Gregory Bonsignore

Gregory Bonsignore (born 1983) is an award-winning International Playwright, television program creator, musical theatre librettist & lyricist, screenwriter, director and actor.

Bonsignore grew up in Houston, Texas, earned his bachelor's degree in Storytelling at New York University, trained at the BBC in London,[1] and is a graduate of The "BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop".[2]

Bonsignore was Playwright in Residence at The Library of Alexandria in Egypt. His play "A Derbyshire Pub Quiz", a collaboration with Cultural Geographer George Jaramillo on Imagined Landscapes, premiered at The Royal Geographical Society's Annual Conference in Exeter, September 2015.,.[3]

Off-Broadway, he wrote the Book and Lyrics for the Musical Atomic,[4] behind the scenes of The Manhattan Project, (World-Premiere in Sydney, Australia), Three (Clurman Theatre, Sam French Prize finalist), premiere at City Theatre's Best American Shorts Festival - Miami,[2] and wrote book/lyrics & directed "Gorgonzola: A Cautionary Sicilian Tale" a new musical, that premiered Off-Broadway in 2016, and won Best Musical, Best Music and Best Lyrics, Best Actor & Best Actress - more than any show in the festival's history.[5]

Bonsignore created the critically acclaimed cult comedy series Squad 85 (for Executive Producer Justin Lin), Writer/Director of the satirical film "...or Die" (Best Short - HBO Film Festival),[6] credited as a writer for "The Webby Awards" and "Side by Side with Susan Blackwell",[7] worked for three years in NYC as a stand-up, and worked on many TV series, including Transformers: Rescue Bots, Homeland, Lie to Me, Three Rivers, In Plain Sight, Hustle.[8]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.scriptedwhim.com/
  2. 1 2 http://www.tnny.org/index.php/shows-events/sound-bites-festival/15-sound-bites-3-0/77-gorgonzola
  3. ↑ http://www.rgs.org/WhatsOn/ConferencesAndSeminars/Annual+International+Conference/Programme/Programme.htm
  4. ↑ "Atomic - The New Yorker". newyorker.com. Retrieved 2014-09-21.
  5. ↑ http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Flash-GORGONZLA-Sweeps-Sound-Bites-30-Festival-at-Hurleys-After-Party-20160119
  6. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2462844/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_1
  7. ↑ http://www.broadway.com/videos/series/side-by-side-by-susan-blackwell
  8. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2276261/


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