Background
Bonsignore grew up in Houston, Texas, earned his bachelor"s degree in Storytelling at New York University, trained at the British Broadcasting Corporation in London, and is a graduate of The "BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop".
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Gregory Bonsignore
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Career
Bonsignore was Playwright in Residence at The Library of Alexandria in Egypt. His play "A Derbyshire Public Quiz", a collaboration with Cultural Geographer George Jaramillo on Imagined Landscapes, premiered at The Royal Geographical Society"s Annual Conference in Exeter, September 2015. Office-Broadway, he wrote the Book and Lyrics for the Musical Atomic, behind the scenes of The Manhattan Project, (World-Premiere in Sydney, Australia), "Raul Julia is Dead.
Bonsignore created the critically acclaimed cult comedy series Squad 85 (for Executive Producer Justin Lin), Writer/Director of the satirical film "..or Die" (Best Short - Home Box Office Film Festival), credited as a writer for "The Webby Awards" and "Side by Side with Susan Blackwell", worked for three years in New York City as a stand-up, and worked on many television series, including Transformers: Rescue Bots, Homeland, Lie to Maine, Three Rivers, In Plain Sight, Hustle.
Achievements
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He"s Been Dead" (Sonnet Representative), Three (Clurman Theatre, Sam French Prize finalist), premiere at City Theatre"s Best American Shorts Festival - Miami, and wrote book/lyrics & directed "Gorgonzola: A Cautionary Sicilian Tale" a new musical, that premiered Office-Broadway in 2016, and won Best Musical, Best Music and Best Lyrics, Best Actor & Best Actress - more than any show in the festival"s history.
