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KEN BARNETT*
(HALSTON)
Broadway: Fun Home, Wonderful Town, The Green Bird.
Off-Broadway: The forthcoming new musical, The Gorgeous Nothings; Novenas for a Lost Hospital (Rattlestick); The Cradle Will Rock (Classic Stage); America Is Hard To See (HERE); The Light Years (Playwrights' Horizons); Plenty, Fortress of Solitude, February House (Public Theater); Too Much Sun (Vineyard); La Ronde (HERE--Best Actor, Fringe Award); Debbie Does Dallas (Jane Street); The Whore of Sheridan Square (La Mama—NYIT Award nomination). Regional credits include The Waves, Private Lives, True West, Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder (CT Critic's Circle Award/San Diego Critics Circle Nomination), February House (CT Critics Circle Award), Next Fall, Burn This, and Merrily We Roll Along.
TV/Film: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, Godfather of Harlem, The Good Fight, American Crime Story: Versace, Christophe on Mozart in the Jungle, House of Cards, Lavender (Sundance & SXSW 2019, acquired by Fox Searchlight), Save the Date, Radio Killer, Admission, Ira & Abby, Friends With Kids, People Like Us, Puccini for Beginners and others. Ken is an acting coach and teacher of Dreamwork for Artists. kenbarnett.net,@kbnyc.
In addition to performing, Ken is a teacher and coach specializing in Dreamwork for artists. www.dreamwork.nyc & @dreamwork_nyc
*Equity Member appearing with permission of Actor’s Equity Association.
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KEVIN HOURIGAN
DIRECTOR
Kevin Hourigan Diana Oh's THE INFINITE LOVE PARTY (Bushwick Starr: co-creative director), ELIXIR (Pipeline Theater Co.), A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (Precariat Productions), ANOTHER ROSE (Virgin Voyages: Immersive Director), IMAGINE: YEMEN (Signature Center), UNCLE VANYA (Brooklyn College), IMAGINE SISYPHUS HAPPY (Pace University), CENERENTOLA (Curtis Opera Theater).
He has directed workshops and readings of new work for writers including Craig Lucas, NaomiWallace, Kia Corthron, Kara Lee Corthron, Keelay Gipson, Truth Future Bachman, Brendan Pelsue, Mirando Rose Hall, Tegan McLeod, and others. Hourigan also served as the producing associate at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater. MFA: Yale School of Drama, BFA: NYU.
Photo: Farah Al-Qasimi
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RAFFAELE PACITTI
PLAYWRIGHT
Raffaele Pacitti (Member, DGA) is a playwright, producer and performer whose plays have received stagings and readings in both New York and Canada. His latest play, Mister Halston, explores the life and times of famed American fashion designer, Halston, set against the vibrant, tumultuous New York of the 1970’s and 1980’s. Mister Halston has received awards for Outstanding Script, Outstanding Actor, and the Audience Award at New York's United Solo Festival.
Select NY/Regional Theatre: The Tempest (Mill Mountain Stage), The Heiress (Shadow Lawn Stage), A Casual Gathering (Theatre for a New Audience).
Select Toronto Theatre: Pterodactyls (Mercury Theatre), Digging for Fire (Factory Theatre), Hamlet (Canadian Stage), Count Dracula(Rainbow Theatre).
Select Concerts: Bright Lights, Big City (Greenroom 42); Body and Soul (54 Below); Uninvited (The Metropolitan Room) SpringFling, Don’tMisunderstand, EveningLounge (Etc Etc Piano Room).
With years of experience as New York-based Art Director in the advertising, PR and media spaces, along with a varied background in both magazine design and publishing, Pacitti reveres the power of words and how they can affect perception. A passion for theatre, music and fashion, combined with these professional skills has proved to be a natural transition into the world of playwriting.
Raffaele holds a BFA in theatre from Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson Theatre School) and has studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts and the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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SUE VACCARO
PRODUCING CONSULTANT
Sue is a Tony Award®-winning producer of Broadway’s CLYBOURNE PARK. She also produced the Tony Award®-nominated NEW YORK NEW YORK with Lin Manuel Miranda, John Kander & Fred Ebb on Broadway, as well as the critically acclaimed revival of SMOKEY JOE’S CAFE in London. Sue is currently a consultant on two Off-Broadway shows and serves as producer of HERE THERE ARE BLUEBERRIES which is now performing globally.
Sue Vaccaro is a well-regarded and renowned Theater Producer nominated for International Producer of the Year, three years in a row. Sue worked as a teacher, and special event organizer/fundraiser for twenty five years before entering the entertainment field in 2003 and managing Emmy Award®-winning GOLDEN GIRLS actress Rue McClanahan. Sue was Producing Rue’s musical MY FIRST FIVE HUSBANDS when Rue was forced to retire from acting.
Sue believes in blunt honesty and handling every situation, good or bad, with a smile on her face. Her warm, demeanor is well-respected by everyone in the industry from the theater owners to bartenders including celebrities like Wendell Pierce, Kristin Chenoweth, Tracey Bregman and Bryan Batt.
Sue’s expertise is in building personal connections through fundraising, marketing, public relations and artist relations.