EIGHTH WONDER premiered at the 2008 American Globe Fifteen Minute Play Festival. NATIONAL TREASURE opened at the 2007 Samuel French Festival and was produced by Emerging Artists Theatre for their fall 2007 one-act festival. TREASURE is a "fascinating and moving play" (broadwayworld.com) and "moves exquisitely from comedy to drama" (theatre2nytimes.com). TREASURE is "an interesting study in celebrity" (oobr.com).
REAL SMILES, produced in collaboration with the 2006 Fresh Fruit Festival, is a �well-written play, full of sharp-witted dialogue, deftly exploring issues of playing versus relating, loyalty versus searching, friendship versus sex, jealousy versus trust, the fear of aging and could almost be an argument for gay marriage,� (nytheatre.com).
JOEY VARIATIONS was a semi-finalist at both the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Conference and Lark Play Development Center. SPARKS was a semi-finalist at the 2009 Source Festival in Washington, DC.
Mr. Spano's one-act plays have been produced by Love Creek Productions, Impact Theatre, and Theatre for the New City. Readings in New York include the full-length drama, PATRIMONY - winner of American Theatre Coop�s 2003 national playwriting competition - at the Neighborhood Playhouse, and SEND ME, at Circle East (formerly Circle Rep Lab). Upcoming one-acts include LABOR DAY WEEKEND and WHEN I�M DORIS DAY.
New full-length works include RULE FOR EVERYTHING; DANGLE; GHOST IN THE CITY; and an adaptation of Chekhov's THE LADY WITH THE DOG. Mr. Spano is a former dancer who has performed Off-Broadway at the Public Theatre (Peggy and Jackson) and at Duo Theatre (La Belle du Monde, Studio). Mr. Spano studied acting with William Alderson and Sanford Meisner. Mr. Spano, a graduate of New York University, is a member of AFTRA, Emerging Artists Theatre, and The Dramatists Guild.
