summer Theatre-in-the-Round

Theatre-in-the-Round |Seton Hall University |South Orange NJ

Role: Harry Baker

2005, Jan

The Righteous Are Bold by Frank Carney

Celtic Theatre Company

Theatre-in-the-Round |Seton Hall University |South Orange NJ

Role: Michael Martin Geraty

2004, Jan

Children of Eden songs by Stephen Schwartz |book by John Caird |based on a concept by Charles Lisanby

Township of Nutley

Nutley High School

Role: Father

2003, May/Jun

Quillow songs by Ben Liebert |book by Mark Liebert |based on a story by James Thurber

Studio Players

Studio Playhouse |Montclair NJ

Role: Locksmith

2003, Jan

Annie Get Your Gun songs by Irving Berlin |book by Herbert and Dorothy Fields

Township of Nutley

Nutley High School

Role: Buffalo Bill Cody

2002, Oct

Oliver! by Lionel Bart

Smiling Rhino Theatre Company

Windsor Theatre |Pompton Lakes NJ

Role: Mr. Bumble

2002, Feb

George M! songs by George M. Cohan |with revisions by Mary Cohan |book by Michael Stewart and John and Fran Pascal

Township of Nutley

Nutley High School

Role: Beaman, Freddie, Frankie, Hank, and Wilbur

1997, Mar

St. Patrick's Day Prelude (musical revue)

Celtic Theatre Company

Theatre-in-the-Round |Seton Hall University |South Orange NJ

Role: singer/guitarist

1996, Mar

St. Patrick's Day Prelude (musical revue)

Celtic Theatre Company

Theatre-in-the-Round |Seton Hall University |South Orange NJ

Role: singer/guitarist

1996, Jan

Blues on a Green Horn by Jim Moore

Celtic Theatre Company

Theatre-in-the-Round |Seton Hall University |South Orange NJ

Role: Chuck Ross

1995, Jan

The Sounds of Ireland (musical revue)

Celtic Theatre Company

Theatre-in-the-Round |Seton Hall University |South Orange NJ

Role: singer/guitarist/mandolin/tin whistle

1993, Nov

On the Stoop by Jim Moore

Celtic Theatre Company

Theatre-in-the-Round |Seton Hall University |South Orange NJ

Role: Al

1992, Nov

Come Back to Erin (musical revue)

Celtic Theatre Company

Theatre-in-the-Round |Seton Hall University |South Orange NJ

Role: singer/guitarist

1992, May

Daughter from Over the Water by M.J. Molloy

Celtic Theatre Company

Theatre-in-the-Round |Seton Hall University |South Orange NJ

Role: Tuppeny Hayes

1992, Jan

Philadelphia, Here I Come by Brian Friel

Celtic Theatre Company

Theatre-in-the-Round |Seton Hall University |South Orange NJ

Role: Master Boyle

1990, Nov

Say, Uncle by Jim Moore

Celtic Theatre Company

Theatre-in-the-Round |Seton Hall University |South Orange NJ

Role: I wasn't in this, but composed the music for the song which is central to the plot...

1990, May

Juno and the Paycock by Sean O'Casey

Celtic Theatre Company

Theatre-in-the-Round |Seton Hall University |South Orange NJ

Role: Joxer Daly

1990, Jan

The Crazy Wall by John B. Keane

Celtic Theatre Company

Theatre-in-the-Round |Seton Hall University |South Orange NJ

Role: Sean Trean

1989, Jul

Room Service by John Murray and Allen Boretz

Summer Theatre-in-the-Round

Theatre-in-the-Round |Seton Hall University |South Orange NJ

Role: Dr. Glass

1988, Jun

Is Life Worth Living? by Lennox Robinson

Celtic Theatre Company

Theatre-in-the-Round |Seton Hall University |South Orange NJ

Role: John Hegerty

1987, May

The Man from Clare by John B. Keane

Celtic Theatre Company

Theatre-in-the-Round |Seton Hall University |South Orange NJ

Role: Morisheen Brick

1980, Oct

Anyone Could Rob a Bank by Thomas Coffey

McGlone Irish-American Theatre Company

Stockton State College |Stockton NJ

Role: Mickey

1980, Jul

Anyone Could Rob a Bank by Thomas Coffey

Summer Theatre-in-the-Round

Theatre-in-the-Round |Seton Hall University |South Orange NJ

Role: Mickey

1979, Aug

The Sunshine Boys by Neil Simon

Summer Theatre-in-the-Round

Theatre-in-the-Round |Seton Hall University |South Orange NJ

Role: Patient in the Doctor sketch

1979, Jul

Two Blind Mice by Samuel Spewack

Summer Theatre-in-the-Round

Theatre-in-the-Round |Seton Hall University |South Orange NJ

Role: Lt. Commander Jellico

1978, Nov

Dark of the Moon by H. Richardson and W. Barnay

Seton Hall (undergraduate)

Theatre-in-the-Round |Seton Hall University |South Orange NJ

Role: Townsman (harmonica player)

1978, Oct

The Lark by Jean Anouilh

Seton Hall (undergraduate)

Theatre-in-the-Round |Seton Hall University |South Orange NJ

Role: Cauchon

1978, Jul

Seven Keys to Baldpate by George M. Cohan

Summer Theatre-in-the-Round

Theatre-in-the-Round |Seton Hall University |South Orange NJ

Role: Lou Max

1978, Feb

You Can't Take It With You by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart

Seton Hall (undergraduate)

Theatre-in-the-Round |Seton Hall University |South Orange NJ

Role: Donald

1977, Dec

Oedipus the King by Sophocles |translated by Kenneth Cavander

Seton Hall (undergraduate)

Theatre-in-the-Round |Seton Hall University |South Orange NJ

Role: The Shepherd

1976, Aug

Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee

Fantasy Players

Queen of Peace HS |North Arlington NJ

Role: Street musician (guitar)

1976, Jul

Trelawny of the "Wells" by Arthur Wing Pinero

St. Joseph's Summer Theatre Compan

St. Joseph's Lyceum |East Rutherford NJ

Role: Mr. Ablett the greengrocer

1975, Apr

Rhinoceros by Eugene Ionesco

Spirits of the Theatre

Queen of Peace HS |North Arlington NJ

Role: Berenger

1974, Nov

Flowers for Algernon by David Rogers

Spirits of the Theatre

Queen of Peace HS |North Arlington NJ

Role: Charlie Gordon

1973, Nov

Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon by D. D. Brooke

Spirits of the Theatre

Queen of Peace HS |North Arlington NJ

Role: Hospital announcer (voice)

1973, Apr

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

Spirits of the Theatre

Queen of Peace HS |North Arlington NJ

Role: extra