Andre Amarotico

Andre Amarotico is a San Francisco and New York based actor. He got his BA in Theatre and Performance Studies at Stanford University, where he served as Artistic Director at the student-run Stanford Theatre Laboratory, and where he received the Evalyn M. Draper Prize for Performance, and the Muses Prize in Classics. Andre is a collective member, President of the Board, and regular actor with the Tony Award winning San Francisco Mime Troupe. He was recently featured in the world premieres of Remains to Be Seen, and Under Ben Bulben by Kate Hawley, and Neighborhood Stories Mill Valley, in a short untitled play by Pulitzer nominated playwright Amy Freed. Andre was nominated for a Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award for best principal performance in a musical for his portrayal of John Wilkes Booth in Hillbarn Theatre's Assassins, and for a Theater Bay Area Award for Best Actor in a Featured Role for Ross Valley Players’ production of The 39 Steps. Other favorite roles include John Jasper in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Anthony in Sweeny Todd, Kenickie in Grease, Sandy in Hay Fever, The Baker in Into the Woods, Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, and the titular characters in Hamlet and Macbeth. Additionally, Andre has performed with Presidio Theatre Company, Actors' Reading Collective, Magic Theatre, The Mountain Play, Jewel Theatre Company, Marin Onstage, Cutting Ball, Word for Word Performing Arts Company, 6th Street Playhouse,  Throckmorton Theatre, and Stanford Repertory Theater.