New York, NY
A multi-instrumentalist - drums, piano, and guitar - Armando has played the role of Cricket Jerry Allison in productions of Buddy at John W. Engeman Theater in Northport, Long Island, NY (2019), Forestburgh Playhouse, Forestburgh, NY (2019), and the Palace Theater in the Wisconsin Dells (2017). In 2021-22 he played the roles of both Ritchie Valens and Tommy (4th Cricket) in the Florida Studio Theatre production of the show in Sarasota, and at Florida Rep in Fort Myers.
Bio:
Hair: Brown
Weight: 150
Eyes: Hazel
Height: 5' 10"
THEATER: Off Broadway
Wonderland: Alice’s Rock & Roll Adventure, (March Hare), Atlantic Theater Company, dir. Marshall Pailet
THEATER: Regional
Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story, (Ritchie Valens / 4th Cricket), Florida Rep
Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story, (Ritchie Valens / 4th Cricket), Florida Studio Theatre
Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story, (Jerry Allison), Forestburgh Playhouse
Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story, (Jerry Allison), John W. Engeman Theater
Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story, (Jerry Allison), The Palace Theater
HAIR, (George Berger), Chance Theater, dir. Oanh Nguyen
The Girl, the Grouch and the Goat, (Xander), Chance Theater
West Side Story, (A-Rab), Musical Theater West
Moon Over Buffalo, (Howard), Huntington Beach Playhouse
Grease, (Kenickie), Santa Catalina Island Co.
THEATER: National Tours
PBS’ Arthur Live!, (Dr. Sozio), Turnstile Entertainment
Window Pains, (Vocalist), Big City Broadway
MUSICIAN: Drums / Percussion
Pop Goes the Rock, Cirque Dreams, US and Mexican Tours
Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Theater Out, Santa Ana, CA
Edges (West Coast Premiere), Wayt LLC, Torrance, CA
MUSICIAN: Piano / Keyboards
Shake, Rattle and Roll, El Dorado Showroom, Reno, NV
Hooray for Hollywood, Palace Theater, Myrtle Beach, SC
Got 2 Get There, Lawrence Welk Resort, Escondido, CA
MUSICIAN: Acoustic Guitar
Good King Wenceslas, Stages on the Sound, Brooklyn, NY
Company, Rose Center Theater, Westminster, CA
Blogologues, Peoples Improv Theater, New York, NY
Contact:
Armando (below left and on drums) in the John W. Engeman Theater production of Buddy in Northport, NY (2019):
Below (right) as Ritchie Valens at Florida Studio Theatre, Sarasota, FL (2021):
Below as Ritchie Valens at Florida Rep, Fort Myers, FL (2022):
Below at Forestburgh Playhouse, Forestburgh, NY (2019):
And below left, and on drums in the Palace Theater (Wisconsin Dells) production of Buddy (2017):
