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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) |
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| 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 |
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| Sleepy Hollow | Accountant | Doug Aarniokoski -FOX |
| The Inspectors | Nate Stanwell | CBS |
| 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
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| Vincent John Doe by Robert Maniscalco |
Vincent Van Gogh | Piccolo Spoletto – City Gallery – Dir. by Barbara Pitcher |
| 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 | 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 |
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| 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
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| 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 |
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| 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 (wrter/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 Independant: Mark Lenard, 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