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Law Tarello
516 Humboldt Street
Rochester, NY 14610
E-mail: lawtarello@gmail.com
Mobile: 917.583.0317
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA at ATHENS
Cinema Directing Study Abroad Program
Summer 2002
A script to screen examination of the necessary skills and techniques required to successfully write,
produce, direct, and market an independent film. Full program in Avignon, France with additional study
and travel throughout Provence & Paris, Amsterdam, Holland and Florence & Rome, Italy.
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT FREDONIA
B.A. Theatre Arts, minor in Philosophy
1996 – 1999
Grew as a theatre artist through opportunities to perform, direct, and collaborate with fellow students, staff
and local professionals. Co-founded The Group Studio, a student organization designed to self-produce
theatrical works at professional venues. Created and directed Random Acts, an improv entertainment
troupe, now celebrating its 12th year of regular performance at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House
LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY/C.W. POST CAMPUS
Undergraduate Credit – BFA Acting
1994-1995
Conservatory-style training in acting styles ranging from classical to contemporary. Inducted into Phi Eta
Sigma, National Collegiate Honor Society. Featured performer at the 27th annual American Theatre
Festival as Demetrius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, under the direction of Patrick Tucker.
UPRIGHT CITIZENS BRIGADE
Level 1 – 4 Long Form Improvisational Theatre Training
1999 – 2001
Studied and performed improv style developed by Del Close. Helped to design and implement a budget and
itinerary for the first UCB touring company, “The Mobile Assault Unit”.
THE SECOND CITY - NEW YORK
Master Class Series
Studied advanced improvisation under the tutelage of Dr. Martin de Maat.
1998 – 1999
ONE ON ONE - NEW YORK
Acting for the Screen - Advanced
2004 – 2006
Learned special techniques, designed and taught by Bob Krakower, focusing on script analysis,
performance, and auditions for film and television.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
THE COLLEGE at BROCKPORT, State University of New York
August 2010 – Present
Adjunct Professor: Improvisational Theatre, Theatre Arts Department
• Instructor of course THE 232 Improvisational Theatre. Covers principles and techniques of both
Long and Short Form improvisation as a performance art form, and fundamentals of ensembleplaying, characterization and play-making (creation of Theatre Scenarios). Explores the effect of the
dramatic process on communication skills and human development. 3 Cr. Every Semester.
• Instructor of course THE 426 Improvisational Studio (B). Prerequisite: THE 232 and instructor’s
permission. Provides advanced work in a master class / open workshop & forum setting, giving
dramatic structure to ideas and stories. Requires performance and leadership of groups of various
ages. 3 Cr.
ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
October 2010 – Present
Theatrical Education Consultant / Teaching Artist
• Contracted by the Rochester City School District and named to the U.S. Department of
Education Office of Innovation and Improvement; Arts in Education Model Development and
Dissemination Program; (AEMDD Grant Program) as the 6th grade Theatre Arts, Teaching Artist in
Residence.
• Developed a curriculum with which I created a series of 10 lesson plans that I personally
implemented in 38 classrooms across 11 city schools for The AEMDD Program. This program
supports the enhancement, expansion, documentation, evaluation, and dissemination of innovative,
cohesive models that are based on research and have demonstrated that they effectively:
1. Integrate standards-based arts education into the core elementary and middle school
curriculum
2. Strengthen standards-based arts instruction in these grades
3. Improve students' academic performance, including their skills in creating, performing, and
responding to the arts.
SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, Rochester City School District
September 2008 – January 2010
Full-Time Theatre Arts Teacher
• Created and implemented Theatre Arts curriculum for Drama Majors and Non-Major students in
grades 7 – 12.
• Directed students in school productions, including the creation of the school’s first short form
improv comedy and sketch troupe.
• Class List with grade: Creative Dramatics 7, Drama 8, Advanced Dramatic Literature 12, Actors
Studio II Movement 10, Musical Theatre Literature 11.
C6 THEATRICAL ENTERPRISES
March 2008 – Present
Co-Founder, President
• Conceived, created, and incorporated a Theatrical Education company whose main purpose is to
employ instruction in the art of acting and its many forms to complement a student’s education.
• Developed curriculum in accord with the ELA and Theatre Arts Standards set forth by the New York
State Department of Education.
• Designed company website.
RELATED EXPERIENCE
THE SPACE – A Venue for the Performing Arts
2011-Present
Co-Founder and Executive in charge of Marketing and Sales
• Co-designed and converted 2,300 Sq. Ft. studio loft into a 70 seat fully modular Black Box Theatre.
• Created and implemented business-plan whereby producers and performers of all stripes could rent a
well proportioned venue at an extremely affordable rate.
• Liaison between potential and current renters.
SEARCH ENGINE IMPROV (SEI)
2010-Present
Co-Founder, Artistic Director and Education Director
• Creator and performing member professional improvisational theatre company.
• Instructor/Author of original workshops, classes and instructional web series.
• Co-creator of original performance forms, formats, marketing and branding.
• Organized East-Coast regional festival tour playing multiple shows to sold-out audiences in 5 cities.
CIRCLE IN THE SQUARE THEATRE
2005 - 2006
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - Broadway Cast
William Morris Barfee, Understudy with performance. Directed by James Lapine. Composed by Bill Finn.
Book by Rachel Sheinkin.
VISION THEATRE
2001 – 2003
Co-Founder and Executive Producer
• Converted a former department store into a 150 seat performing arts venue.
• Produced 18 plays, with over 700 performances, from adaptations to original productions and a
reinvention of Random Acts, coining the phrase “ImproVariety.”
• Created Square Roots Children’s Theater, which included an original Commedia dell’Arte company.
COMEDY CENTRAL/U.C.B.
First Unit / Office Production Assistant / Writers Assistant
• Assisted production for cable television sketch comedy show
• Assisted casting director and writers
• Scheduling and transporting: office to set/location “runs”
1999 - 2000
Wee Beastie
Freelance Copywriter
2006 - Present
As a trained improviser and comedy performer, I wrote Cable Television Promos that seamlessly
incorporated the sponsor and the network, generating scripts that were “laugh out loud funny” and keenly
brand focused.
ComedyNet
Staff Writer / Cast Member
2005 – 2007
Pitched, wrote (rewrote) and performed broadcast ready sketch comedy content for all new media formats
including but not limited to: internet, on-demand television and cell phone downloads.
Demographic reach; Males ages 19-55.
Mortified: Real Words. Real People. Real Pathetic.
2006
Contributing Author
Published by Simon Spotlight Entertainment. An imprint of Simon and Schuster, Inc.
United Stations Radio - NY, NY / National Radio
Freelance On-Air Performer / Personality
2003 - Present
Charged with the task of calling into to Nationally Syndicated Radio shows creating believable characters
for live phone pranks, contests, celebrity sound-a-likes and comedy sketches.
SKILLS & INTERESTS
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Acting - Entertainment Industry Professional with Broadway and National Television Credits.
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Improvisation - Theatrically, commercially and practically able to be present in moment and think
on my feet.
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Curriculum Design and Development - Conceived and implemented programs for workshops and
semester length courses for my own freelance theatrical education business as well as an arts focused
secondary school and a State University Theatre Department.
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Directing: Stage & Cinema - From conception through production, in professional and educational
settings.
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At-Risk Student Assessment - Observe and evaluate students for placement in appropriate extracurricular programs.
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Classroom Management -Through my work with students of varied ages, cultures, and economic
backgrounds I’ve developed my own style of directing studies and activities.
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Collaborative Planning - Enjoy sharing ideas and cooperating with colleagues.
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Sense of Humor - Unique perspective and ability to express myself comedically.
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Passion - Driven to provide a successful result utilizing my knowledge and experience.
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Artistic Integrity - Sincere desire to challenge my own parameters with every project.
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Writing & Composition - screen and stage play, sketch comedy, music & lyrics - all pop, rap &
rock styles.
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Voice Characterization - Tony Soprano, Ray Romano, Christopher Walken, Elmo (Sesame Street)
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Music - guitar, harmonica, drums: African & Latin Percussion, singing: all pop, rock & theatre
styles, freestyle rap, beat-box, professional Radio & Club DJ.
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Sports - football, volleyball, weight lifting, bocce-ball, double-dutch, basic stage combat.
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Voice - IPA trained for any dialect, cartoons, most Muppets, kids, animals, superheroes, villains,
mad scientists, monsters, etc. Can ask for directions and order meals in Italian and French.
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Miscellaneous - cooking, eating, independent control of eyebrows, flare nostrils, grow full beard in
seven days, tan well, licensed for motorcycle and car, experienced manual transmission.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
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Member: Screen Actors Guild; Actors Equity Association
Submitted Registrant: Writers Guild of America, East
PROFESSIONAL RÉSUMÉ
BROADWAY
25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee Lead
Gypsy of the Year ’05 & ’06
Ensemble
William Barfeé u/s with performance
Spelling Bee Cast
Circle In The Square
Neil Simon Theatre
Conspiracy
Roger
Osip
Self
Fringe NYC ‘07
30th Sam French Festival
Stage 13 / Roundtable
Magnet Theater, NYC
Ernesto “Che” Guevara
Dr. Martin Townsend
Rochester Fringe Readers
Rochester Fringe Readers
The Big Bopper
Audrey II sans marionette
Oscar Madison
Norman Cornell
Galveston Island Musicals
Vision Theatre
Vision Theatre
1891 Fredonia Opera House
(SEI) Co-Founder / Performer / Instructor
Co-Founder/Producer/Education Director
Performer
(SEI Original) Performer
(P!F 7) Performer
(SEI Original) Co-Creator /Performer
(SEI Original) Co-Creator /Performer
Guest Performer
Founding Member
Cast Member
(CIF) Featured Troupe - Solo Performer
Featured Troupe Member
Creator / Director
The Space, Rochester
The Space, Rochester
Improv Boston, MA
Thumbs Upstate, Syracuse
Perishable Theater, RI
The Space, Rochester
East Region, U.S. Fest Tour
Village Theater, Atlanta GA
The P.I.T. NYC
The Improv, NYC
The Second City, Chicago
Improv Olympic, Chicago
1891 Fredonia Opera House
Supporting
TV Pilot / Web Series
Contract Lead TV Series
Lead
Sketch Comedy Web Series
Interview
National Television
Interview
National Television
Supporting
Feature
Lead
TV Pilot
Lead
TV Pilot
Comedy Central
NBC/Warner Bros.
ComedyNet
NBC/Universal
Fox TV
Big Fresh Pictures
Towhead Productions
B&T Films
Supporting
Lead
Feature
Park Slope Films
Feature
Owl Creek Films
OFF-BROADWAY
Elephant in the Room
Other People’s Junk
The Government Inspector
Mortified: Angst Written
Ensemble
Lead
Lead
Lead
REGIONAL
School of the Americas
Palmer Park
The Night the Music Died
Little Shop of Horrors
The Odd Couple
The Star-Spangled Girl
Lead
Lead
Lead
Lead
Lead
Lead
IMPROVISATION
SEARCH ENGINE IMPROV
Fall Back Comedy Fest
Boston Improv Festival
Lazy Susan
Providence Improv Festival
MONSSSSTROCITY
Paul & Vinny Automotive
Improv A**hole
500% Italian
8 Is Never Enough
3 Chicago Improv Festival
2 Chicago Improv Festival
Random Acts! Fredonia
FILM & TELEVISION
M’larky
4 Kings
The 4th Floor
The Today Show
Geraldo at Large
Aaron Loves Kendra
6x9
Eat This!
The Hammernicky’s
Milk
Manetti
Barry
Cast Member
Featured
Featured
L.T.
Griffin
Co-Host
Paulie
Enzo
COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL (on-camera unless otherwise noted)
Audi
Constellation Brands
U.S. State Department
Fast Track
Lowes Cinema
Red Prairie
Lipton Ice Tea
Home Depot
Motorola/Comcast
The Fantastic 4
Road Runner Webmail
The Olive Garden
Pepsi / Taco Bell
Principal
Principal
Principal
Principal
Ensemble
Principal
Ensemble
Principal
Principal
Principal
Principal
Principal
Principal
Industrial Voice Over (VO)
Business to Business
Industrial/Training
Regional Television
National Industrial
Industrial / Short
Web Commercial Series
National Television
National Television
National Television – VO
National Radio
National Radio
National Radio/TV – VO
Ardent Learning
Ardent Learning
Element K
Hark Productions
Xposure Productions
M3 Productions
Michele Armour
The Learning Channel
NFL Films
Marvel Studios
Time Warner
M3 Productions
M3 Productions
TRAINING
Film & Television
Bob Krakower
Julie Tucker
One on One Studios
One on One Studios
Acting: Stage
Rich Scanlon
Duncan Stewart
Maria Porter
Hagen Institute
D. Stewart & Co.
LIU/C.W. Post
T.V. Commercial
Angela Montalbano
Nadette Stasa
Independent Study, NYC
Independent Study, NYC
Improvisation
Dave Pasquesi, T.J. Jagadowski
Matt Besser,
Amy Poehler, Ian Roberts, Matt Walsh
Mic Napier
Julie Brister
Martin De Maat - Master Class
Second City, Toronto
CIF
UCB Theatre
The Annoyance
UCB Theatre
Second City, NY
Movement
Richard Crawford - LeCoq Technique
Norman Taylor - LeCoq Technique
Adrienne Kapstein – Mask Work
SUNY Purchase
Independent Study, NYC
Independent Study, NYC
Acting: Shakespeare
Patrick Tucker - XXVII American Theatre Fest
LIU / CW Post
Stage Combat
Ian Rose - Rapier/Dagger, Hand-to-Hand
Steel Academy
Directing Cinema
Charley Esdsvik
UGA at Athens
B.A. Theatre Arts
State University of New York at Fredonia
Class of `99
Thomas W. Loughlin - Advanced Acting
Dr. Robert Klassen -Directing & Theater Management
Candice Brown - Voice & Movement, Alexander Tech.
Mary Charbonnet - Dialects
Carol J. Blanchard - Theatre History
Gary C. Eckhart - Make-up
FEATURED INTERNET WORK
www.LawTarello.com
www.SearchEngineImprov.com
www.TheSpaceRochester.com
www.FallBackComedyFest.com
REFERENCES
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Dr. P. Gibson Ralph- Chair, Department of Theatre, SUNY BROCKPORT – pralph@brockport.edu (585) 415-3009
Mr. Thomas Loughin- Chair, Department of Theatre & Dance, SUNY Fredonia - loughlin@fredonia.edu (716) 673-3596
Dr. Russ L'HommeDieu, DPT- Author & Public Speaker - docrusspt@gmail.com (212) 365-4438
Mr. Brad Craddock- Creative Writing Teacher, School of the Arts - craddock@frontiernet.net (585) 748-9948
Mrs. Lorie Dewey- Chair, Theatre Department, School of the Arts - lorie.dewey@rcsdk12.org (585) 233-0338