Christopher Tramantana

Education

BA Fordham University, Lincoln Center

Tramantana is an actor, director, and educator. A proud member of Actors’ Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA, he works professionally in theatre, film, and television. He was a founding member of The Commedia Company, a NYC based company devoted to reimagining and updating performances in the Commedia dell’arte tradition. Tramantana has taught Clown, Commedia dell’arte, Games, Play, and Acting at Rider University, The Graduate Acting Program at University of Tennessee in Knoxville, HB Studio, Chautauqua Theatre Company, Tom Todoroff Studio, the Completely Ridiculous Conservatory, and more. He studied Clown and Commedia dell’arte extensively with Christopher Bayes; head of Physical Acting at The Geffen School of Drama at Yale (formerly Yale School of Drama), before being personally invited to study under him as his teaching apprentice. Tramantana assisted Bayes at the Yale School of Drama, The Juilliard School, and The Funny School of Good Acting(now called Pandemonium Studios), and is one of a small number of teachers Bayes has individually mentored. Other teachers he has studied the art of idiocy with include Jim Calder; head of Movement for The NYU Tisch graduate acting program, Jane Nichols, Aitor Basauri, David Shiner, Emmanuelle Delpech, and Norman Taylor.

Directing credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Metamorphoses, Our Town, You Can’t Take It With You, Antigone, Sweeney Todd, and Into The Woods.

MFA University of Tennessee, Knoxville. www.christophertramantana.com