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Tony Lopresti

Reviews
"Lopresti's face became a map of memories”

Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times

"The ability of Charlie Chaplin - to make the audience laugh and cry in the same moment."

Moni Yakim, Teacher/Director

"... always creative and innovative ..."

-William J. Bratton, Former New York City Police Commissioner

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SIGNATURE WORK

Apocalypse Man

Sonata for Solo Violin by Béla Bartók

Director & Choreographer

FEATURED PROJECTS
  • Meditations in Black and White

    Meditations in Black and White

    Festival Musica sull’Acqua (World Premiere) — Lake Como, Italy

  • Prequel: Stravinsky's Soldier's Story

    Festival Musica sull’Acqua — Lake Como, Italy

  • The Gospel Without Words

    Monastic Community of Taizé, France et al.

  • Get Up! Take Care of Your Planet!

    Ak Benn — Dakar, Senegal

  • Joy's Story

    Joy's Story

    Festival Musica sull’Acqua (World Premiere) — Lake Como, Italy

  • Living Stations of the Cross

    Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts et al.

Tony Lopresti has helmed productions throughout North America, Europe, and Africa. He currently serves as Movement Director for NYC’s Academy of Sacred Drama and has served as Mime Director for Italy’s Festival Musica sull’Acqua since 2009. Additional roles include Executive Director of New York Pantomime Theatre for many years and Guest Teaching Artist (Movement for Actors) at the National Theatre Institute / Eugene O’Neill Theater Center and Fordham University Lincoln Center Theatre Program.

Writer & Producer

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Musings on Mortality

    Woman on a Subway Platform

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  • How to Say "She's Pregnant" in Sicilian

    There’s much more to communication than just words...

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  • Thoughts After The Recent Election

    Tony’s reflection on the 2020 elections...

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  • Searching for Silence

    How I found silence during the summer of 2022.

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  • Will My Summer Vacation Kill Me?

    This Year, Will It Kill Me?

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  • This One Was for Neptune

    Inspiration strikes while on a beautiful beach in western Calabria.

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Holding degrees in Psychology and Theatre, Tony started his writing career in college, further developing his voice as a Conscientious Objector of the Vietnam War.

In addition to writing and producing media for politics, advertising, radio, television, and now podcasting, Tony’s storytelling techniques were developed with decades as an actor and mime, and 22 years as Director of Video Production for the NYPD.

Tony is a multilingual world traveler, and his works are known for being both humorous and profound.

Actor & Mime

FEATURED MEDIA

  • Apocalypse Man

    International Tour

  • Appliance Commercial

    WCI — Cleveland, OH

  • Dizzy

    Galleria Annunciata — Milan, Italy

  • The Eulogist's Opera

    Film by John Solomon

  • L'Histoire du Soldat

    Stravinsky's Soldier's Story

    Festival Musica sull’Acqua — Lake Como, Italy

  • New York Pantomime Theatre

    Principal Performer (21 Seasons)

Tony’s performance career has carried him from Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, to appearances on Saturday Night Live and Saved by the Bell.

Trained at Stella Adler, Lee Strasberg Institute, HB Studio, as well as specialty mime technique with Moni & Mina Yakim, Tony is known as the best living classical mime in the world.

At home with dialogue or silent movement, he understands the real truth is in what’s not said.