STEPHEN P. PELLEGRINO
17 Oakland Square Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412.683.7535
ACADEMIC
American University, Washington, D.C., Graduate Program, Interdisciplinary Arts (1978-79).
Peabody Conservatory, Post-graduate Study in Music Theory and Composition taught by Dr. Asher Zlotnick (197779)
University of Maryland, Graduate Program, Drama (1976)
University of Pittsburgh, B.A., Magna Cum Laude, Major in Theatre Arts; Minor in Studio Arts, Literature and Music
(1971-75)
EXPERIENCE
(Author, Composer, Lyricist, Director, Choreographer, Performer)
Dislocated Sequence 1.0
Chamber piece for oboe/violin/piano commissioned and performed by The Living Room Chamber Project
January 2014
ACCORDION STORIES
Wrote and performed one man show about growing up in the Mon Valley when both steel and the accordion
were king. April 2011
gravity + grace
Wrote score/arrangements for orchestra and choir, directed and performed in this contemporary opera about
Parkinson’s Disease. Collaborated with Frank Ferraro. Heinz Foundation Grant (Sept 2009)
Man from ‘NYAYZAR/Work Song Cycle
Multi-disciplinary performance piece with collaborator Frank Ferraro- commissioned for Ingenuity Festival in
Cleveland, Oh. (2008)
1st Annual Alexander Berkman Memorial Labor and Music Festival- Producer of an evening of Pittsburgh labor
history through music. (July 2008)
22 DRYWALL Macbeth
Adaptation of the play Macbeth that was performed in a house in an urban neighborhood in Pittsburgh that was
in the midst of a complete rehab (September 2006)
Calling Mr. Conrad
Outdoor radiophonic opera commissioned by Three Rivers Arts Festival and Pro Arts (June 2005)
LOSER Mobile Rhythmic Platform
Percussion pageant wagon created for First Night –Three Rivers Arts Festival (January 2005)
Drywall 21: Man from ‘NYAYZAR
One man show about an entity from another dimension. Presented in conjunction with the
Three Rivers Arts Festival (June 2004
4Quarters
Collaboration with Frank Ferraro. Site Specific saxophone quartet presented by Three Rivers
Arts Festival (June 2004)
Refrigiolith / Who’s Coming to Dinner
Finalists in Film Kitchen Contest. LOSER Collaboration (April 2003/April 2004)
Drywall 20: Equinox/Stone
Collaboration with sculptor Frank Ferraro. A celestial ritual performed in a parking lot (October 2003)
Much Ado About Nothing
Musical Supervisor and accordionist in University of Pittsburgh Repertory production (March–April 2003)
Drywall 19 : Wetland
Installation at Mattress Factory (November2002-January 2003)
Drywall 18 Video Fugue For 3 Monitors
Created score, designed and constructed installation; Pittsburgh Filmmakers 30th Anniversary (November 3,
2001)
Drywall 13-16 Digital goes to Analog
Wrote book, lyrics and music; directed and choreographed; designed set and slides; Pittsburgh Playhouse Rauh
Theatre, funded in part by the PA Council on the Arts (June 15-17, 22-24, 2000)
NoT42
Choreographed for Pittsburgh Dance Council’s Choreographers’ Dance Continuum (May 7, 8 1999)
DRYWALL 10112 :Thanksgiving Dinner
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Wrote book, lyrics and music; directed and choreographed; designed set and slides (November 1997)
DRYWALL XXX: Prometheus Bound/Unbound
Wrote book, lyrics and music; directed and choreographed; designed set and slides; Pittsburgh Public Theatre,
funded in part by the PA Council on the Arts (September 1995)
DRYWALL XXX: the presage
Wrote text/score, directed, performed, designed set; Pittsburgh Center for the Arts (January 15, 1994)
STILL MILL
Wrote and co-directed with Tony Buba; funded in part by Rockefeller Foundation and Hallwalls (1987)
DRYWALL XLIII: THE MONSTROUS SPIDER
Wrote score and libretto; directed cast of 7; performed role of Spider in Kabuki-based opera, funded in part by
the PA Council on the Arts (1987)
OVERCOOKED ONIONS
Composed musical piece commissioned by Pittsburgh Dance Alloy (1987)
LIGHTNING OVER BRADDOCK
Scored and performed sound track, co-starred in film by Guggenheim Fellow Tony Buba (1986)
DRYWALL XVI: RITUAL
Wrote score/libretto, directed/choreographed cast of 12, designed set and special lighting effects (1986)
DRYWALL Parts I-IX & DRYWALL Parts I-VII
Wrote text, score; directed, choreographed; created set, sculpture and mask; performed; Off Forbes
Performance Art Festival and Performance Art Residency, Yellow Springs Art Institute (1985)
ClTlscape
Wrote score/libretto, directed/choreographed cast of 30, designed set and costumes, produced video/film;
performance funded, in part, by PA Council on the Arts (1984)
THE GRIP
Wrote text/score, directed/choreographed, designed mask, costume, slides and lighting for piece commissioned
by Philadelphia Art Alliance and Nexus Gallery (1984) and performed at the Off Forbes Performance Art Festival
(1984)
PASS IT!
Wrote score, libretto, directed and choreographed cast of 20, created slides and film, performed work
commissioned by Mattress Factory (1983)
WO MAN
Wrote score, libretto, directed and choreographed, created slides and performed while in residency at Yellow
Springs Art Institute lab (1983)
VOICES FROM A STEELTOWN
Wrote and performed music soundtrack for documentary film by Tony Buba; funded by PA Humanities Council
(1982)
LEGEND (Parts II and III)
Wrote text, score; co-directed, choreographed and performed one-man musical comedy performed at Painted
Bride, Philadelphia; Pittsburgh Center for the Arts; Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C. (1982)
TRAIN'D
Wrote text, score; directed, choreographed; designed special lighting (1981)
MILL HUNK HERALD
Wrote movie score and played central character in film by Tony Buba (1981)
A LEGEND (in his own mind)
Wrote score and libretto; directed and choreographed one-man show produced by University of Pittsburgh's
Floating Theatre (1980)
A NIGHT IN PITTSBURGH
Performance at Mattress Factory (1980)
ARE THE GOLDFISH DEAD?
Wrote and directed structuralist drama (1980)
A JAZZMAN'S REVENGE
Wrote text and score; directed and performed one-man musical (1979).
JEFF JONES CONQUERS THE WORLD
Wrote text and score; directed and choreographed; designed sets with special lighting for outdoor performance
staged on roof and featuring cast of wheelchair dancers commissioned by the Maryland Dance Theatre
Workshop (1978)
YAMA BIKO NO and JESUS IS MY BEST GIRLFRIEND
Choreographed two dances commissioned by Maryland Dance Theatre Workshop (1978)
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THE COUPLE
Choreographed and danced for concert (1978)
A NIGHT IN PITTSBURGH
Performed piece for Baltimore Theatre Project (1978)
THE JEFF JONES SILAS MARNER MAN WITH GUITAR CASE AND BOOTS OR THE CURSE OF THE SCARLET
ALBATROSS
Wrote score; directed and choreographed cast of 60; designed sets and costumes (1977)
THE UNBIRTH
Created outdoor conceptual piece with cast of 100 as guest choreographer for the Maryland Dance Theatre
Workshop's Dance Day (1977)
SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS ARE GUNS (Jeff Jones cycle)
Created dance as guest choreographer for Maryland Experimental Dance Concert (1977)
A NIGHT IN PITTSBURGH
Wrote book, Iyrics, music and performed one-man show about growing up working class (1977)
THE UBU CYCLE
Wrote music and adapted Jarry script (1977)