“Sam and Dede, My Dinner with Andre the Giant,” a play by Theatre Arts Program Director Gino DiIorio, is soon to be published by Dramatists Play Service. The play is based on a totally true story: Twelve-year-old André the Giant, already over six feet tall and 240 pounds, didn’t fit on the school bus. André’s…
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DiIorio’s ‘Crib’ gets staged reading in L.A.
Theatre Arts Professor Gino DiIiorio’s new play, “CRIB” will be given a staged reading on Monday, March 27, at the Blank Theatre in Los Angeles, Calif., as part of the “Living Room” reading series. Now in its 25th year, the Living Room Series is a New Play Development program, which embodies The Blank’s commitment to…
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DiIorio’s ‘Sam and Dede, or My Dinner with Andre the Giant,’ opens off Broadway March 10
Theatre Arts Program Director Gino DiIorio‘s new play “Sam and Dede, or My Dinner with Andre the Giant” will open next week at New York’s 59 East 59 Theatre, and will run through April 1. The production is produced by Custom Made Theatre and directed by Clark Alum Leah Abrams ’96. It’s a totally true…
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DiIorio’s ‘Blue Tent’ to be performed at ‘best reviewed’ festival in London’s West End
Theatre Program Director Gino DiIorio’s short play “Blue Tent” will be performed as part of Bare Essentials: London’s Best Reviewed New Writing Night at Covent Garden (London, U.K.) on January 28 and 29. For more info, visit Encompass Productions online or check it out on Facebook. “Blue Tent” was first produced at the 2016 Boston Theater Marathon and will…
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Gino DiIorio’s ‘The Jag’ will have its world premiere at New Jersey Rep in January
Theatre Arts Program Director Gino DiIorio‘s new play “The Jag” will premiere at the New Jersey Repertory Theatre, Jan. 12, 2017. The play, which will be be directed by Brendan Burke, will feature Dan Grimaldi, who played identical twin mobsters on “The Sopranos,” and will run through Feb. 12. “The Jag” won the Firehouse Theatre…
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Gino DiIorio’s play ‘The Jag’ to receive world premiere production at N.J. Rep in January
“The Jag,” a play by Theatre Arts Program Director Gino DiIorio, will be given its world premiere at the New Jersey Repertory Company in January 2017. The play won the 2010 Firehouse Theater Great American Play Award, won 2nd place in the Premiere Stages Play Festival, and was a finalist for the prestigious Laurents/Hatcher Foundation Award in…
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DiIorio’s play ‘Blue Tent’ to be included in ‘Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2017’
Theatre Arts Professor Gino DiIorio’s new play “Blue Tent” will be included in the upcoming anthology “Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2017″ (Smith and Kraus). “Blue Tent” was first produced by Fort Point Theatre Channel at the Calderwood Pavilion as part of the Boston Play Marathon on May 8, 2016. It was directed by Kathryn Howell…
Campus News & Events, Student News
‘Moon Juice’ by Raechel Segal ’17 is a finalist in Manhattan Rep’s 10-minute play contest
“Moon Juice,” a short play by Clark senior Raechel Segal, is a finalist in Manhattan Repertory Theatre‘s 10-Minute Play Contest, and will be performed in the finals on August 24. Chelsea Anderson Long ’12 has directed the play. Segal’s play “The Beef Stick Boys” was produced in the 2015 Clark New Play Festival. Chelsea Anderson-Long is a…
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CRIB by Prof. Gino DiIorio read at Gloucester Stage Company, directed by Summer Williams ’01, M.A.Ed. ’02
CRIB, a play by Professor of Theatre Arts Gino DiIorio, will be given a free staged reading at the Gloucester Stage Company on Sunday, July 17 at 7.30 p.m. The reading will be directed by Clark alumna Summer Williams ’01, M.A.Ed. ’02, who is a co-founder (with five other Clark graduates) of Boston’s prestigious Company One Theatre. CRIB…
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Prof. Gino DiIorio’s ‘Sam and Dede’ to receive world premiere in San Francisco
Professor Gino Diiorio’s new play “Sam and Dede” (or “My Dinner with Andre the Giant”) will receive its world premiere at the Custom Made Theatre in San Francisco, Feb. 11-March 5. It’s a totally true story: 12-year-old Andre the Giant, already over 6 feet tall and 240 pounds, didn’t fit on the school bus. Andre’s…
