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theresa Gambacorta

THERESA GAMBACORTA

  
Nationality:    USA
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theresa Gambacorta (aea, SaG) has worked in New York as a commercial actress, voice-over artist, director, playwright, and producer for over sixteen years. Her journey with solo performance began in 2004 with her first solo play, La MaGNaNI!, about the life of Italian film star, anna Magnani, the first foreign actress to win the academy award in 1956. She intimately understands the process of generating an idea for a solo show and turning that dream into a reality. In 2007, after successful runs Off-Off Broadway, La MaGNaNI! was picked up for a six-week Off-Broadway run at the arclight Theatre. audience members eli Wallach and anne Jackson, who knew Magnani personally, raved about Gambacorta's stunning character work on the legendary actress. actor Harvey Keitel stuck around after a show one night to extend his support and compliments! and it all started with the passionate idea to take on a dream role and create work for herself. Gambacorta believes solo work is one of the most exciting and rewarding ways an actor can empower himself or herself creatively, intellectually and spiritually. She has since gone on to write two more full-length solo plays, BReaKING the GLaSS and the VeGaS PROJeCT, both produced at Stage Left Studio and is deeply committed to helping other actor's realize their solo performance dreams. Most recently, she has guided the development process and/or directed the plays of Jay alvarez, (BeST OF NYC FRINGe, SOLO SHOW, 2011, BeST OF HOLLYWOOD FRINGe, SOLO SHOW, 2011) MArlene Nichols, Cheryl King, (in Sally Lambert's GRaPeFRUIT) and Chiara Montalto's eMeRGeNCY USeD CaNDLeS, currently in rehearsals for an La run directed by General Hospital's Ronnie Marmo. She has an M.A. in educational Theatre From NYU and is member of the Dramatist's Guild.

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below is a list of theresa Gambacorta's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Bite the Hand That Feeds You         Breaking the Glass         La Magnani         Vegas Project, The

Bite the Hand That Feeds You

Synopsis:
theresa Gambacorta performs a segment from her work in progress "Bite the Hand That Feeds You" which takes a comic and heartfelt look at her climb to the top of a four-star restaurant and the kicking and screaming along the way.

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Breaking the Glass

Synopsis:
Breaking the Glass, written and performed by theresa Gambacorta: theresa's tale about the hutzpah, huppah and heart it takes to plan her own Jewish-Italian wedding
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Stage Left Studio, NY    2009

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One act

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La Magnani

Synopsis:
It chronicles the life of the famed Italian movie actress, anna Magnani, who won an academy award for her performance in the film version of Tennessee Williams's the Rose Tattoo. the show takes place "on Oscar night 1956, the pinnacle of anna's career, as she now revisits us on a New York stage to share her most intimate desires, fears, and dreams."
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arclight Theatre, NY    2007

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Vegas Project, The

Synopsis:
the Vegas Project tells the tale of best friends Joanne and Sharon as they vacation in Las Vegas with Joanne's recently deceased husband's ashes. Joanne enlists the support of her daughter theresa, who journeys out to Sin City in search of her father's spirit.
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Stage Left Studio
214 West 30th Street, 6th floor, New York, NY, New York 10001    40580

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StageLeft Studio

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