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Emelise Aleandri is an actress, writer, and producer. She is Artistic Director of Frizzi & Lazzi The Olde Time Italian-American Music & Theatre Company, which revives the turn-of-Italian immigrant entertainments. She has a Ph.D. from CUNY in Theatre. She also produced the documentaries, “Teatro,” “Festa” and “Circo Rois.” Her numerous articles and interviews have been published in many magazines as well as scholarly journals. Dr. Aleandri was the creator, host and producer of Italics, a nationally syndicated cable TV program. She currently stars in the title role of Paisan Films’ production, Sister Italy. She starred in Italian journalist Etta Cascini’s new play SHHHHH! at the Miranda Theatre in New York City and received the ETTA Award for her work in the theatre. She adapted the play into a musical, HUSHHH, in which she also stars. She created the starring film roles of the famous 19th century Italian actress, Eleonora Duse, in Penguins and Peacocks and Sister Italy. She has appeared in over 50 feature films, in numerous theatre and television productions, among them Spike Lee’s films Summer of Sam and Crooklyn, the Walnut Street Theatre production of Italian Funerals And Other Festive Occasions, in Philadelphia, and the 1999 Off-Broadway production of the play, Sweatshop, favorably reviewed in the NY Times.
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Dr Emelise F Aleandri Ph.D.
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New York
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