Francesco Giacomarra

I am a New York City-based writer, composer, and performer who makes original works for the stage, page, and screen. From an early age, I always knew that my path in life would be to cultivate my passion for music and writing in order to tell impactful original stories.

I hail from the Philadelphia area and maintain a borderline unhealthy preoccupation with all the requisite sports teams and cultural ephemera (Go Birds). I moved to New York to receive my B.A. from Fordham University Lincoln Center in Theatre and Music and subsequently became radicalized about the importance of an asset-based approach to making one’s own work.

My obsession with collaboration has led to an eclectic body of original projects in media ranging from theater, to original music, short films, comics, and a touch of cultural criticism - all as either a writer, actor, composer, technician, or some combination thereof.

I identify as a pop culture omnivore who draws from sources far and wide, often resulting in unique and idiosyncratic combinations of forms, genres, subject matter, etc. I’m most often drawn to writing about identity, and characters that feel ill-at-ease in different aspects of their being - whether it’s shapeshifting aliens acclimating to Earth, or a bicultural kid like me trying to roll his R’s just so.

I’m currently an artist-in-residence with The Village, A Fenix 360 Artist to Watch, and actively study with the Barrow Group. My work has recently been presented with The Green Room 42, Alchemical Studios, The Latine Musical Theater Lab, The Crypt at Columbia, and more.

I’m proudly first-generation Sicilian and Puerto Rican.