Robert Laconi

Robert Laconi is an actor, director, teacher & producer. He is former 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 coaches, teaches acting and adjudicates performing arts festivals around the U.S. 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. 2019 he was producer on the Off Broadway premiere of TECH SUPPORT at 59E59 Theatres. 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, Actors Equity Association, and EdTA (Educational Theatre Association.) Screen roles include Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ 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. Regional Credits include Gateway Playhouse (Long Island); Tibbits Operahouse (Michigan); Porthouse Summer Theatre (Ohio); Pennsylvania Stage Company / Rodale and Civic Theatre of Allentown (Pennsylvania); American Theatre Company of Rome (Italy); Weathervane Playhouse (Ohio)