Robert Laconi

Robert Laconi is an actor, director, & producer and Artistic Director of the Theatre Arts Center in New York City. The Center is a performance training studio that offers workshops in musical theater, acting, and audition preparation. Robert also teaches acting and adjudicates performing arts festivals.Robert came to New York City from Ohio and has worked in all areas of the performing arts, including theater, film, radio, and television. Off-Broadway appearances include Amy Vanderbilt's Book of Etiquette, Gulliver's Travels, Penny Arcade's Based on a True Story, and Karna a shadow puppet opera based on the Indian epic The Mahabarata - all premiering at LaMama ETC; and the New York premiere of Ionessco's Frenzy for Two or More. For the Odyssey Theatre he starred in original adaptations of The Gambler and The Picture of Dorian Gray, and produced The Island of Dr. Moreau. At LaMama, he was awarded a national C.E.T.A. Grant for Artists and worked with Ellen Stewart and internationally known directors.On Broadway he was Director of Development at Circle in the Square and Associate to Producers on the Tony-nominated Enchanted April. He was also the founding Director of Development for Yo-Yo Ma and his Silk Road Project in partnership with SONY Music. On radio, he broadcast for the In Touch Network for the Blind. Robert is a member of the Screen Actors Guild/AFTRA and Actors Equity Association.Screen roles include Scorcese's The The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) (filmed in Morocco) and Goodfella's, Annie (singer/dancer), Night of the Zombies (1981). On television, he appeared on the Ananda Lewis Show. Robert has twice been in the Actors Ensemble at Ensemble Studio Theatre's summer conferences to develop new plays. Show less «