Antoni Cimolino
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Antoni Cimolino is a Canadian actor and director. He is currently the General Director of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Ontario
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After graduating from University of Windsor
with a BFA, Cimolino began his career as an actor at Stratford in 1988. He later switched to theatre management and stage direction when Richard Monette
was appointed Artistic Director in 1994, becoming Executive Director in 1998 and General Director in 2007. During the Monette years, Cimolino established funds to provide financial stability for the Festival, and helped secure funding to open the Festival's Studio Theatre in 2002. An accomplished director, Cimolino has staged successful Shakespearean productions in Stratford and Detroit.
Cimolino is currently General Director at Stratford, working alongside Artistic Director Des McAnuff
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He also has a son named Gabe Cimolino and a daughter Sophie Cimolino.
Stratford, Ontario
Stratford is a city on the Avon River in Perth County in southwestern Ontario, Canada with a population of 32,000.When the area was first settled by Europeans in 1832, the townsite and the river were named after Stratford-upon-Avon, England. It is the seat of Perth County. Stratford was...
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After graduating from University of Windsor
University of Windsor
The University of Windsor is a public comprehensive and research university in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's southernmost university. It has a student population of approximately 15,000 full-time and part-time undergraduate students and over 1000 graduate students...
with a BFA, Cimolino began his career as an actor at Stratford in 1988. He later switched to theatre management and stage direction when Richard Monette
Richard Monette
Richard Jean Monette OC, DHum, LLD was a Canadian actor and director, best-known for his 14-season tenure as artistic director of the Stratford Festival of Canada from 1994 to 2007.-Early life:...
was appointed Artistic Director in 1994, becoming Executive Director in 1998 and General Director in 2007. During the Monette years, Cimolino established funds to provide financial stability for the Festival, and helped secure funding to open the Festival's Studio Theatre in 2002. An accomplished director, Cimolino has staged successful Shakespearean productions in Stratford and Detroit.
Cimolino is currently General Director at Stratford, working alongside Artistic Director Des McAnuff
Des McAnuff
Desmond McAnuff is the Canadian-American artistic director of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival and director of musical theatre of such Broadway productions as Big River, The Who's Tommy and Jersey Boys.-Biography:...
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Personal life
He is married to actress Brigit Wilson.He also has a son named Gabe Cimolino and a daughter Sophie Cimolino.