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Adam is a native of the blooming arts utopia known as Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY. He has been acting for most of his life. his earliest memory of performing was playing the Little Boy in a stage interpretation of Shel Silverstein's, The Giving Tree at the age of 7.

Adam continued acting through high school and College. Along the way he played an eclectic array of characters. A few of his favorites include: Judas/John the Baptist in Godspell , Nick Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream , Oscar Jaffe in Twentieth Century , and The Mayor of Who in Seussical the Musical .

It wasn't until Adam was in college at St. Joseph's College in Brooklyn, where he decided to expand his art. In his sophomore year, Adam directed his first show. It was a Murder Mystery Dinner Show called, Murder: Las Vegas Style! After the success of the show, Adam decided to both write and direct the next year's murder mystery. In November 2006, Adam produced his first self written show, The Late Night Show: A Murder Mystery. Later that Spring, Adam co-wrote, directed, produced and performed in a sketch comedy show with his college dramatics club. The production was called, Chapel Players Live . The show was written in the style and tradition of the famous Saturday Night Live . The following year, Adam wrote, directed, produced and appeared in another addition of the skecth comedy show before graduating from St. Joseph's.

In September 2008, Adam founded the Mount Carmel Theatre Company (MCTC). The theatre company resides in Williamsburg at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. The purpose of the theatre company is for young adult artists to find a place to work together. In March 2009 MCTC produced their first show, Broadway: Yesterday, Today, & Forever! A Musical Revue . In August 2009, Adam directed their first mainstage production, Urinetown the Musical . For more info on MCTC, visit www.mctheatrecompany.org.

Adam graduated from New York University in 2010 with his Masters Degree in Educational Theatre. Large career goals for Adam include gaining a second Masters Degree in Directing and a Ph.D in the Theatre.

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HAPPENING NOW: Adam is working for THE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM as a Leadership Trainer/Teaching Artist. He currently teaches Drama at PS 96 and Public Speaking and Debate at MS 112

Adam is in pre production for CAROLS FOR A CAUSE: A Christmas Concert with Mount Carmel Theatre Co.

OCTOBER: Adam is currently in pre-production for a production of a new play, WRITING IN A VACUUM. The play, which he is directing and producing runs October 20-22, 2012 at Mount Carmel Theatre Co.

AUGUST 2011: Adam's episode on CELEBRITY GHOST STORIES will air August 6th on the Biography Channel. He portrays rocker Phil Varone.

Adam is currently in production for ALL SHOOK UP which he will be directing/producing ALL SHOOK UP with Mount Carmel Theatre Company in Williamsburg. It runs August 11-14.

Adam is currently directing BEACH BUMS by Justin Burke. It is part of the 13th Street Theatre Play Festival.

APRIL 2011: Adam will be directing/producing MCTC: IN CONCERT - DUETS with Mount Carmel Theatre Company in Williamsburg.

Resumes

Acting Resume

Education

Directing Resume

Teaching/Professioal Resume

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Height: 5'9 Hair: Black Eyes: Brown Voice: Tenor

DIRECTING Writing in a Vacuum October 2011 Director/Producer - Mount Carmel Theatre Company, Brooklyn, NY All Shook Up August 2011 Director/Producer - Mount Carmel Theatre Company, Brooklyn, NY Writing in a Vacuum (Staged Reading) May 2011 Director/Producer - Mount Carmel Theatre Company, Brooklyn, NY MCTC: In Concert - Duets! April 2011 Director/Producer - Mount Carmel Theatre Company, Brooklyn, NY Rumors February 2011 Director/Producer - Mount Carmel Theatre Company, Brooklyn, NY Grease January 2011 Director - Merrick Theatre & Center for the Arts, Merrick, NY A Christmas Carol December 2010 Director/Producer - Mount Carmel Theatre Company, Brooklyn, NY Little Shop of Horrors November 2010 Asst. Director/Lighting Designer - St. Joseph's College Chapel Players, Brooklyn, NY Wonderful Town August 2010 Director/Producer - Mount Carmel Theatre Company, Brooklyn, NY MCTC: In Concert May 2010 Director/Producer - Mount Carmel Theatre Company, Brooklyn, NY The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee April 2010 Assistant Director/Lighting Designer - St. Josephs College, Brooklyn, NYSeussical February 2010 Director - Oceanside School District: School 8, Oceanside, NYTo Whom it May Concern November 2009 Director - Harlem Dowling Foster Care Agency, Harlem NYThe Crucible November 2009 Asst. Director/Lighting Designer - St. Josephs College, Brooklyn, NYUrinetown August 2009 Director/Producer - Mount Carmel Theatre Company, Brooklyn, NYThe Graduate April 2009 Asst. Director/Lighting Designer - St. Josephs College, Brooklyn, NYBroadway: Yesterday, Today, & Forever! (Revue) March 2009 Director/Producer - Mount Carmel Theatre Company, Brooklyn, NYBrooklyn Voices (One-Act Festival) February 2009 Asst. Director/Lighting Designer - St. Josephs College, Brooklyn, NYThe Laramie Project November 2008 Asst. Director/Lighting Designer - St. Josephs College, Brooklyn, NY Chapel Players Live: Season 2 (Sketch Comedy) February 2008 Writer/Director/Producer - St. Josephs College, Brooklyn, NY Chapel Players Live (Sketch Comedy) February 2007 Writer/Director/Producer - St. Josephs College, Brooklyn, NY The Late Night Show (Murder Mystery) November 2006 Writer/Director/Producer - St. Josephs College, Brooklyn, NY Murder: Las Vegas Style! (Murder Mystery) October 2005 Director/Producer - St. Josephs College, Brooklyn, NY

Directng Resume

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THEATRE The Unlikely Adventure of "Nyte McCloud" OFF BROADWAY: Chernuchin Theatre, ATA Race McCloud: Private Eye Black Henna ProductionsTwenieth Century "Oscar Jaffe" SJC Chapel PlayersA Midsummer Night's Dream "Nick Bottom" SJC Chapel PlayersLend Me a Tenor "Tito Mirelli" SJC Chapel PlayersPicasso at the Lapin Agile "The Singer" SJC Chapel PlayersFools "Dr. Zubritzky" SJC Chapel PlayersMonths on End "Nick" SJC Chapel PlayersAll in the TIming "Don" SJC Chapel Players MUSICAL THEATREThe Wedding SInger "Glen Gulia" Airport PlayhouseGodspell "John the Baptist/Judas" SJC Chapel PlayersSeussical "The Mayor of Who" HCJ Drama ClubHow to Succeed in Business... "Mr. Twible/Ovington/Womper" HCJ Drama ClubFootloose "Chuck Cranston" HCJ Drama ClubTELEVISION/FILM Celebrity Ghost Stories "Phil Varone" Biography Channel / Jarrett Creative GroupSKETCH COMEDY/INTERACTIVE THEATRE Chapel Players Live: Season 3 (Sketch) "Host" SJC Chapel Players Chapel Players Live: Season 2 (Sketch) "Performer/Writer/Director" SJC Chapel PlayersChapel Players Live (Sketch) "Performer/Writer/Director" SJC Chapel Players Macy's Santaland (Interactive) "Pip the Elf' Macy's Herald Square

Acting Resume

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TEACHING/PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEMount Carmel Theatre Company, 2008-Present Founder, Artistic Director, Executive Producer o Founded company to give young adults ages 18-30 the opportunity to gain more artistic experience in theatre, dance and music in a professional setting. o Responsibilities include: Planning performances, interviewing and hiring artists and designers, managing budget. o www.mctheatrecompany.orgThe Leadership Program, 2010-Present Teaching Artist/Leadership Trainer: Drama and Public Speaking & Debate o Teaching skills in Drama and Public Speaking & Debate o Drama: Teaching fundementals in drama from mime and still imagery to monologues and scene study. Ages 9-10 o Public Speaking and Debate: Working on fundementals of speech making from basic informational to persuasive. The classes also work on the basics of debate, deviding the class and having them use their words to discuss a topic from two sides. o Other Responsibilities Include: Instilling leadership and character in young urban students. Merrick Theatre & Center for the Arts, 2010-2011 Instructor: Improv; Fairytale Theatre; Mime & Movement; Director: Youth Performance Theatre o Teaching skills in Improv, Fairy Tale Theatre and Mime & Movement to young people, ages 6-17. o Improv: Introducing young people to the basics of improve as well as the different styles ranging from the work of Viola Spolin to the sketch show “Who’s Line is it Anyway?” o Fairytale Theatre: Using Process Drama and Improv to create an interactive story with the classes that is developed by them and facilitated by me. o Mime & Movement: Teaching the basics of using your body to tell a story. Focused on non-verbal communication to create narrative. o YPT Director: Teaching the basics of theatre while directing Grease. o Other responsibilities include: Instructing young people in not only in the specific discipline, but shaping them as young actors by teaching foundations of theatre as well.New York University, Program in Educational Theatre, 2010 Teaching Assistant: Creating Theatre with Young People/Playbuilding II o Course taught by Stephen DiMenna, focused on the process of devising and producing a full-length play with young people in the MCC Youth Company, an Off-Broadway Company based out of New York City, ages 14-19. NYU graduate students collaborate with the youth company to create and produce the show. o Responsibilities include: Communicating with the class, facilitating when the instructor when the instructor is late or absent for the day, take recordings of the happenings of the class.New York University, Program in Educational Theatre, 2009 Artistic Teaching Associate: Shakespeare Youth Ensemble o Course taught by Joseph Salvatore, focused on the process of creating and performing one of Shakespeare’s plays with young people ages 12-16. o Worked specifically with individual students on monologue and scene development.St. Joseph’s College, School of Arts and Sciences, 2005 - Present  Assistant Director of Chapel Players Dramatics Society o Assisting Director in all needs, including scene blocking and actor/stage management. o Also in charge of Lighting Design and OperationNorthside Catholic Academy, 2008 - 2009 Teaching Artist: Acting, Musical Theatre o Focused on the process of playbuilding, acting, performance and production with young people grades kindergarten to 8.Fulton Avenue School 8, Oceanside School District, 2009 - 2010 Teaching Artist: Acting, Musical Theatre o Focused on the process of playbuilding, acting, performance and production with young people grades 5 and 6.My Purpose Party, Harlem Dowling Foster Care Agency, 2009 Teaching Artist: Acting, Playwriting/Building o Focused on the process of playbuilding, acting, performance and production with young people in foster-care ages 14-18.MCC Youth Company, 2008 Artistic Teaching Associate: Acting/Playwriting o Focused on the process of a devising and producing a full-length play with young people in the MCC Youth Company, an Off-Broadway Company based out of New York City, ages 14-19.

Teaching/Professional Resume

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EDUCATIONM.A., Educational Theatre 2010New York University, Steinhardt School of Education, Culture, and Human Development Courses: Acting: Scene Study Advanced Directing Advanced Playwrighting Creating Theatre with Young People I Creating Theatre with Young People II* Drama in Education I Drama in Education II Drama with Special Populations Methods & Materials of Edu. Theatre Musical Theatre: Background & Analysis Physical Improvisation of Theatre Practicum in Educational Theatre Process Drama Workshop** Shakespeare's Theatre I* Served as Teaching Assistant under Mr. Stephen DiMenna** Was facilitated by Cecily O'Neil B.A., Speech Communication Minors: Theatre and History 2008St. Joseph’s College, School of Arts and Sciences Relative Courses: Acting I Acting II Advanced Directing Advanced Speech Communication American Musical Theatre History of the Theatre Oral Interpretation of Literation Play Production Speech Communication Voice & Diction TRAININGVocal Training: Lynn Portas (Musical Director of Tony & Tina's Wedding)Theatre Dance Training: Lainie Munro (Broadway Dance Center)Stage Combat: Eugene Solfanelli, MFA SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS & ACCLAMATIONSPi Lambda Theta, National Honor Society for Educators, 2010 Rho Chapter, New York UniversityFull Scholastic Scholarship, 2004-2008 ($100,000) St. Joseph’s College - Undergraduate StudiesSigma Iota Chi Academic Honor Society, 2006- 2008  St. Joseph’s CollegeWho’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, 2008 St. Joseph’s CollegeFuture Alumni Leadership Award, 2008 St. Joseph’s CollegeSt. Joseph the Worker Award for Outstanding Service, 2007 St. Joseph’s CollegeEagle Scout Rank, 2003 Boy Scouts of America

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