Michael Curasi

www.michaelcurasi.com

michael@michaelcurasi.com

Stage

Manhattanpotamia III                         Commedia Characters           Gotham Comedy Club

Joe and Cleo: A Romance                  Joe                                            Gotham Comedy Club

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                 Gotham Comedy Club

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

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 (currently)   Rita Gardner (Broadway, HB Studios, Juliard, NYU)

Improv Coaching (currently)   Mark Grenier of Magnet Theatre (NYC)

Classical Scene Study              Melanie Blood (SUNY Geneseo)

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

Improvisation                            James Eason, Ari Voukydis and Owen Burke of Upright Citizen’s   

    Brigade (NYC), Andy Eninger (Chicago), Dad’s Garage (Atlanta),   

    Terrence Brown, David Kyle (Random Actors), S. Michael Smith

    (Shipping Dock Theatre)

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

             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!