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Celeste Innocenti

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Professional work in acting, costume design, and video production.
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Celeste Innocenti
Artistic Director, Chronos Theatre Group
www.chronostheatre.com
celeste@chronostheatre.com
(619) 981-4179

Age range: 40s – 50s
Height: 5’1”
Weight: 110
Eyes: Dark brown
Hair: Red brown

Media
Film/Video
Probe, Lauren (lead), Mercury Cinema, Roman Koenig
Stare Therapy, Tessa Gambos (lead), Mercury Cinema, Roman Koenig
Supernormal, Mercury Cinema, Roman Koenig
World Wild West, Mercury Cinema, Roman Koenig

TV/Cable
Commedia and the Roots of Slapstick, Guest, KPBS-TV, Beth Accomando
Opera Talk: Pagliacci, commedia dell'arte (Colombina), UCSD-TV, Dr. Nick Reveles (host)
Opera Talk: Pagliacci, Guest, UCSD-TV, Dr. Nick Reveles (host)
Arts Update, Host, Manhattan Beach Public Art Program

Radio/Podcast
Twice Begun by Reina Lisa Menasche (audio book)
Commedia and the Roots of Slapstick, Guest, KPBS-FM, Beth Accomando
Talk of San Diego, Guest, Susanna Peredo Swap (host)
La Mesa Centennial Spirits, Opera Singer, Miriam Raftery
Haunted Halloween, Paranormal Caller, KRS Radio, Jyl Kaneshiro
San Diego Theatre Scene, Guest, Dale Morris (host)
The Lounge, Guest, Dia de los Muertos, KPBS-FM, Dirk Sutro (host)
The Lounge, Guest, Valentine's Day, KPBS-FM, Dirk Sutro (host)

Theater
Original Performances
Madame Olga’s Literary Séance, Madame Olga/Mary Shelley/Edgar Allen Poe, Write Out Loud, Old Town SHP
Un Corrido de la Calavera Catrina, Catrina, Old Adobe Chapel, SOHO, Old Town San Diego
The Treasures of Josie Earp, AASD Actors Festival, Saint Cecilia's, San Diego

Full Productions
The Elephant Man, Pinhead/Countess/Princess, Backyard Renaissance/Oceanside Theater companies, Christopher Williams and Fran Gercke
The Balcony, Madame Irma, Chronos Theatre Group, 10th Avenue Arts Center, Rhys Green and Celeste Innocenti
Zoot Suit, Dolores (understudy), San Diego Rep, Kirsten Brandt
Scandal in St. Florian Valley, Mayor’s Wife, Chronos Theatre Group, Victory Theater, Ivan Rupnik
Yelizaveta Bam, Yelizaveta Bam, Chronos Theatre Group, Swedenborg Hall, Ivan Rupnik
King Lear, Gonoril (understudy), San Diego Rep, Todd Salovey
Trojan Women, Chorus Leader/Musical Director, Ion Theatre, Claudio Raygoza
King Lear, Gonoril, Vanguard Theatre, Westminster Hall, Tom Haine
Yerma, Various Roles, Chronos Theatre Group, Swedenborg Hall, Doug Hoehn
Shakuntala, Sanumati, Chronos Theatre Group, Swedenborg Hall, Celeste Innocenti
The Coffee Shop, Vittoria, Chronos Theatre Group, Swedenborg Hall, Celeste Innocenti and Sandy Hotchkiss
Frogs, Chorus Leader, The Theatre Inc., Douglas Lay
Rocky Road, Mother, New Perspectives Festival, Swedenborg Hall, Sally Stockton
Bloody Poetry, Mary Shelley, 6th@Penn Theatre, Doug Hoehn
The Sad Tale of Ali Ali, Maryam, 6th@Penn Theatre, Natalie Sentz
Children of Heracles, Chorus/Musical Director, 6th@Penn Theatre, Delicia Turner Sonnenberg
Hippolytus, Aphrodite/Artemis/Chorus, 6th@Penn Theatre, Marc Overton
Reckless, Trish/Other Characters, 6th@Penn Theatre, Kevin Burke
Changing Rainbows, Lucinda, Ensemble Arts, Glynn Bedington
Death By Survival, Pepita, Vantage Theatre, Centro Cultural, Dori Salerno
The Waiting Room, Wanda, Asian American Rep, Sandra Kraus
Women Behind Bars, Guadalupe, Diversionary Theatre, Lois Miller
Return Engagements, Miranda (Aubrey Award nominee), Lamplighters Theater, Margo Essman
Cowboy Bo, Chief’s Wife, AASD Actors Festival, Lyceum Theater, Jason Connors
Edith Wharton, Zeena Frome, AASD Actors Festival, Carlsbad Playreaders, St Cecilia’s, Barbara Elliott
Milk, Sheila, AASD Actors Festival, St. Cecilia's, Rosina Reynolds
A Distant Kiss, Lisa, Octad One, Reina Menasche
Comedy of Errors, Adriana, Shakespeare Festival, Zorro Gardens, Christopher R
All's Well That Ends Well, Widow of Florence, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Jack Zerbe
Twelfth Night, Ensemble, Globe Playhouse, L.A.

Staged Readings
Accidental Death of An Anarchist, Maria Feletti, Chronos Theatre Group, La Jolla Library, Sandra Cortez
The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore, Giulio/Various Characters, Intrepid Shakespeare, Ruff Yeager
Margin of Error, Sunita Savarkar Myrvald, Moxie Theatre, Ruff Yeager
The Balcony, Madame Irma, Chronos Theatre Group, 10th Avenue Arts Center, Bryant Hernandez
Seven, Farida Azizi, Moxie Theatre, Delicia T. Sonnenberg
Elliot, A Soldier’s Story, Ginny, Carlsbad Playreaders, Dori Salerno
Shades of Poe, Reader, Write Out Loud, various trolley stops, Old Town SHP, Veronica Murphy and Walter Ritter
A Very Jewish King, Iris, San Diego Rep, Todd Salovey
The Master Builder, Narrator, characters, ion, Academy of Performing Arts, Glenn Paris
When We Dead Awaken, Maya, ion, ion, Lyceum Theatre, Glenn Paris
The Tempest, Ariel, San Diego Shakespeare Society, Westminster Hall, Jack Winans
Much Ado About Nothing, Margaret, San Diego Shakespeare Society, Westminster Hall, Jack Winans
Othello, Bianca, Shakespeare Society, Westminster Hall, Jack Winans
W;t, Students/Technicians, North Coast Rep, UCSD, Jack Banning
The Waiting Room, Wanda, AASD On Book On Stage, North Coast Rep, Steve Gallion
Richard II, Bushy/Willoughby/others, Lyceum Theatre, Natalie Sentz
Flags, Narrator, Lyceum, Delicia Turner Sonnenberg
The Private Room, Anna Perelli, Lyceum Theatre, Bill Fennelly
Kingdom of Shadows, Olga/Zinaida, Lyceum Theatre, Barbara Chronowsky
Summer and Smoke, Rosa Gonzalez/Rosemary, AASD On Book On Stage, Ensemble Arts Theater, Jack Winans
Social Security, Barbara, Carlsbad Playreaders, Steve Gallion
Evita & Victoria, Eva Peron, Carlsbad Playreaders, Gabriel Romero (bilingual reading)
Like Water for Chocolate, Mama/Rosaura/Gertrudis, Carlsbad Playreaders, Pola Allen (bilingual reading)
Crossing Delancy, Izzy, Carlsbad Playreaders, Pat Hansen
The Cherry Orchard, Carlotta, AASD and Moscow Art Theater exchange, San Diego State University,
​Summer and Smoke, Rosa Gonzales, Ensemble Arts Theatre, Jack Winans

Chronos Theatre Group Staged Readings
The Balcony, Irma, Tenth Avenue Arts Center, Bryant Hernandez
Agamemnon, Cassandra, Encinitas Library
Don Juan Tenorio, Prioress/others, Victory Theater
The Divine Comedy, Swedenborg Hall
The Tibetan Book of the Dead, Lyceum Theatre
Grandee’s Son Takes the Wrong Career, Zhao Ruby Plum, Lyceum Theatre
Yelizaveta Bam, Yelizaveta Bam, Lyceum Theatre
The Rubaiyat, Narrator, Lyceum Theatre
Peace, Chorus Leader, Lyceum Theatre, Doug Hoehn
Penthesilea, Penthesilea, Lyceum Theatre, Doug Hoehn
The Gaol Gate, Mary Cahel, Lyceum Theatre, Doug Hoehn
Gilgamesh, Ishtar, New World Stage
Agamemnon, Cassandra, New World Stage
Birds, The Nightingale, 6th@Penn Theatre
Dr. Faustus, Mephistophilis, Lyceum Theatre, Doug Hoehn
Athaliah, Josabeth, 6th@Penn Theatre
Lysistrata, Myrrhine, 6th@Penn Theatre
Fuente Ovejuna, Isabella, 6th@Penn Theatre
Shakuntala, Sanumati, 6th @ Penn Theatre
Menaechmi, Erotium/Wife, 6th@Penn Theatre

Grassroots Greeks Staged Reading Series
Medea, Medea, SDSU, David Cohen
Antigone, Antigone, 6th@Pann, Linda Castro
Agamemnon, Cassandra
Trojan Women, Cassandra
Ajax, Tecmessa
Prometheus Bound, Io
Libation Bearers, Electra
Lysistrata, Myrrhine
The Eumenides, The Pythia
Hippolytos, Artemis
Rhesus, Athena
Suppliant Women, Evadne
Oedipus at Colonus, Ismene
Seven Against Thebes, Antigone
Orestes, The Phrygian
Alcestis, Death, 6th@Penn, Sledgehammer
Electra, Chorus Leader, 6th@Penn
Andromache
Heracles
Oedipus Tyrranus
Ion
Helen
Hecuba
The Bacchae
Medea
Phoenician Women
Suppliants
Iphegenia in Aulis
Women of Trachis
Iphegenia in Tauris
Children of Heracles
Philoctetes
The Persians

Touring Educational Productions
Dr. Wilderness Show, Magician’s Assistant, San Diego County Water Authority
When Books Come Alive, Mom, South Bay Unified, Reina Menasche
Literature Alive, Various characters, Literature Alive,

Musical Direction
Trojan Women, Chorus Leader/Musical Director, Ion Theatre, Claudio Raygoza
Yerma, Various Roles/Musical Director, Chronos Theatre Group, Swedenborg Hall, Doug Hoehn
Children of Heracles, Chorus/Musical Director, 6th@Penn Theatre, Delicia Turner Sonnenberg
Grassroots Greeks Reading Series, Ensemble/Musical Director, Linda Castro and David Cohen

Theater Administration
Work History
San Diego Performing Arts League Theater Week Marketing Committee, Vice Chair (2015)
Chronos Theatre Group, Artistic Director (2005-2015)
6th@Penn Theatre, Assistant to Producer (2002-2005)
San Diego Performing Arts League, Marketing Assistant (2005)

Education and Training
Education
B.A. Linguistics, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
American University of Rome, Rome, Italy, Semester Abroad
Shakespeare Santa Cruz (intern), U. C. Santa Cruz

Acting Courses and Training
Acting and theater classes, Pomona College, Pat Madsen, Bret Lyon, Ike Saunders
Acting Shakespeare, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, U. C. Santa Cruz, Jack Zerbe
Voice and Bodywork, Santa Monica, Bret Lyon
Shakespeare Master Class, Westminster Presbyterian, Jonathan McMurtry
Shakespeare, Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, Richard Easton
Acting Shakespeare, Actors Alliance of San Diego, James Winker
Shakespeare, Actors Alliance of San Diego, Eric Grishkat
Acting, Actors Alliance of San Diego, Doug Jacobs
Audition techniques, San Diego Repertory Theater, Todd Salovey
Audition Preparation, San Diego Repertory Theater, Jeffrey Meek
Commedia dell'arte, Chronos Theatre Group, Ivan Rupnik
Chorus and mask work seminar, The Getty Center, Los Angeles
Summer theater program, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

Special Skills
Studied techniques such as Chekhov, Stanislavsky, Meyerholdt (Biomechanics), Viewpoints, and others
Improv, commedia dell’arte training and mask work; Greek chorus specialist
Singer (mezzo soprano); sight-reading skills; familiar with world music and ethnic styles
Vocal technique and training, including Linklater and other methods; knowledge of IPA and Phonetics
Speak, read, and write Italian, Spanish, French, German, some Armenian
Foreign accents and regional American and English dialects
Dance/movement training (modern/jazz/bellydance/various ethnic styles)
Fencing, archery; historical interpretation and re-enactments
Educational theater, teaching background (theater, ESL, English, History, and other subjects)
Theater administration, house management, box office, and


Costume Design

Costuming and Design Experience
Costume Staff
UCSD Theater Department/La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, CA
Wardrobe supervisor for graduate student productions.

Pomona College Theater Department, Claremont, CA
Assistant to the Staff Costumer

Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, MI
Assistant to the Staff Costumer

Theater Costuming
San Diego Fringe Festival
Men and Juliet, immersive theater and dance performance, directed by Ana Nieto

Vanguard Theatre
King Lear, directed by Thomas Haine

The Fritz Blitz
Vial, directed by Jason Connors

AASD Actors Festival
Cowboy Bo and the Train Whistle, directed by Jason Connors
Little Brown Mice, directed by Doug Hoehn

6th@Penn Theatre
War, directed by Jason Connors
The Sad Tale of Mr. Ali Ali, directed by Natalie Sentz
Children of Heracles, directed by Delicia Turner Sonnenberg
Hippolytus, directed by Marc Overton
Reckless, directed by Kevin Burk
The Mysterious Mr. Love, directed by Jack Banning
A Prayer For My Daughter, directed by Robert May

Chronos Theatre Group
Numerous productions from diverse time periods and cultures.

Globe Playhouse, Los Angeles, CA
Twelfth Night, directed by
Hamlet, directed by

Video/Film/TV
UCSD-TV
Opera Talk: Pagliacci with Dr. Nick Reveles. Commedia dell’arte costumes.

West Port Productions
Costumer/stylist for TV commercials

Historical and Period Costuming
Fiesta de Reyes
Las Posadas, an annual performance and a traditional event in Old Town (5 years)

Old Town San Diego State Historic Park
The Inauguration of Juan Osuna, a theatrical historic re-enactment, Richard Rivera and Celeste Innocenti
Our Stories, first person narratives, Chronos Theatre Group and the Descendants of Old Town, Victor Contreras

Children's Theater
J Company
Fiddler on the Roof, directed by Joey Landwehr.

San Diego Junior Theatre
Stone Soup Feeds the World, directed by Jason Connors.
Nominated for the National Youth Theater Award for Outstanding Costume Design.

South Bay Unified School District
Designed and made costumes for traveling educational shows
A Dental Line, directed by Reina Menasche
The Brain Game
When Books Come Alive

Education and Training
Education
Pomona College, Claremont, CA, B.A. Linguistics
American University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Shakespeare Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz

Costume Courses and Training
San Diego Continuing Education, Point Loma, CA
Patternmaking, Jeannie Reith

Pomona College, Claremont, CA
B.A. Linguistics
Work/study training in theatrical costuming

Special Skills
Costume design for theater, dance, and video
Sewing and costume construction, tailoring techniques
Patternmaking, cutting, and draping skills
Millinery, corsetry, and period costuming for historic productions and re-enactments
Mask making

Video Production

Video Experience
Producer, Writer, Director
Chronos Theatre Group, San Diego, CA
Artistic Director of a non-profit theatre group. Development, marketing, publicity, website design and maintenance. Plan season; create, produce, cast, direct, and publicize performances and special events. Direct and edit video promos for performances.

Dreamtime Productions, San Diego, CA
Writer, producer, director, and designer for short films, music videos, and other projects.

Manhattan Beach Public Arts Program, Manhattan Beach, CA
Wrote and produced a video series, Arts Update, for local cable. Also on-camera host.

Focus on Video, Manhattan Beach, CA
Wrote, produced, and edited a series of educational and promotional videos for non-profit organizations. Also did voice-overs and narration.

Technology
Manhattan Beach City Schools, Manhattan Beach, CA
District library media center supervisor. Responsible for ordering, using, and maintaining media equipment, including video cameras and other technology, videotaped school events. Cable TV liaison for the District.

Production Assistant
The Wolfe Company, Los Angeles, CA
Production assistant for music video production company. on a variety of shoots in the L. A. area.

Bob Fox Productions, Los Angeles, CA
Production assistant for shoots in L.A. and San Francisco for a small independent production company..

West Port Productions, Los Angeles, CA
Production assistant and stylist for freelance commercial production company.

Neil Boyer Photography, Redondo Beach
Assistant to commercial photographer. Helped in the studio and on shoots in various capacities as needed, from go-fer to stylist to receptionist.

The Friedman Agency, Los Angeles, CA
Pre-production and temp work in a variety of L.A. production companies.

Education and Training
Education
Pomona College, Claremont, CA, B.A. Linguistics
American University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Shakespeare Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz

Video Courses and Training
Video Production, Grossmont College
Cinematography, San Diego City College
Screenwriting, Los Angeles City College
Sony Video Training Course (Certificate), South Bay Adult School, Torrance, CA

Special Skills
Professional theatre and video production (actor/producer/writer/director).
Video and audio editing skills (Final Cut, iMovie, Audacity, others).
Camera, lighting and audio experience
Extensive teaching experience with a variety of age groups.
Speak several languages, including Italian, Spanish, French, and German.

Header Photo credit:  Katie Schoolov (KPBS) from Beth Accomando's interview 
Headshot Photo Credit:  Michael Thomas Tower

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