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Gina Ferranti is an American actress and producer best known for her role as Cheryl Yale in the 2007
Charles Messina Charles Messina (born October 21, 1971, in Greenwich Village, New York) is an American playwright, screenwriter, director, and co-founder of NahNotOutsideMyHouse! Productions. He is of Italian-American descent. He attended Xavier High School a ...
play Merging.


Background

Ferranti is an
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and a native of
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. She is an alumna of the
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. She is also a graduate of the
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Career highlights

Ferranti originated the role of Cheryl Yale in the debut stage production of Merging, alongside
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alumnus
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, and
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. The play was directed by Messina and won Best Play at the Players Theatre's Shortened Attention Span Horror Festival in
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,
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. In 2009, Ferranti reprised her role in the film version, again alongside Cerbone and Mingione. + The play was directed by Messina and won Best Play at the Players Theatre's Shortened Attention Span Horror Festival in
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,
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. In 2009, Ferranti reprised her role in the film version, again alongside Cerbone and Mingione. On September 20, 2010, Ferranti starred with Johnny Tammaro,
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,
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, and
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in a staged reading of the Messina scripted and directed play ''A Room of My Own'', at the Theater at 45 Bleecker Street, also in New York City. In 2011, Ferranti appeared with former Sopranos
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and
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in the action suspense featur
Spy
Later that year, Ferranti appeared in the dramatic fil
Choose
which co-starred Michael J. Burg. On October 13, 2011, at the Triad Theater in New York City, Ferranti again teamed up with Charles Messina and Johnny Tammaro in a staged reading of Messina's play about the life of singer Dion called ''The Wanderer - the Life and Music of Dion''. Ferranti made her directorial debut on March 29, 2012 as director of the
Charles Messina Charles Messina (born October 21, 1971, in Greenwich Village, New York) is an American playwright, screenwriter, director, and co-founder of NahNotOutsideMyHouse! Productions. He is of Italian-American descent. He attended Xavier High School a ...
play ''Fugazy'' at the 13th St Repertory Theater. The play, along with two other of Messina's one acts - ''Merging'' and ''Sick Bastids'' - were presented as a trilogy titled ''The Tenement Plays''. The performances ran until April 1, 2012. Ferranti appeared at a fundraiser for the Abingdon Square Theatre on September 22, 2013. She was part of a group of actors including (in alphabetical order): Michael Barbieri,
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, Alfredo Diaz, Nick Fondulis,
Khalid Gonçalves Khalid Gonçalves (born Paul Pires Gonçalves, September 8, 1971) is an American actor and musician who is best known for his portrayal of British rock icon Freddie Mercury in the off-Broadway play '' Mercury: The Afterlife and Times of a Rock God ...
, Steven LaChioma,
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, Scott Seidman, and Johnny Tammaro, who read from three plays by writer/director Charles Messina.


Production credits

Ferranti was co-producer of the play Mercury: The Afterlife and Times of a Rock God


Filmography

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Merging
' (2008) *
Eviction
' (2009) *
Nadine
'(2010) *
Choose
'(2011) *
Spy
'(2011)


References


External links


Official site

Gina Ferranti
on
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(IMDb) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferranti, Gina American film actresses American theatre managers and producers Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) American stage actresses American people of Italian descent Living people Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre alumni University at Albany, SUNY alumni 21st-century American women