AP Credits: Featured Fighter in FIGHT!!! Father Gallagher in Wedding Sermon Director, Fool for Love Friar Francis in Romeo and Juliet Son in Table Settings Barrymore in I Hate Hamlet
Additional Credits: In a career that has spanned 31 years and over 140 shows, Chris Cardoni has been a director, producer, actor, playwright, set designer, fight choreographer, and acting coach. Chris taught theatre for many years, and has worked with professional, community, and educational theatre companies in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Jersey. He has won multiple awards from the NETC and EMACT for acting, directing, makeup, and set design. He has taught workshops in set design, makeup, and stage combat, and has lectured on directing and design for local theatre groups. He currently directs and performs with local community and professional theatres, notably Turtle Lane Playhouse and Atlantis Playmakers. Directing credits include The Glass Menagerie, Story Theatre, The Actor’s Nightmare, Dracula, A Chorus Line, 1776, Annie, Rags, The Secret Garden, She Loves Me, and Singin’ in the Rain. Acting credits include the Older Son in Table Settings, Barrymore in I Hate Hamlet (twice), Glenn in Rumors, Tulsa in Gypsy, Tom in The Glass Menagerie, the title role in Dracula, and Bogey in Play It Again, Sam. Chris was named Best Actor for his leading role in The Good Doctor at the 1984 NETC festival, and was presented with a Special Recognition award for his performance of six different roles in Greater Tuna at the 1992 EMACT/NETC festival. Chris is a feature writer for the New England Entertainment Digest, a consultant for the NETC Moss Hart Awards, a former consultant for EMACT, and an occasional acting coach. He is a member of the Society of American Fight Directors, and performs and choreographs stage combat.
