Frank Cardillo
is an Award Winning Creator & Producer, reveling in
Comedy & Entertainment for nearly two decades. Currently, he is the
host of 'The Improviser's Guide
Podcast'. Frank has appeared throughout New York City
performing improvisation and standup comedy, including performances
at Super Bowl XLVIII, Turning Stone Casino, Universal Studios, Walt
Disney World, and for 15 years off the shores of Lake Ontario at
the Sterling Renaissance
Festival as their emcee, Lenny Burrows. Most recently, Frank was part of the
cast for the New York City premiere of the Edinburgh Fringe
Festival hit, Joe's NYC Bar.
Since 2009, Frank has been the Founder and Producing Director of the 'Raft of Comic Knockouts' known as [By The Mummers]. In 2011, their musical 'BLOOD' was a Next Link Selection of the New York Musical Theatre Festival and was named 'Best of the Fest' by Davenport Theatricals. In 2014, [By The Mummers] were named the Champions of the Down Under Improv Festival.
Besides serving as a member of the writing team for several original [By The Mummers] events, Frank has had public stagings of two original modern Commedia dell'Arte performances and has devised several structured scenarios for productions in New York City and across the state. In September 2015, [By The Mummers] held a public staged reading of Frank's historical, satirical, farce, 'The Double Play' at Foley's, Home to the Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame.
In June 2016, Frank debuted 'The Improviser's Guide to Being a Better Birth Partner' onstage Off Off Broadway. He has performed this one man piece in New York City on multiple occasions with a book in the works. Following years as an adjunct faculty member at Stony Brook University, Frank has applied his improvisation experience in training employees throughout New York.
Since 2009, Frank has been the Founder and Producing Director of the 'Raft of Comic Knockouts' known as [By The Mummers]. In 2011, their musical 'BLOOD' was a Next Link Selection of the New York Musical Theatre Festival and was named 'Best of the Fest' by Davenport Theatricals. In 2014, [By The Mummers] were named the Champions of the Down Under Improv Festival.
Besides serving as a member of the writing team for several original [By The Mummers] events, Frank has had public stagings of two original modern Commedia dell'Arte performances and has devised several structured scenarios for productions in New York City and across the state. In September 2015, [By The Mummers] held a public staged reading of Frank's historical, satirical, farce, 'The Double Play' at Foley's, Home to the Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame.
In June 2016, Frank debuted 'The Improviser's Guide to Being a Better Birth Partner' onstage Off Off Broadway. He has performed this one man piece in New York City on multiple occasions with a book in the works. Following years as an adjunct faculty member at Stony Brook University, Frank has applied his improvisation experience in training employees throughout New York.