Guest Artist Spotlight: Paolo Santalucia
As we draw closer to our end-of-year shows featuring the Fourth Year Acting Class, we’re delighted to be shining the spotlight on all the magnificent guest artists who are making it all happen. Check out our prior articles on Logan Cracknell, Aaron Jan, Nancy Perrin, Sam Ferguson, Melanie McNeill, Erin Brandenburg, Patrick Lavender, and Adrien Whan!
Paolo Santalucia (he/him) is an award-winning theatre artist from Toronto. He is a graduate of the Soulpepper Academy, and has been a member of Soulpepper Theatre’s ensemble for eleven seasons, performing in just under thirty productions.
In addition to his work on the Soulpepper stage, Paolo has also performed in theatres across Canada and the United States, including Canadian Stage, Tarragon Theatre, Theatre Passe Muraille, The Grand, Manitoba Theatre for Young People, Young People’s Theatre, Chigago Broadway Playhouse, and the New York City Signature Centre, where he was a cast member in two "New York Times Critics Pick" winning productions.
Paolo is a co-founder of the award-winning Howland Company, (external link) where he currently remains as one of its key artistic leaders (external link) .
Casmir & Caroline, directed by Paolo Santalucia
Photo by Dahlia Katz
Lighting Design by Jareth Li
Set & Costume Design by Ken MacKenzie
Paolo also teaches classical performance with the University of Toronto’s Theatre and Drama Studies Program. In addition, Paolo has written numerous adaptations of seminal works in development for Tarragon Theatre, Soulpepper Theatre and The Howland Company. Paolo is the recipient of two Dora Mavor Moore Awards in acting, one nomination for direction, and has been shortlisted for the John Hirsch Award for Directing.
This season, Paolo joins the School of Performance as the Director for Spring Awakening, opening this Tuesday April 12th!