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A native of Detroit, MI, playwright Frank Anthony Polito will receive his M.F.A. in Dramatic Writing from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in May 2006.

His first play, JOHN R, was produced in New York (Muse of Fire Productions, 2001) and starred Tony award-nominee John Tartaglia (Avenue Q.) Other full-lengths include: Another Day on Willow Street (CMU Winter New Play Festival, 2006), The Secret Anniversary (reading: CMU, 2005) and Band Fags! (staged reading: Bailiwick Repertory Theatre, Chicago, 2004). His one-act plays include: “Blue Tuesday” (staged readings: Playwrights/Actors Contemporary Theatre, NYC, 2005 and Mill Mountain Theatre, Roanoke, VA, 2005) and “Menage a Troy” (staged reading: CMU Playground, Fall 2005). Also an actor, Frank has written and performed the one-man show, “infected” (CMU Playground, Spring 2005). His teleplay, “Blind Faith,” was a finalist for the CMU/Alfred P. Sloan teleplay competition in 2004.

Frank is the two-time recipient of a Schubert Fellowship and a member of Actors Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. He is currently adapting Band Fags! into both a screenplay and a novel.

As an actor, Frank has appeared Off-Broadway at Revelation Theater and Primary Stages. Other NYC credits include: The Fourth Unity (“Unity Fest,” “Trafficking in Broken Hearts”), TOSOS II (“A Perfect Relationship”), (“Damage & Desire,” and “A Place Like This”) and the award-winning NYC Fringe Festival production, “Woman in the Animal Kingdom.”

Regional: The Shakespeare Theatre, Hartford Stage, Meadow Brook Theatre and The Source Theatre (2002 GLAAD media award recipient and DC-area premiere of “corpus Christi.”)

Film and TV: “One True Thing,” w/ Meryl Streep and Renee Zellweger “Family Pictures,” “One Life to Live,” “Spin City” and “The Sopranos.”

Labels: Bio, Class of 2006