CHLOÉ NICOLE CASTRUCCI
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YOUNG ARTISTS' THEATRE
Chloé is proud to be part of the Young Artists' Theatre team as their Young Company Choreographer!
Most recently, she choreographed their 2024 Young Company production James and The Giant Peach Jr.
Directed by Rachel Beales.
Music Directed by Meredith Busteed.
When James is sent by his conniving aunts to chop down their old fruit tree, he discovers a magic potion that grows a tremendous peach, rolls into the ocean, and launches a journey of enormous proportions. James befriends a collection of singing insects that ride the giant piece of fruit across the ocean!
Photos courtesy of Young Artists' Theatre.
MYTHIC WOMEN and their cabaret to save humanity
Book by Chloé Castrucci
Music & Lyrics by Anthony Palermo
Directed by Anthony Palermo
Choreographed by Chloé Castrucci
An original new musical that follows 5 women from classic Greek myths all on the quest to retell their stories, in an iconic cabaret style!
WINNER of "Best Musical", "Best Set Design", and "Best Ensemble" at the 2022 UofT Drama Coalition Awards.
Cast:
Kasey Belding as Helen
Maya Bogojevic as Cassandra
Brynn Bonne as Medea
Sydney Scott as Clytemnestra
Nasim Sedaghat-Ramirez as Pandora
Nick Buchanan as The Box
Reena Goze as Swing
Creative team:
Stage Manager- Avery McMillan
Sound Design- Alison Starkey
Costumer Design- Gabe Woo
Set Design- Chloé Castrucci & Anthony Palermo
ASMs- Jewell Bowry & Jasmine Jenkinson
Lighting Operator- Vivi Valo
Produced by UTM's English and Drama Student Society
photo by Shunsho Ando Heng
photo by Shunsho Ando Heng
photo by Shunsho Ando Heng
photo by Shunsho Ando Heng
blooming, again
Choreographed and conceptualized by Chloé Castrucci.
blooming, again is a coming-of-age story told through dance/movement focusing on themes of femininity, sexualization, identity, and empowerment.
Featuring Jasmine Jenkinson and Olivia Sgambelluri.
Performed at the UofT Festival of Dance (2023).
photo by Shunsho Ando Heng
photo by Shunsho Ando Heng
photo by Shunsho Ando Heng
photo by Shunsho Ando Heng
MEMORY BOX
Written and performed by Chloé Castrucci.
Memory Box is a solo play about Ada, a third generation Italian-Canadian who is digging through her Nonna's old storage boxes, trying to learn and understand the story of her Nonna's immigration from the rural town of Reggio Calabria to the bustling city of Toronto Ontario. This piece was written in dedicated to Chloé's own grandparents and she is currently in the process of expanding it further.
Produced by Theatre Erindale (studio series) in 2022.
Dramaturgy by Andrew Cheng and Najla Edwards.
ADOMANIA: an immersive digital play
Written by Chloé Castrucci & Anthony Palermo.
A missing student. A shattered window. A laptop with a pending update. After University of Toronto student Robin Nova goes missing, ADOMANIA follows the people left behind as they try to piece together the story and cope with what they’ve lost. This experimental and immersive born-digital play invites audiences to join the Instagram Live-Streams of its characters to work through how we connect and change under the imminent threat of an undefined future that arrives all too quickly.
Directed by: Anthony Palermo
Stage Manager: Vivi Valo
Dramaturge: Jane Mackenzie
Video Editor: Cyrus Ferrer
Poster Editor: Justin Castrucci
Produced by the Digital Beck Festival (2021)
Featuring:
Chloé Castrucci as Gates
Chelsea Mathieu as Dahl
Muhaddisah as Munch
Oliver James Parkins as Plato
THROUGH THE CRACKS
Written by Chloé Castrucci.
WINNER of the UTM English and Drama Society's 48 playwriting competition in 2021.
Through The Cracks traces the story of two childhood best friends who use extraordinary means to keep in touch when their parents and their circumstances try to keep them apart. Above all else, this is a story about friendship, strength, and our innate desire for authentic connection.
Stage Reading directed by Chloé Castrucci and produced by UTM EDSS.
CAST:
Ava Patterson- Adult Hailey
Maïa Greco- Teen Hailey
Gabrielle Breau- Young Hailey
Sierra Small- Adult Andi
Laura Grigorakis- Teen Andi
Hannah Mitchell- Young Andi
