Frank Ingrasciotta News

Frank Ingrasciotta's one-man play, Blood Type: Ragu, a laughter-and-pathos-filled autobiographical narrative of his immigrant Italian family, recently opened Off-Broadway, telling a coming-of-age story of a Sicilian immigrant child exploring the delicate dance between searching for identity, embracing culture, and understanding forgiveness.

The original Off-Broadway production of the show will debut on the streaming platform Broadway on Demand, one of Broadway's digital media services, this Monday.

Writer/Performer Frank Ingrasciotta treads the boards once gain performing his one-man play Blood Type: RAGU at the historic and newly-renovated Legacy Theatre in Stoney Creek, CT.

We then close out the show at the opening night of director Des McAnuff's revival of the classic Frank Loesser musical Guys and Dolls. Des said, 'I wanted to go back to Damon Runyon's time. He wrote the Broadway stories between '29 and '37 so, we set it very loosely in '35, it's a mythic landscape anyway, and I asked Jo Loesser about this idea and she thought Frank would like it, so that was good enough for me.'

Writer/Performer Frank Ingrasciotta will perform his acclaimed one-man play Blood Type: RAGU Off-Broadway on Saturday, September 21, 2019 at 2pm (one performance only) at Theatre Row 410 W. 42nd Street, NYC 10036 -- as part of the United Solo Festival, now celebrating its 10th anniversary. 

There's an explosion of interest in one-person theatrical shows in New York, and this week Valerie Smaldone, New York's 5x Billboard Award winning broadcaster and go-to 'voice of god announcer,' presents another exceptional group of interviews with three different actors, all doing solo performances in the city.

There has never been a lack of extraordinary talent at United Solo. Year by year, audiences have witnessed some of the most amazing solo artists from all over the world share their talents and stories. Some of these artists have made a particularly incredible mark on the audience's hearts through their performances on the United Solo stage at Theatre Row on 42nd Street in Manhattan. Therefore, during the first two weeks of the 10th anniversary season of United Solo, nearly thirty award-winning performers will be gracing the stage once again in THE BEST OF category.

Writer/Performer Frank Ingrasciotta will make his Los Angeles debut performing his critically-acclaimed one-man play Blood Type: RAGU at the Whitefire Theatre on Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at 8 pm. Blood Type: RAGU is a funny and heartfelt coming-of-age story exploring an Italian immigrant child's delicate dance between culture, identity, and forgiveness. Ingrasciotta gives a tour-de-force portrayal of over 20 characters who live, love and laugh, in this fast-paced journey that is not just a comedy, not just a drama - It's family -- and we all have one!

Writer/Performer Frank Ingrasciotta will perform his critically-acclaimed one-man play Blood Type: RAGU at the John W. Engeman Theater in Northport, Long Island (NY) on Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at 8 pm. Blood Type: RAGU is a wonderfully funny and genuinely moving one-man play exploring a first-generation immigrant child's delicate dance between culture, identity, and forgiveness.

Actor and playwright Frank Ingrasciotta will next perform his acclaimed one-man play Blood Type: RAGU at White Plains Performing Arts Center in White Plains, NY. 

The White Plains Performing Arts Center (WPPAC) is proud to announce an exciting Fall/Winter Season.  All performances are at the White Plains theatre, located on the third level of City Center off Mamaroneck Avenue and Main Street in downtown White Plains. 

Actor/Playwright Frank Ingrasciotta will perform his acclaimed one-man play Blood Type: RAGU next at the 2015 Winnipeg Fringe Festival in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. 

Actor/Playwright Frank Ingrasciotta will perform his acclaimed one-man play Blood Type: RAGU next at the Bickford Theatre at the Morris Museum, as part of the A La Carte Series.

Actor/Playwright Frank Ingrasciotta will perform his acclaimed one-man play Blood Type: RAGU next at the Middletown Arts Center, as part of the Savor the Arts Series.

Broadway League Vice-Chair of the Road Member, Tony Award Winner, and Producer, Albert Nocciolino will present the one-man play, Blood Type: Ragu at the historic Shea Smith's Performing Arts Center in Buffalo, NY. A coming-of-age story exploring the first-generation American's delicate dance between culture and identity. Writer/Performer Frank Ingrasciotta, portrays more than 20 characters who live, love and laugh in this fast-paced, tour-de-force journey that is not just a comedy, not just a drama. It's family - and we all have one!

Eric Hafen, Producing Artistic Director of the Morris Museum's Bickford Theatre, located at 6 Normandy Heights Road in Morristown, NJ, just announced the Bickford Theatre's 2014-2015 Season, four plays for the Main Stage Series and the "A La Carte Series" of three concerts and variety performances.

The fourth annual United Solo Theatre Festival concluded its run on November 24, 2013 at Theatre Row on 42nd Street in New York City. An awards ceremony was held that night, following the eight-week-long lineup of the world's largest solo theatre festival, which offered more than 120 productions this season.

The critically-acclaimed off-Broadway hit Blood Type: RAGU, written and performed by Frank Ingrasciotta, has been invited to perform an encore at the 2013 United Solo Festival tonight at 9PM.

The critically-acclaimed off-Broadway hit Blood Type: RAGU, written and performed by Frank Ingrasciotta, has been invited to perform an encore at the 2013 United Solo Festival on 10/31 at 9PM.