“Blackfriars is a gem in the middle of Long Island. It is a program that is introducing young people to the magic of the works of William Shakespeare and honing skills in young actors that theatre professions are searching frantically for. I can honestly say that Blackfriars is the first place I look to when recruiting young actors for our Training Program and MainStage Productions.”

2020 – 2021Members

Sofia Conry
Ania Dajka
Gabriel Garrison
Annabelle Graziose
Danielle Gunther *
Jude Gunther*
Neil Gunther *
Rebecca Gunther *
Matthew Scarpa *
Sophia Scarpa*(Director 2020)
Christina Stein
Elizabeth Stein
Mary Stein
Christina Tumminaro
Felicia Tumminaro
Maria Tumminaro (Director 2020)
Hannah Volpe
Gabriel Wigutow
*Indicates Founding Member

Timeline

October 2011 
Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare)
February 2012
Peter Pan (J.M. Barrie)
November 2012
Julius Caesar(William Shakespeare)
October 2013
As You Like It (Shakespeare)
July 2014
Macbeth (Shakespeare)
September 2015
The Tempest (Shakespeare)
September 2016
King Lear(Shakespeare)
September 2017
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare)
September 2018
Hamlet
August 2019
The Comedy Of Errors