CHRIS CARDONI STAGE COMBAT
Time Stands Still......................................................
Harvey ........................................................................
A Picasso ....................................................................
Seminar ......................................................................
Communicating Doors ............................................
The Lion In Winter.....................................................
Stop Kiss......................................................................
Cyrano de Bergerac.................................................
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead...........
Criminal Hearts..........................................................
Becky’s New Car ......................................................
The Merchant of Venice..........................................
Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure...............
Dracula.........................................................................
The Tempest...............................................................
Bus Stop.......................................................................
Hedda Gabler.............................................................
The Lady’s Not For Burning....................................
Antigone (Anouilh).....................................................
A Man For All Seasons.............................................
Richard III.....................................................................
Macbeth.......................................................................
A Midsummer Night’s Dream.................................
Romeo & Juliet...........................................................
Love Letters................................................................
I Hate Hamlet.............................................................
Richard
Elwood P. Dowd
Picasso
Leonard
Reece
Henry II
Detective Cole
Cyrano
The Player
Wib
Joe Foster
Antonio
Sherlock Holmes
Dracula
Prospero
Virgil Blessing
Jorgen Tesman
Thomas Mendip
Chorus/First Guard
Signor Chapuys
Duke of Clarence
Macbeth
Theseus/Oberon
Friar Laurence
Andrew
Barrymore
Selected Acting Credits
Quannapowitt Players
Concord Players
Vokes Players
Acme Theater
Vokes Players
Quannapowitt Players
Acme Theater
Vokes Players
Longwood Players
Quannapowitt Players
Quannapowitt Players
Vokes Players
Vokes Players
Quannapowitt Players
Hovey Players
Vokes Players
Vokes Players
Vokes Players
Vokes Players
Vokes Players
Vokes Players
Salem Theatre Company
Hovey Players
Atlantis Playmakers
Atlantis Playmakers
Atlantis Playmakers
& Bay Colony Players
Skills:
Stage combat (unarmed, swords, knife, quarterstaff, etc.) - extensive training and experience as fight choreographer and stage combat instructor; member Society of American Fight Directors (website: cjfights.com); limited training in firearms (Massachusetts LTC)
Dialects/Accents: American Regional: Boston/New England, Southern, Western International: Various British, Scottish, Irish, French, Italian, Spanish; various celebrity imitations
Review:
“The best performance of the evening is Cardoni in the duel roles of Theseus and Oberon. He has such ease with Shakespeare's lines that he's able to make them seem like a natural outgrowth of his character...he makes the authority of his characters more powerful through understatement.”
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hovey Players
Selected Directing Credits
Plays:
Murder on the Orient Express
Black Coffee
A Streetcar Named Desire
Hamlet
The Lady's Not For Burning
Fool For Love
Musicals:
She Loves Me
The Secret Garden
Singin' In The Rain
Annie Get Your Gun
Rags
1776
Annie
A Chorus Line
Damn Yankees
The Most Happy Fella
Vokes Players
Vokes Players
Vokes Players
Vokes Players
Vokes Players
Atlantis Playmakers
Weston Friendly Society
Weston Friendly Society
Weston Friendly Society
Turtle Lane Playhouse
Turtle Lane Playhouse
Turtle Lane Playhouse
Turtle Lane Playhouse
Turtle Lane Playhouse
Turtle Lane Playhouse
Savoyard Light Opera Co.
Reviews:
"The director clearly understands this genre…This production was a reflection of LOTS of planning, and meticulous attention to detail, which resulted in a real triumph in every area. Good set design, technical support, costuming, and talented actors provided the audience with a truly fabulous experience. I would take that trip again!
Very successful in creating and supporting the world of the play. This was an extremely well-put-together production and kudos to the cast and crew! Congratulations to the talented company and artistic team".
Murder on the Orient Express, Vokes Players
"The Vokes Theatre is an intimate playhouse that evokes the feeling of an Italian Renaissance stage. How well suited the space was for a production of Shakespeare’s arguably most famous of all tragedies, Hamlet…This company has mastered the use of their space and the distribution of their resources in such a way that the whole production had a very polished and cohesive feel…All of this excellent acting work is a tribute to Chris Cardoni’s direction on the piece. I’m extremely impressed…Making Shakespeare feel fresh and engaging is a feat unto itself, but Vokes also made it feel fun and charming. I loved it: one of my favorite regional productions this year."
Hamlet, Vokes Players
"Rags, which was a famous failure on Broadway, is not so much revived as redeemed in the new production at the Turtle Lane Playhouse. Brought onto this stage, Rags is a whole new experience, glittering with incident and information, arguments over real issues set to music, hints at romance and disaster, and butterflies of hope emerging out of the chrysallis of the past…with Director Chris Cardoni and Music Director Wayne Ward at their best, there's much more than a damn good set worth experiencing at The Turtle Lane Playhouse."
Rags, Turtle Lane Playhouse
"Turtle Lane Playhouse has mounted an exciting, effective, and affecting production of the ultimate backstage musical, A Chorus Line. The Playhouse has every reason to be proud - this production successfully conveys the essence of the show's choreography and the potent magic of the aspiration it embodies. Turtle Lane's version compares favorably to the original, and to the road company I saw a few years later here in Boston."
A Chorus Line, Turtle Lane Playhouse