(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.

PLAYWRIGHT

Raffaele Pacitti 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. 

Regional: The Tempest (Mill Mountain Stage),The Heiress (Shadow Lawn Stage), Count Dracula (Rainbow Theatre).

Select Toronto Theatre: Pterodactyls (Mercury Theatre), Digging for Fire (Factory Theatre), Hamlet (Canadian Stage).

Select Concerts: Bright Lights, Big City (Greenroom 42); Body and Soul (54 Below); Uninvited (The Metropolitan Room) Spring Fling, Don’t Misunderstand, Evening Lounge (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.