Tom Gualtieri
Playwright Lyricist Actor Director Nightmare
Photo by Tim Schultheis / www.timschultheis.com
UPCOMING APPEARANCES
BAIT
!!!Extended at Stage Left Studio!!!!
by David Sisco / directed by Laura Josepher
Thursday, June 12 @ 10 PM
Saturday, June 14 @ 10 PM
Wednesday, June 18 @ 10 PM
Saturday, June 28 @ 10 PM
Philadelphia Gay & Lesbian Theatre Festival
June 20-22, 2008
ARTURO'S WINDOW
On Writing
"You can kill your babies, just don't neglect them."
-Tom Gualtieri
"You show me a confident writer and I'll show you a therapist with a house on two continents."
-Jennifer Peterman
playwright
Tooth & Nail
"Writing is easy; all you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until the drops of blood form on your forehead."
- Gene Fowler
Everything is brighter when you're f*ckin'.
- Cheryl King
In this play with music by Cheryl King & Rod Menzies (music by John Mercurio), I play John Jerome notoriously embezzled $4 million to help AIDS patients and later became the "King of Cabaret" before he was arrested in 2002. A benefit performance for Bailey House will take place on June 11, 2008.
MORE ABOUT BAIT
I will appear with collaborator David Sisco in BAIT, a hilarious 30-character play in which two best friends attend a "Gay Bait" singles event hoping to meet the perfect match. They soon realize, however, that the dating pool is very shallow. With just David and me portraying a gaggle of desperate men in a series of hilarious encounters, BAIT is a whirlwind of a show.
BAIT sold out it's entire run at Stage Left Studio and has added 4 performances in June
BAIT won 6 awards at the 2006 National Gay & Lesbian Theatre Festival
Best Actor (Tom Gualtieri)
Best Director (Laura Josepher)
Audience Favorite
Best Comedy
Best Original Script
Best in Festival
Drake (Tom) meets Charley (David).
Justin (Tom) endures Devon (David).
Justin points out Charley's flaws.
Brad (Tom) and Chad (David) explain the rules of Quick Fix Speed Dating.
