Frank Pagliaro: Actor, Director, Playwright, Producer

Born in Massachusetts, I cut my teeth on the stage of the Harwich Junior Theatre, America's oldest children's company (it's now known as the Cape Cod Theatre Company). My mom enrolled me in HJT's Creative Movement class when I was five, and there I found my first, my truest, my most maddening passion. 

I continued my love affair with the theatre at Williams College, where I led the school's improv troupe and worked for the Theatre Department Scene Shop while majoring in English, History, and Jewish Studies. Upon my graduation cum laude, I received the Louise J. Ober '64 Theatre Award in Creativity for my outstanding contributions to performing arts at Williams. I then moved to Brooklyn, enrolling in programs at the Upright Citizens Brigade and the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. I graduated from Adler's evening conservatory in 2019, and during the COVID-19 pandemic I trained at the Double Edge Theatre Company in Ashfield, Massachusetts. I moved uptown in 2022 and now live at northern tip of Manhattan.

Recently, my sketch comedy ensemble has accepted a residency at an Off-Broadway theatre, and we performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August. I've also been exploring directing, script-writing, and "alternative" theatrical education: my play Bread of Life was produced uptown this spring (read a review here), I directed conservatory students at Adler in their year-end project in June, and I regularly volunteer at acting classes in drug and alcohol rehab centers in Long Island City and East Harlem. These classes take place under the auspices of Adler's Arts Justice Division, through which I guest-taught a few classes this summer. I joined the Actors Equity Association at the beginning of 2025 and have been hitting as many auditions as possible since!