LEADERSHIP
TONY ESTRELLA
Artistic Director
Tony Estrella has been artistic director at The Gamm for 20 seasons. Since his first show with the company (Antony & Cleopatra), he has appeared in or directed more than 70 productions. His favorite roles include Frank in Brian Friel’s Faith Healer, George in It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, Shannon in The Night of the Iguana, Hamlet in Hamlet, Moe Axelrod in Awake and Sing!, Valere in La Bete, Katurian in The Pillowman, Teach in American Buffalo, and Vanya in Uncle Vanya. Directorial highlights include Hangmen, Bad Jews, Describe the Night, Assassins, JQA, True West, Festen, Sara Kane’s 4:48 Psychosis, A Streetcar Named Desire, Red, and the U.S.
premieres of Howard Brenton’s Paul and Sarah Waters’ The Night Watch. Tony has written several works for The Gamm stage including A Lie Agreed Upon (2021), and adaptations of Dylan Thomas’ A Child’s Christmas in Wales, Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House and Hedda Gabler, and Barry Unsworth’s acclaimed novel Morality Play. In addition to The Gamm, he has appeared on numerous regional stages. He most recently appeared in Joshua Harmon’s A Prayer for the French Republic at The Huntington Theatre in Boston. His film credits include appearances in Martin Scorsese’s The Departed, Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester by the Sea, Greta Gerwig’s Little Women, and The Good House. He is a recipient of the Claiborne Pell Award for Excellence in the Arts and is a longtime member of the theater faculty at his alma mater, URI.