Stephen Diacrussi
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Photos: First Look at New York Euripides Summer Festival's BACCHAE (Jun 27, 2023)
BACCHAE to be Presented at New York Euripides Summer Festival This Month (Jun 13, 2023)
BACCHAE Comes to New York Euripides Free Summer Theater Festival This Month (Jun 9, 2023)
Photos: First Look at New York Euripides Summer Festival's BACCHAE (Jun 27, 2023)
BACCHAE to be Presented at New York Euripides Summer Festival This Month (Jun 13, 2023)
BACCHAE Comes to New York Euripides Free Summer Theater Festival This Month (Jun 9, 2023)
Stephen Diacrussi BIO
Stephen Diacrussi was featured with Olympia Dukakis in Jules Dassin’s classic THE REHEARSAL, also starring Laurence Olivier, and has since worked for scores of major film and television productions. He made several appearances on AS THE WORLD TURNS for CBS television and in various other television and film productions in the USA and abroad. His graduate studies include theatre at Columbia University and New York University, and he is a graduate of the acclaimed High School of Performing Arts (FAME) in New York City and of the Dramatic Workshop of New York, founded by the legendary German director Erwin Friedrich Max Piscator, where Stephen also taught. He worked extensively in classical drama and in a variety of character musical roles as well as in children’s theatre, notably with the Stepping High Group and Choreodrama Performers, among some companies. With Theatre Forum Repertory, he was seen in historical and international character roles such as the Architect in THE ARCHITECT AND THE EMPEROR OF ASSYRIA by Fernando Arrabal, Ivan in Anton Chekhov’s THE MARRIAGE PROPOSAL, Phidippides in THE CLOUDS of Aristophanes and Artemidorus in Shakespeare’s JULIUS CAESAR. Also in classical repertory, he played Polydorus in Euripides’ HECUBA with two different companies in New York and on tour and repeated the role 40 years later for the New York Euripides Summer Festival. At the Minor Latham Playhouse, he led the Chorus of Satyrs as Coryphaeus in Euripides’ CYCLOPS and directed this satyr play 35 years later at the same theater. He appeared as Hermes in the Theater 22 production of ION and as two contrasting characters (Meletus, Simmias) in the long-running, off-Broadway staging of SOCRATES, SOCRATES at the Actors’ Playhouse. He starred as the French-speaking, Lebanese terrorist Ottomar Cadeau in THE GENERAL’S DAUGHTER for the T.O.M.I., as Clapier in UN MARI DANS DU COTON for American Thymele Theatre, founded by him in 1993 and played Thornton Hawkins in the American Chamber Opera Company, world premiere of the opera PUSS-IN-BOOTS. Mr. Diacrussi recorded a series of instructional, spoken recordings for University Press & Sound and for the Jewish Braille Institute of America where he volunteered his services. He appeared in NIGHT AND THE CITY, with Robert DeNiro, starred as Joel Stein in Julie Charles’ THE THREE BUTTONS and he can be seen working as background actor in major films and TV series such as MEET THE PARENTS and UNFORGETTABLE. He portrayed the Bridegroom in the New Media Repertory production of Anton Chekhov’s THE WEDDING, while rehearsing for the part of Aubrey Piper for a production of George Kelly’s THE SHOW-OFF at the Kraine Theater in New York. On television, he appeared as the Public Phone Foreigner in THE SOPRANOS (HBO) and as Mott, a crime scene unit photographer, in LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT. Other TV appearances of his include the TV movie KOJAK: ARIANA and the series FAME, MARTIAL LAW (CBS), Warner Brothers’ TRINITY and LATELINE (Paramount). In other American stage engagements, he was cast in the musical roles of Sasha in the Heights Players production of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF and Stephano in Shakespeare’s THE TEMPEST at the Royale Theatre in New York. He went on to portray the High Priest in THE FLIES of Jean-Paul Sartre with the Globe Repertory Company, and starred as The State in BLUES FOR MISTER CHARLIE at the Hudson Guild Theater. Stephen played Poole in the StarBiz production of DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE and Uncle Murray for the CNYC production of Michael Weller’s MOONCHILDREN. He starred as Signor DiBruno in the independent feature THE BICYCLE and portrayed another historical character, Moses, in the biblical series EUCHARIST: FEAST OF THE UNLEAVENED BREAD for the EWTN television network. His 2010 U.S. Census voiceover aired nationally on radio. He was cast in the movie THE RENAISSANCE and played Lou in the feature IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER. More historical character portrayals of his include the half hour television episode ST. GREGORY THE GREAT where he appears as Pope Gregory I of Rome and the musical character part of Pontius Pilate in ONCE UPON A TREE. In other historical parts, he portrayed multiple characters including playwright Jean-Paul Sartre in the Medicine Show Theatre production of LIVING WITH HISTORY. Other character roles of his include the Porter in the world premiere, original pronunciation production of William Shakespeare’s MACBETH, produced by OP Players at the American Theatre of Actors. He starred as Jean in the film THE INVITATION and as Joe Francis in the trailer ON THE MAP. He played Muammar Gaddafi in AMATEUR DICTATOR, the Priest in RECURSION, the Stepfather in WRITTEN IN STONE, and the Theater Custodian in DATE NIGHT, among others. He recently appeared as the First Roman Senator for the film PAUL AND NERO and as the Italian-speaking, Roman Flower Seller in THE LANGUAGE CURVE and worked for the Bollywood feature HALF GIRLFRIEND, HBO’s THE DEUCE, the music video SOMEDAY and the feature IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK. StephenDiacrussi@gmail.com
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Photos: First Look at New York Euripides Summer Festival's BACCHAE
Get a first look at photos of New York Euripides Summer Festival's BACCHAE.
BACCHAE to be Presented at New York Euripides Summer Festival This Month
Aiming to produce all of Euripides' extant plays chronologically, New York Euripides Summer Festival will present what many consider to be Euripides' magnum opus, BACCHAE beginning June 26 at three different Manhattan venues.
BACCHAE Comes to New York Euripides Free Summer Theater Festival This Month
New York Euripides Summer Festival presents BACCHAE beginning June 26th and running through June 30th at three popular venues.
2022 New York Euripides Summer Festival Will Present Productions of ION and ORESTES
Viral concerns during pre-production mandated another remote rendering of this year's New York Euripides Summer Festival productions of Ion and Orestes. Governed by Apollo and his instrumental function in both plays, Ion and Orestes are presented in the same double bill.
New York's EURIPIDES SUMMER FESTIVAL Returns Virtually for 2021
As summer theater aims for a comeback after the pandemic, the New York Euripides Summer Festival was compelled to present its 2021 lineup of Phoenician Maidens and Iphigenia at Aulis remotely, using Zoom, for the second summer season, due to the strict regulations applicable for indoor rehearsing and performing.
New York Euripides Summer Festival Goes Virtual
This summer's scheduled productions of Euripides' Helen and Electra took on a cinematic twist, becoming accessible not only through NYC outdoor and indoor stages but to the world, using innovative ideas that combine theater and filmmaking in a totally pioneering style, as seen in the festival videos. American Thymele Theatre and Telephilms USA founder Stephen Diacrussi explains how a vision became reality, surpassing his initial expectations for a virtual festival.
Euripides Summer Festival Returns to New York City
A New York City summer tradition, the New York Euripides Summer Festival is back in town presenting two rarely-staged Euripidean classics, IPHIGENIA AMONG THE TAURIANS and DAUGHTERS OF TROY in a limited run from July 27th through August 1st in select outdoor stages and indoor performances. All performances are free of charge to the general public and to students of all ages.
New York Euripides Summer Festival Presents SUPPLIANTS
Currently in its tenth summer season, New York Euripides Summer Festival presents Suppliants in three outdoor stages and one indoor stage from the 2nd through the 10th of August. All performances are free of charge to the general public including students and children. In this unusually structured tragedy from ca. 421 BCE, the wives and children of killed soldiers go to Eleusis, near Athens, to seek justice for their dead and help from the monarch of Athens to pressure Thebes to surrender the corpses to their families so that they can be given a proper burial.
New York Euripides Summer Festival 2017 to Present THE MADNESS OF HERCULES
Now in its ninth summer season, New York Euripides Summer Festival presents six performances of The Madness of Hercules in three select outdoor stages and one indoor stage from July 31 through August 6. All performances are presented free of charge to the general public and to students and children.
New York Euripides Summer Festival Presents CYCLOPS
The New York Euripides Summer Festival presents the only complete satyr play Cyclops for its 2016 summer season with five, free performances starting July 29 through August 5
This comic dramatization, based on Book IX of Homer's The Odyssey, is the only extant surviving satyr play and depicts Odysseus confronting Polyphemus, one of the cyclopes, on his way back to Ithaca, before escaping from Sicily. Enjoy a fully-staged production of this rarely produced classic, presented by American Thymele Theatre with music by Athan Hilaki, without intermission. Stephen Diacrussi directs this satyric remnant from 425B.C.E. The cast includes Beatrice Ghose, Andrew James Gordon, Patrick J. Leddy, Fenton Li, Peter Mercury, and Tristan Polania.
HECUBA Set for New York Euripides Summer Festival
As part of ATT's 2015 summer series, American Thymele Theatre is presenting the New York Euripides Summer Festival from July 28th to August 1st. Five free, fully staged performances of Euripides' Hecuba are presented in select New York City stages.
American Thymele Theatre's Festival to Run 7/28-8/2
As part of ATT's 2014 Euripides summer series, American Thymele Theatre is presenting its New York Euripides Summer Festival with five free, fully staged performances of Euripides' "Andromache" in three different stages in New York City from July 28-August 2.
American Thymele Theatre to Present Euripides' ANDROMACHE, 7/28-8/2
As part of ATT's 2014 Euripides summer series, American Thymele Theatre is presenting its New York Euripides Summer Festival with five free, fully staged performances of Euripides' "Andromache" in three different stages in New York City from July 28-August 2.
American Thymele Theatre Presents HIPPOLYTUS in Outdoor NYC Venues, Now thru 7/27
Now in its 5th year, American Thymele Theatre's NYC Euripides Free Summer Festival Series presents HIPPOLYTUS from today, July 23rd through 27th.
American Thymele Theatre to Present HIPPOLYTUS in Outdoor NYC Venues, 7/23-27
Now in its 5th year, American Thymele Theatre's NYC Euripides Free Summer Festival Series presents HIPPOLYTUS from July 23rd through 27th. Outdoor performances will be held at the East River Park Amphitheatre (Tues. 7/23 and Wed. 7/24), the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park (Thurs. 7/25), at Theatre Seven Seventy Seven (Sat. 7/27). Stephen Diacrussi directs a cast of 22 headed by Amina Camille, Maite Uzal, Matthew Cavender, Maia Karo, Gregory L. Wilson, Gavin Rohrer, Reet Roos Varnikand Shawn Patrick Gianella. The chorus is led by MaryBeth Schroeder.
American Thymele Theatre's CHILDREN OF HERCULES Plays for Free in Venues Around NYC, Now thru 8/11
American Thymele Theatre's NYC Euripides Summer Festival Series presents Euripides' rarely staged and timely play CHILDREN OF HERCULES from today, August 7th thru 11th with outdoor performances at the East River Park Amphitheatre (8/7 and 8/8), the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park (8/9) and at Theatre 500 in the Times Square Arts Center (8/11). Stephen Diacrussi directs a cast of 25 headed by Michael Raimondi, Diana Swinburne, Tara Bancroft, Stephen Powell, Nicholas Sattinger, Paul Kirchmeyr and Ian Scott. The chorus is led by David Bushman.
American Thymele Theatre's CHILDREN OF HERCULES Playing for Free In Venues Around NYC, 8/7-11
American Thymele Theatre's NYC Euripides Summer Festival Series presents Euripides' rarely staged and timely play CHILDREN OF HERCULES from August 7th thru 11th with outdoor performances at the East River Park Amphitheatre (8/7 and 8/8), the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park (8/9) and at Theatre 500 in the Times Square Arts Center (8/11). Stephen Diacrussi directs a cast of 25 headed by Michael Raimondi, Diana Swinburne, Tara Bancroft, Stephen Powell, Nicholas Sattinger, Paul Kirchmeyr and Ian Scott. The chorus is led by David Bushman.
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