John Pizzigoni

John Pizzigoni, from Green Brook, New Jersey, by way of Staten Island and Brooklyn, New York, began acting in 1977 at Raritan Valley Community College (RVCC). Under the instruction of Dr. Stanford Kopit, John first appeared as Giles Corey in Arthur Miller's, The Crucible. Ten years and family begun later, John came back to bring his comedic and musical flair back to the stage. He appeared in the New Jersey Renaissance Festival from 1990 to 1992 as Menelaus in the Ten Minute Trojan War. He came back to RVCC to appear in Front Page (1991) as banjo playing newspaper man, and as a Marx brother channeling Faker England in Room Service (1992). John, beginning to show a more dramatic side, appeared in 1994 as Tony in Fatal Attraction at Somerset Valley Players (SVP). John returned to RVCC to receive further instruction and tutelage from former professor and director, Dr. Kopit and Ms. Danielle Barry. He was directed by both, respectively, in a series of performances as Hal Carter in Inge's Picnic (1995), Officer Hanlon in Susan Slept Here (1997), Lysander in Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream (1998), Manolo in the female version of Neil Simon's The Odd Couple (1999), and a repeat performance in The Crucible (2002), playing Reverend John Hale. John delivered a powerful performance as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire in 2003, and appeared as Father Dropney in Don't Drink the Water (2004) and as Petruchio in Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew (2005). John's 2007 performance of Stosh in Stalag 17 at SVP earned him the NJ Perry Award as Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, directed by Roy and Danielle Barry. He continued to work with the Barry's, appearing as Antonio in Overtime: A Modern Sequel to the Merchant of Venice, and as the maniacally driven Max Prince in Laughter on the 23rd Floor (2008). John finished 2008 appearing as The Colonel in Without a Cue's murder mystery/dinner theater production of Who Killed the King of Rock and Roll. Circle Theater welcomed John as Eddie in Neil Simon's Lost in Yonkers (2009), Von Strack in Amadeus (2010) and Ruckley in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (2010). John has also appeared in fledgling company, The Turning Leaf's production of A Comedy of Errors and a series of one act performances created by The Porch Room. John joins Joe Rodriguez in a short film, Roadside Picnic, directed by Joe DeVito III.