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THEATRICAL RESUMÉ OF ROBERT MANISCALCO
(SAG AFTRA AEA)

• Acting Bio
• Study Acting – Classes/Coaching/Audition taping
• In School Residency Experiences
• Theatre Related BLOGS
• Demo Reel and Sample Acting Clips

FILM (IMDb)
Emanuel	Policeman	Dir. Brian Ivey
Inheritance: Italian Style	Arie Glitsky (lead)	Dir. Doug Bremner
Bums	Limo Driver	Dir. Andy Galler
Lifetime Lease	Policeman	NY Inst. of Technology
& seven student films	Lead roles	NYU, SVA and Columbia

 

TELEVISION
Sleepy Hollow	Accountant	FOX – Doug Aarniokoski
The Inspectors	Nate Stanwell	CBS – Terry Serpico
Art Beat	Host/writer/co-producer	Series airing on WTVS, PBS – Detroit
Inside Art	Host/writer/producer	WMTV-5 GP Cable
Law & Order	Court Sketch Artist, various	NBC
Short Stories “Captain Arrow’s Revenge”	Paul Mathers (lead)	A & E Network
Power of Positive Painting	host	Instructional video/NOEC
Business, Business	Hold-up man	Japanese Network TV
The Equalizer	CIA Agent	CBS

CHARLESTON THEATRE
Vincent John Doe     by Robert Maniscalco	Vincent Van Gogh	Piccolo Spoletto – City Gallery – Dir. by Barbara Pitcher
Diary of Anne Frank	Mr. Van Daan	Flowertown Players
Stay	Ben	SOBT – Daniel Kuhn
Miracle of Bedford Falls (It’s a Wonderful Life)	George Bailey	Footlight Players – Thomas Keating
Sister’s Rosensweig	Mervyn Kant	SOBT
33 Variations	Beethoven	Threshold Theatre – Pam Galle
The Crucible (review)	Rev. Hale	Threshold Theatre – Pam Galle
Superior Donuts	Luther	PURE Theatre – Sharon Graci
Is He Dead	Dutchy	Footlight Players – Greg Tavares
Frost / Nixon	Swifty Lazar	Footlight Players – Robbie Thomas
Rumors	Ken	Footlight Players
Evolution	Walken	N. Chas Meeting Place – Nick Smith
Sordid Lives	G.W.	Footlight Players – Don Brandenberg
The Christmas Carol	various	Charleston Stage – Marybeth Clark
Measure for Meaure	Provost	College of Charleston – Todd McNerney
The Full Monty	Harold	Footlight Players – Bob Ivey

 

NEW YORK THEATRE
Camino Real – T. Williams	vagrant	Dir. Theresa Hayden
The Odyssey	Odysseus	Modern Theatre of Myth Dir. Georgia McGill
Cassandra	Poet	Modern Theatre of Myth Dir. Georgia McGill
Start From Scratch – a play with chamber music by David Greenspan	Jason	Greenwich House/New Renaissance Chamber Artists (NRCA)
Prisms (solo actor, set to chamber music) – Dir. Barbara Pitcher	Sam	Commissioned & premiered at Weill Recital   Hall (Carnegie Hall) by NRCA
Leopold, Wolfgang, Sophie	W.A. Mozart	Friends Theatre Company
Variations by Mr. P.	He	”   Dir. Barbara Pitcher
Ottayan, the Lone Elephant	Moopanar	Ontological at St Marks Dir. Erin B. Mee
The Infamist – original solo performance/writer/director	John Wilkes Booth	Circle in the Square Theatre School Project    Dir. Randolyn Zinn
Tomorrow Was War	Romakin	Circle in the Square Theatre School Project    Dir. Theodore Mann
Vendler Television Playhouse	TV Announcer	Playwrights Horizon-Dir. Joanna Gleason
Birdbath	Frankie Basta	29th Street Repertory
A Midsummer Night’s Dream	Demetrius	BONK Theatre Company
Macbeth	Ross	Redfield Theatre

DETROIT THEATRE
Facade	Narrator	Chamber Music  Scarab Club
Lion In Winter	Richard	Grosse Pointe Theatre – Dir: Barbara Bentley
All Night Strut	(singing review)	GPT – Dir. Lois Bendler
She Loves Me	Mr. Kodaly	GPT – Dir. Laura Bartell
Rainmaker	Noah	GPT – Dir. Lois Bendler
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom	Policeman	Attic Theatre of Detroit – Dir. Lavinia Moyer
Mikado	Nanki-Poo	Golden Lion Dinner Theatre – Dir. Dennis Wickline
Creeps	Michael	Theatre Company of Detroit (TCD)
Holy Ghosts	Carl Spectre	TCD – Dir. David Regal
Bury the Dead	Schelling	TCD – Dir: Lonnie Fleisher
The Collector	Clegg	TCD – Dir. Anita Barone
Amadeus	W.A. Mozart	Grosse Pointe Theatre – Dir. Barbara Bentley
The Little Foxes	Leo Hubbard	GPT -Dir. Michelle Karl
DIRECTING
Vincent John Doe	Charleston Staged Reading of my original play – Threshold Theatre ‘13
Greater Tuna	Charleston Acting Studio ’12
Smokey Joe’s Cafe	Grosse Pointe Theatre ’03
Children of Chocolate Street	Grosse Pointe Theatre Youth on Stage ’03
Jesus Christ Superstar	Grosse Pointe Theatre ’97
Lunchtime by Edward Melfi	29th Street Players – NYC ’89
Chorus Line – Musical Director	Grosse Pointe Theatre ’85
Long Live the King (writer/director)	Grosse Pointe Theatre Workshop ’85

TEACHING  –  Take an acting class or get coaching with Rob
Charleston Southern University – Ladson, SC, Intro to Acting, Intro to Theatre
South of Broadway Theatre – North Charleston SC Scene Study, Techniques 2017 to present
Maniscalco Studio – Private Coaching 2011- Present
University of Detroit – Arts Appreciation to Theatre students ’04
Grosse Pointe Theatre – Acting workshop ’02
Grosse Pointe Theatre Youth on Stage 2002-03 Presenting acting coaching to young actors
Grosse Pointe Theatre – basic acting technique/scene study ’86
Grosse Pointe War Memorial – basic acting technique/scene study 1998-2000

ACTOR TRAINING
Graduate – Circle in the Square Professional Acting Workshop (1989-91)Scene Study: Alan Langdon, Michael Moriarity, Olympia Dukakis, Maria Tucci, Lynne Meadow; Shakespeare: Edward Berkeley, John Jones; (Realism) Ibsen/Chekov: John Stix; Styles/Combat: Carole Shelley, Stephen Hollis, B.H. Barry; Method/Techniques: Terese Hayden, Jacqueline Brookes; Movement: Randolyn Zinn, Mina Yakim, Moni Yakim, Nora Kasarda; Voice: Andrea Haring, Lucille Rubin; Speech: Barbara Knowles, K.C. Ligon; Singing/Interp: Joanna Gleason, Wade Russo, Elizabeth Parrish Additional Study–Meisner: Bill Esper, Joel Rooks; New York Independent: Mark Lenard (ST’s Sarak), Bill Woodman, Joan See, Barbara Pitcher; University of Detroit: David Regal, Arthur Beer

EDUCATION: Wayne State University – Bachelor of Music: Orchestral Performance and Education – 1983

SPECIAL SKILLS & RELATED EXPERIENCE Singing, clarinet, conducting, quick sketch artist, courtroom sketching, painting, photography, western riding, combat, driving, impressions, dialects