ROBERT
LACONI
Robert
has worked in theater, film, radio, television, and
children's theater, as actor, director, manager, and
producer.
As an actor, New York Off-Broadway appearances include
Amy Vanderbilt's Book of Etiquette, Gulliver's Travels, Penny Arcade's Based
on a True Story, Karna (a shadow puppet opera
world premier; on original cast recording), and Ionessco's
Frenzy for Two or More (New York
premiere). For the Odyssey Theatre
he starred in original adaptations of The Gambler
and The Picture of Dorian Gray,
and produced The Island of Dr. Moreau.
Other New York acting credits include That Him
at Playwrights Horizons, Shakespeare's Macbeth
and Julius Caesar, the first revival of Cole
Porter's Let's Face It, and cummings &
goings (première of a musical based on E.E. Cummings
poems). In Regional Theatre, he has appeared in
roles ranging from the Japanese Houseboy in The Bat,
Zebulum in Joseph & the Technicolor Dreamcoat,
to Etienne in Can-Can (principal dancer),
to a Puerto Rican Superintendent in 6 Rms Riv Vu.
Summer stock appearances include a season
at Long Island's Gateway Playhouse in Bellport where
he was seen in Zorba, Mame, Applause,
and Children's Theatre. While living in Italy, Robert
worked with the American Theatre Company of Rome
At LaMama
ETC, he was awarded a national CETA Grant for Artists
and worked with internationally known theater artists
such as Wilfred Leach, Andrei Serbàn, Elizabeth Swados,
John Vaccaro, Harvey Fierstien, Bill Hoffman, Tadeus
Kantor, and Ellen Stewart. He was invited in the
National Theatre of Great Britain Workshops in New York
where they focused on Shakespeare and classical styles.
He was Assistant Director to Rina Yerulshami on the
Off-Braodway production of Glass House at St.
Peters Citicorp.
Screen
roles range from Scorcese's The Last Temptation of
Christ (filmed in Morocco) and Goodfella's,
Night of the Zombies, to the
musical Annie. Other film appearances include
Zelig, Wrong is Right, Delirious, God Father III.
Television appearances include The Ananda Lewis Show
& $50,00 Pyramid.
On Broadway, he was Director of Development
at Circle in the Square, home to some of the countries
most renowned actors. He produced their 45th
anniversary gala that was chaired by Annette Bening.
In 2000, he was the founding Director of Development
for Yo-Yo Ma on the creation of the Silk Road
Project, an international endeavor celebrating the
music and arts of Asia in partnership with Sony Music.
Robert has twice been a guest actor at Ensemble
Studio Theatre's summer conference to develop new
work, working with playwright, Peter Morris. While
living in Italy, Robert was a member of the American
Theatre Company of Rome, and on radio, he was a news
broadcaster for the In Touch Network for the
Blind.
As a
producer, he and Kristine Lewis were Associates to the
Producers on the Broadway
production of Enchanted April, which was nominated
for a Tony Award for Best Play and Best Actress of 2003.
Other producing credits include Circle in the Square
on Broadway. Broadway Hits the Heights in Queens NY,
and The Island of Dr. Moreau Off-Broadway.
Robert has been teaching and directing at Theatre
Arts Center since 1999. His acting students have
been cast in professional productions in Pennsylvania
and New York and have been accepted into the prestigious
New York City's High School of Performing Arts.
He has taught acting workshops to high school students
from around the country through the Junior Tour Program
at the New Dance Group on Broadway.
Robert
holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater and Acting from Kent State
University and did post graduate work in Education at
Fordham University's Lincoln Center campus, and at Blossom
Music Center. He has studied at HB Studios, Playwrights
Horizons (directing), the National Theatre of Great
Britain, and privately with Julie Bovasso, Rina Yerulshalmi,
and Jane Hoffman. He is a member of the Screen
Actors Guild and Actors Equity.
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