Joanna
Gleason
Spanning a career of over 5 decades, Joanna Gleason is the recipient of 1 Tony Award, 3 Drama Desk Awards, 1 Outer Critics Circle Award, and the Theatre World Award.
"The Grotto" marks her award-winning first feature as a writer & director. This feature was accepted into 8 different film festivals, winning 4 awards, including “Best Narrative Feature Premiere" and "Best Original Screenplay.” She has also directed a full-length opera and television for both CBS and Lifetime.
In addition to being a sought-after guest teacher for over 30 years, Joanna wrote and performed 2 sold-out shows at 54 Below. She is currently working on a memoir, which will include some of her original artwork as well as archival photos.
About
Joanna Gleason has appeared in fifteen Broadway and Off-Broadway and Off-off Broadway shows, winning the Tony for Best Actress in a Musical in Stephen Sondheim’s ‘Into The Woods”. She has three Drama Desks, and two Outer Critics’ nominations and wins.
Other Broadway: “Dirty, Rotten Scoundrels” , “Joe Egg” “The Real Thing”, I Love My Wife”, “Nick And Nora”.
Off-Broadway includes shows for The Public Theatre, (The Normal Heart) The Roundabout (Sons Of The Prophet),and Manhattan Theatre Club.
Film work includes Woody Allen’s Crimes and Misdemeanors, Hannah and Her Sisters;
Boogie Nights, Last Vegas, The Skeleton Twins.
Television include The Affair, West Wing, The Newsroom, Friends, Bette, Murphy Brown, Blue Bloods, and many more.
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Another fun fact? She can tango!
She has written and directed two films- “Morning Into Night” (a short) and the recently completed “The Grotto” (feature).
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