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              by Timothi Jane Graham



My commercial headshot                                                                A character shot
by Timothi Jane Graham                                                                 by Timothi Jane Graham

Michael Curasi

www.michaelcurasi.com

michael@michaelcurasi.com

Stage

Nighthawks                                        Bob                                          Hudson Theater Guild, NYC

Manhattanpotamia III                         Commedia Characters            Gotham Comedy Club, NYC

Joe and Cleo: A Romance                  Joe                                           Gotham Comedy Club, NYC

The Hot L Baltimore                           Paul Grangerford III               Alice Austin Theater                 

Macbeth                                              Malcolm                                  Alice Austin Theater

Buried Child                                        Bradley                                   Robert Sinclair Theater                 

Of Thee I Sing                                     V.P. Throttlebottom               Alice Austin Theater               

Arcadia                                                Valentine                                Alice Austin Theater                   

Improvisation

Hard Out (RTM Long-Form Improv)    Artistic Director                 The Cave, NYC

Red Tie Mafia (RTM) Improv               Captain/ member                Gotham Comedy Club, NYC

Unleashed!                                              Troupe member                 Shipping Dock Theater

The Opening (improvised show)            Lead                                   Shipping Dock Theater

Random Actors                                       Troupe member                  Rochester, NY

No Laugh Track Required                      Troupe member                  Robert Sinclair Theater

Film

Revenge of the Demon Werewolf           Supporting                         Steve Ciccone/Ciccone Productions

Delicious Ambiguity                                Lead                                  Beth Bailey/ Zinko Films

Signs of the Time                                     Supporting                         Don Casper/ Crystal Pix Productions

House Guest                                              Lead                                  Christopher Hill/ Student

Fly On the Wall                                        Lead                                   Ralph Suarez/ Empyrean Productions           

Voice Over

The Last Mustache                                   Lead Voice                         Emilie Serrie/VSA 16mm film

Peak Oil PSA                                            Supporting Voice               Rich Song/Insistent Ninja Films

Television

Nightly News Show (pilot)                       Lead                                    Liz Lehman/Trillium Films

Conflicts available upon request

Training

Dual B.A. in Theater and Sociology from SUNY Geneseo, Magna cum Laude

Private Coaching                  Rita Gardner (Broadway, HB Studios, Juliard, NYU) 

Classical Scene Study          Melanie Blood (SUNY Geneseo), Rita Gardner

Contemporary Scene Study  Terrence Brown (SUNY Geneseo), Tineka Becker (Joseph Middleton Casting),

                                                  Rita Gardner

Improvisation                        Ari Voukydis and Owen Burke of Upright Citizen's Brigade (Levels 1 & 2 NYC),  
                                              Mark Grenier, Louis Kornfeld, James Eason and Alex Marino of The Magnet
                                              (Graduated, NYC), Dad's Garage (Atlanta), S. Michael Smith (Rochester),
                                              Terrence Brown

Voice Training/                          Melanie Blood, Mary Krickmire (SUNY Geneseo), Rita Gardner

             Stage Movement           

Stage Combat                             Sensei Daniel Bauer (Bauer Karate), Alexander Sovronsky (NYC)

One-Man Show/Absurdism       Melanie Blood

Ballet                                          Jonette Lancos (SUNY Geneseo)

Tango                                         Joseph Roicki (SUNY Geneseo)           

Commedia D’el Arte                  Melanie Blood

Skills

American Southern, Scottish, British dialects, gymnastics and general buffoonery, Bo Staff, US Passport, NYS

Driver’s License (standard and automatic) and I make a killer homemade pasta sauce!

                                                   

      Me with my  improv troupe, Unleashed!, from the cover of City Newspaper (I'm center right)
 
   
    A film still from Signs of the Time (I'm on the top right with the megaphone)
    Crystal Pix