About

Tony Tambasco is the Artistic Director of Bad Quarto Productions as well as the Asst. Production Manager and Rentals Manager at The Gateway Playhouse. He holds an M.F.A. in directing and a Master of Letters in Shakespeare and Performance from the American Shakespeare Center’s graduate program at Mary Baldwin University, a BA from SUNY Potsdam, and is an associate member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. He enjoys directing plays, from our own time as well as Shakespeare’s, that feature rich language and grand philosophy played out in personal ways, and in his work with Bad Quarto strives to reconnect with the rawness and immediacy of early modern rehearsal and performance conditions.

Education

Master of Fine Arts in Directing
Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA.

Master of Letters in Shakespeare and Performance
Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA.

Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and English
State University of New York College at Potsdam, Potsdam, NY.

Blog Posts

    Publications

    Peer Reviewed

    Tambasco, Tony. Review of Contemporary Adaptations of Greek Tragedy: Auteurship and Directorial Visions edited by George Rodosthenous. SDC Journal, Fall 2018/Winter 2019, pp. 45-46.

    Tambasco, Tony. Review of the Aquila Theatre’s production of Sophocles’ Philoctetes. Didaskalia, vol. 13, 2016, http://www.didaskalia.net

    Tambasco, Tony. Review of Christopher Marlowe’s The Massacre at Paris at the MSA Conference, 24th June 2013 (II). The Marlowe Society of America Newsletter, vol. 33, no. 1, Fall 2013, pp. 6 – 7.

    Tambasco, Tony. Review of Christopher Marlowe’s Dido, Queen of Carthage at the American Shakespeare Center. The Marlowe Society of America Newsletter, vol. 32, no. 1, Fall 2012, p. 4.

    Other publications

    Tambasco, Tony. “Reasons You Didn’t Get the Job.” Stage Directions Magazine, March 2019, pp. 16 – 17. http://stage-directions.com/

    Tambasco, Tony. “Getting the Most out of Your Set Rental.” Breaking Character Magazine, 11 August 2016, http://www.breakingcharactermagazine.com/?p=5534

    Tambasco, Tony. Notes from the Breach. The Shakespeare Standard. The Shakespeare Standard. January 2012 – September 2014. Monthly column for electronic publication about performance and scholarship related to the works of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Available online at http:///www.theshakespearestandard.com

    Tambasco, Tony. et al. The American Shakespeare Center’s 2009 Blackfriars Conference Live Blog. The American Shakespeare Center. October 2009. Available online at http://ascblackfriars2009.blogspot.com/

    Tambasco, Tony. Review of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf at Vermont Stage. Northern New York Flair, June 2007, p. 11.

    Tambasco, Tony. Review of Parenting 101: The Musical at the Waterfront Theatre. Northern New York Flair, May 2007.

    Tambasco, Tony. Review of Children of Men. Northern New York Flair, April 2007, p. 8.

    Tambasco, Tony. Review of Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson. Northern New York Flair, February 2007, p. 6.

    Tambasco, Tony. Review of Apocalypto. Northern New York Flair, January 2007, p. 6.

    Tambasco, Tony. Review of Catalyst Theatre Co.’s The People Speak. Northern New York Flair, November 2006, p. 12.

    Tambasco, Tony. Review of Camelot at The Depot Theatre. Northern New York Flair, August 2006, p. 14.

    Tambasco, Tony. Review of Lord Byron’s Novel: The Evening Land by John Crowley. Northern New York Flair, August 2006, pp. 10+.

    Tambasco, Tony. Review of Angels in America: Peristroika at Pendragon Theatre. Northern New York Flair, August 2006, p. 10.

    Tambasco, Tony. Review of While We’ve Still Got Feet by David Budbill. Northern New York Flair, July 2006.

    Tambasco, Tony. Review of One Act Play Festival at SUNY Potsdam. Northern New York Flair, June 2006, p. 8.

    Tambasco, Tony. “SUNY Potsdam’s One Act Play Festival.” Northern New York Flair, May 2006, pp. 4+.

    Tambasco, Tony. Review of Dancing at Lughnasa at SUNY Potsdam. Northern New York Flair, May 2006, p. 4.

    Tambasco, Tony. Review of Twilight of the Superheroes by Deborah Eisenberg. Northern New York Flair, April 2006, p. 4.

    Memberships

    Stage Directors and Choreographer’s Society
    The Renaissance Society of America
    The Marlowe Society of America
    Theatre Communications Group
    The Society for Classical Studies

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