ROBERTO DI DONATO
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Upcoming:
  • The Proposal and A Murder at Ohio University | March 2023
  • Fusebox Festival | Artist Liaison | Austin, Texas 2023
  • A Perfect Day Away written by Klae Bainter | convergence-continuum theater | Cleveland, OH | April 2023
  • Chicharrón: a communion with the triple A's written and created by Roberto Di Donato
  1. Cleveland, OH (Cleveland Public Theatre) Sept 10, 2022
  2. New York City (Teatro LATEA) Nov 2022
  3. Austin, Texas (Salvage Vanguard Theater) 2023
  4. Athens, OH 2023/24​​​​

Past Projects:
  • Asst. to Technical Director: Fusebox Festival 2022 | Austin, Texas
  • Producer: 4 x Latiné - Premiere of 4 new musicals by Latiné Artists | at Teatro Latea, NYC
  • Guest Artist: Hollins University | Devising Generating Performance as an Anti-Racist Practice
  • Director: Everybody - by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins | School of Theater (ohio) 
  • Co-Producer: The Berry Hotel - 2022 reading written by Jacqueline E. Lawton | Commissioned by Tantrum Theater in partnership with Vibrancy Theater | Upcoming production Fall 2022​
  • Producer: Absentia - dir Tanisha L Pryon | written by Olivia Matthews | Vibrancy Theater
  • Producer: Men On Boats - dir Shannon R Davis | Tantrum Theater AEA & URTA affiliate.
  • Producer-Director: K ! :D D: Ö - Developed by Frank Wo/Men Collective as part of our Fusebox Festival and TPA residency, UT Austin. December 2020.
  • Director: A Perfect Day Away - Written by Klae Bainter, Premiere at 27th Annual Seabury Quinn Festival. 
  • Director: The Women of Lockerbie - Written by Deborah Brevoort, Adapted with permission from author for YouTube-Live, Fall 2020.
  • Director-performer: Birthday Special - A solo performance-art piece commissioned by Salvage Vanguard Theater.
  • Director: Effective Magic - A new play by Kirk Lynn, produced by Ohio University School of Theater. Feb. 2020.
  • Producer: The Floorshow - September 2019, Associate Producer for world premiere off-off Broadway.
  • Producer-Director: Rub A Duck -June 2019, Created and performed by Frank Wo/Men Collective, Austin, TX
  • Director: Death by Peaches - December 2018, Exploratory workshop at Abrons Art Center, NYC.
  • Director: Rick Said So - Oct 2018, Frank Wo/Men Collective, Motion Media Center, Austin, Texas
  • Collaborator-Performer: Justine’s Secret House - March 2018, Commissioned by Meow Wolf, SXSW, Performed by Frank Wo/Men Collective
  • Director: Macbeth - March 2018, adaptation and reading of text written by William Shakespeare, Church of the Blessed Sacrament, NYC
  • Director-Performer: Loose Gravel - January 2017, Frank Wo/Men Collective, Topology Warehouse, Austin, Texas 


Accolades:
  • 2022 Excellence in Leadership Award, Master Level | Ohio University
  • 2021 Consultant: Original Works Grant application. Sarah Elizabeth Yorke. (Awarded)
  • ​2020–Frank Wo/Men Collective commissioned to develop new work at Fusebox Festival Residency award: $50,000.
  • 2019 Original Work Research Grant recipient, Ohio University. Conducted Research in Berlin.
  • 2019 Best of Austin, winner, Austin Critics Pick.
  • 2019 Best Arts Related Thing to Do, The Austin Chronicle.
  • 2019 Top 10 Joys in Dance and Classical in 2019, The Austin Chronicle.
  • 2018-2019 Nomination, Best Ensemble Austin Critics Table Award, Frank Wo/Men Collective. 2018 Best thing to do in NYC, Gothamist, The Commedia Company.
  • 2018 City of Austin Grant, Community Initiative Grant ($3,500).
  • 2017-2018 Nomination, Best Ensemble Austin Critics Table Award, Frank Wo/Men Collective. 2017 Top Ten Thrills no Frills, Jonelle Seitz, Austin Chronicle, Frank Wo/Men Collective. 



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