ROBERT LACONI
917-882-4683 [email protected] www.RobertLaconi.com
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS Theatre Director and Teacher with experience directing and producing both new & published scripts, as well as teaching, creating & conducting performing arts programs for youth, including providing creative leadership, budgeting, interpreting scripts, conducting rehearsals, approving production designs, and guiding the cast & crew. Professional credits - both onstage and off - from Broadway to community & educational theatre.
STAGE DIRECTING REPRESENTATIVE PERFORMANCES:
Musical: Les Mis, Sideshow, Phantom, Smash/Bombshell (NBC), Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Evita, Rapunzel, Pinocchio, Hair, Princess & the Pea, Once on This Island
Drama: Man Who Came to Dinner, Adaptations, Royal Family, The Audition, The Children’s Hour, The Hysterical History of the Trojan War, The Apple, Dorian Gray, Alice in Wonderland, Romeo & Juliet
Bound for Broadway 2001 – 2015; A fully staged Song & Dance Revue Choreographed with over 50 Broadway Guest Artists Theatre Arts Center NY LLP(New York, NY)
Actors’ Showcase—An evening of Scenes and Monologues; 2002-2012 Sellersville Theatre; Pearl S. Buck Fndt., McCoole’s Arts & Events Place (Quakertown)
Glass House Off-Broadway; St. Peters at Citicorp Assistant Director to Rina Yerulshami cummings & goings – an E.E. Cummings Musical Journey Off-Broadway; LaMama ETC Assistant Director to Ada Janik Margoshes
TEACHING
Theatre Arts Center – New York City; 2001 – 2016; Artistic Director Musical Theatre Intensive; Actors Conservatory; Audition Prep/Cabaret Workshop Acting Classes; ages 7 – Pre-College
Theatre Arts Center – Bucks County; 2000 - 2012 Acting Technique; Musical Theatre; Scene Study, Improv, Period Styles
Educational Theatre Assoc. International Theatre Festival (2018, 2019) – Guest Artist Teacher
Florida State Thespian Festival (2015 - 2021) – Adjudicator Ohio State Thespian Festival (2019) – Guest Artist, Actors Workshops Texas State Thespian Festival (2017, 2018) – Actors Workshops, Monologue Coach, Char. Dev. Georgia State Thespian Festival (2017, 2019) – Actors Workshop, Monologue Coach & Adjudicator New Jersey Thespian Festival (2002, 2003, 2019) -Actors Workshops & Business of Show Business Pennsylvania Thespian Festival (2016, 2018, 2019) – Actors Workshops & Adjudicator Page Two – Robert Laconi
PRODUCING – Commercial & Not for Profit
Broadway: Enchanted April Associate to the Producer Nominated for two Tony Awards
Circle in the Square – 45th Anniversary Gala; Annette Benning, Chair;
Off-Broadway: Tech Support; Premiere at 59E59 Theatres The Island of Dr. Moreau (World Premier; Mary Wolford & Andrew Arnault) Theatre at St. Marks, NYC
International: Yo-Yo Ma’s The Silk Road Project Director of Development; Sony Music International
Virtual: Project Mercury & Chatillion Stage Company; Audio Play Series
PRODUCING -Youth Productions
Thoroughly Modern Millie, Jr. (MTI, World Premier), Seussical Jr. (MTI, Regional Premier), Aladdin Jr. (MTI, Regional Premier), Once on This Island, Pirates of Penzance Co-Producer; Bristol Riverside Theatre, Sellersville Theatre Pop Star; A New Teen Musical (Peter Morris) Co-Producer; National Premier Bennett House – a Musical adaptation of Pride & Prejudice World Premier by Broadway composer, David Austin (Beaches), Metamorphosis (Zimmerman); The Arabian Nights (Zimmerman); Midsummer Night’s Dream, Canterbury Tales, The American Dame, The Re-Animators (A Retelling of the Frankenstein myth); Sandy Shores Shenanigans-A Modern Retelling of A Comedy of Errors Artistic Director; Theatre Arts Center New York; NYC
ACTING
AEA and SAG/AFTRA Actor with Off-Broadway, Off-Off Broadway, Summer Stock, Regional, Film, Commercial & TV credits. Representative Roles: FILM: Last Temptation of Christ (Scorsese); Day Player; filmed in Morocco; Annie (Huston) STAGE: Off-B’way: LaMama ETC, Playwrights Horizon, Odyssey Theatre, Ensemble Studio (Complete Acting Resume available on request)
TRAINING
BFA Theatre: Kent State University; Kent, OH Post Grad: Fordham University Graduate School of Education Directing: Playwrights Horizons, NYC Monologue: Karen Hohlhaas; Atlantic Theatre Founding Member Acting: Ensemble Studio Theatre, NYC; Julie Bovasso; Rina Yerulshami; Jane Hoffman American Theatre Co. of Rome, LaMama ETC
References & Portfolio Available on Request