Introducing Jerry Sciarrio

Introducing JERRY SCIARRIO!

Born and bred in the greater Boston area, lived there until I was 20.

“I knew what I was meant to do when” — I was in the school Christmas play, CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD. A nondescript man tells a brother and sister (me and a little girl) of C’mas customs around the world. The man turns out to be Santa, and when he revealed his identity, I did a double take in performance. Unrehearsed, unplanned, but it felt right. I got a HUGE laugh - and that’s when the bug bit me. I have been trying to make people laugh ever since.

I stayed on stage all through JR and SR High - variety shows, plays and musicals. Not just acting, but writing and directing as well. In straight plays I did a variety of drama and comedy. Our school took first place in a state wide High School Drama competition 2 years in a row (never been done before) with Arthur Miller. (The Crucible and then Death Of A Salesman.) In the big musicals, I specialized in the “third curtain call from the end” roles - the last cast member to bow before the 2 leads came out. (Fagin in OLIVER!, Luther Billis in SOUTH PACIFIC and like that)

While deciding if I wanted to go on to college and get a theater degree, I discovered a touring drama troupe called The Covenant Players based in the LA area. They perform in churches, schools, nursing homes — anywhere! - doing material written by the founder and designed to get people to think. It involved travel, possibly international, and lots of performing. I joined them, initially for a year to see what it was like. I stayed with the company for 21 years. I studied and honed my craft on the job — performed well over 300 roles, directed nearly 50 plays, and traveled to 7 different countries (including Germany, Scotland, Austria, China and South Korea). It was there that I met my bride to be, and we were able to work together for about 3 years before “retiring” to her home town, Spokane WA.

Since being here, I have been active in the local theater and film scene. Quite a few chances to get on stage, and that was augmented with commercials (TV and radio) feature films (5 or 6 pretty good roles - some of which actually ended up into e finished film! {lol}) as well as discovering a whole new area of performing. I started recording audio books in 2000 at Books In Motion (www.booksinmotion.com) and currently have about 130 titles to my name.

I started my trips to Ft Myers and the Broadway Palm in 2015 and have been involved in 3  productions - the first of hopefully many more to come.

Check out more of Jerry below,. an amazing actor and such a joy to watch him in his element

"A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum"

"The Addams Family"

    

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"Away In the Basement ~ The Church Basement Ladies" Jerry is Father Gunderson

"Big River" ~ The King

"Broadway Bound"

Characters Galore!!

Commercial Shoot ~ CD'a Casino

"Death of Deceit" as Zelda Lavish

"Miracle Worker" ~ Mr. Anagnos

"My Fair Lady" ~ Alphie

"South Pacific" ~ Luther Billis

"Sylvia" ~ Tom, Leslie and Phyllis

"The 39 Steps" ~ Clown 1

"The Producers" ~ Max

"You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown"

Jerry Sciarrio
   Actor, DJ, Cartoonist, Audio Producer
Want to contact him to find out where to go to honor and see him next? jmichaels1019@yahoo.com

Jerry's cast will be taking SECOND CHANCES to Naples for 5 days and then can be seen in LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS in the Off Broadway Palm mid-June thru the end of July.

www.broadwaypalm.com

SW Florida's premier Dinner Theatre1380 Colonial Blvd, Fort Myers 33907

Inside the Life of Pasqualino Beltempo

This actor is FABULOUS!! Currently can be seen at The Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre in Fort Myers, FL .. http://www.broadwaypalm.com/ 

First photo in makeup by Letizia Lamartire

Denim Shirt head shots by Giuditta Penna

My interview during my lunch with Pasqualino:
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Bekki: When did your passion for the stage begin?

Pasqualino: My passion for musical theatre has very early roots in my life, it was instilled by the movie selection that my parents watched with me during my childhood: the first movie my parents took me to see at the movie theatre in my town, Giovinazzo, in Southern Italy, was The Little Mermaid, and my family favorites are The Sound Of Music, Mary Poppins and Victor/Victoria. We would go on long trips and instead of using our car radio, we were our own soundtrack and sang all the time. My sisters and cousins and I used to put shows together for my family and I was the choreographer, director and main actor, tradition that kept going in school, where I asked my teachers permission to be in charge of the school play. Not to mention all the nativity plays in church in which I was constantly chosen to play Saint Joseph:

"No Greater Love"

Bekki: Why did you come to America instead of enjoying acting and dance in Italy?

Pasqualino: In Italy musical theatre is not yet considered a course of study of its own, so I studied acting, music and dance separately from each other focusing on styles that don’t have much in common with traditional musical theatre. I attended the prestigious arts academy Unika in Bari, Italy. I had wonderful acting experiences early in my acting career having the chance to portray one of my favorite roles, Hamlet, and many others, mainly in the field of legit theatre. I did also some shorts and tv.

"le notti bianche" (backstage picture taken while we were shooting an episode of the tv-show.)

Pasqualino, Continues: After completing my university studies in geology I decided to spend six months in New York, fascinated by its musical theatre culture, and after researching a lot for the school that best fulfilled my needs I chose the world famous Broadway Dance Center, where I was the April 2011 recipient of the Outstanding Student Award. I had the chance to explore many new dance styles and fall in love with musical theatre even more.

"TCHAIKOVSKY"

During my first year in New York I had wonderful performing opportunities, I was in the cast of an original production of 'A Christmas Carol' at the Players Theatre in the Greenwich village and had the honor of having Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban in the audience for one of our performances, then I was in a wonderful play dedicated to the life of 'Tchaikovsky' as principal male dancer with choreography by the super talented choreographer Nancy Whyte. I went on and joined the 'St Malachy’s - The Actors’ Chapel choir with which I sang for two years, and finally I joined the Christian performing group: the Xavier Company, which performs around the Tristate area: I had the honor of playing the role of Jesus in their Easter musical “No Greater Love” and Joseph in their Christmas production “An Advent Carol”. 

"A Christmas Carol"

By the dance photographer Kyle Breen.

Bekki: What was it like coming to America for you?

Pasqualino: My day job in NYC was basically the one of “auditioner”, like any other actor I attended auditions everyday, all day, becoming an habitué of the holding rooms of the City. Finally my first job for Prather Entertainment Group came along, and since my first moments at the Broadway Palm I knew I would love both this incredible theatre family and the lovely Fort Myers. Not only is everyone who works for the company super talented but also very friendly, I truly feel home every time I am fortunate to work here. My first show at the Broadway Palm was “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” directed and choreographed by the amazing Amy McCleary! 

From "Bye Bye Birdie"                                       and                                  "A Chorus Line"

Bekki: Do you enjoy The Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre as much as it looks like from the audience?

Pasqualino:This season has been a dream so far, I performed in one of my dream roles “West Side Story” as of my dream roles, Bernardo, at the Arizona Broadway Theatre, I had the chance to work with Amy as director and choreographer again in “Sister Act” as Pablo and “James and the Giant Peach” as Earthworm and next I’m gonna be in West Side Story as Bernardo once again for Cortland Repertory Theatre upstate New York! Can’t wait to be back to the Broadway Palm for Evita and White Christmas! And even though I travel from place to place the Broadway Palm is always my favorite place to perform in, cause it's my first American theatre love!

From "Sister Act" (Broadway Palm)

"St. Malachy's Choir"

"Advent Carol"

Scenes with Pasqualino from the production of

Arizona Broadway Theatre's

WEST SIDE STORY

What a pleasure to have met and dined with this amazing young actor. I'll keep up with him in hopes of adding more and more to this page that I've dedicated to him.. Fabulous work, Pasqualino.. Keep on keepin on!! ~ Bekki