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Hey, I’m Gianfranco.

(Always Gianfranco.)

((Never Gian. Or Franco.))

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Gianfranco Lentini is a NYC-based queer playwright, teacher, journalist, and First Generation Italian American.

Artistically, Gianfranco’s work has been developed and produced by Company of Fools, Arts Fort Worth, The Magnetic Theatre, Burlington County Footlighters, Torrent Theatre, UNDER St. Marks Theatre, A Night of Play, Theatrical Response Team, and the inspiraTO Festival (Canada's largest short play festival). His work has been published by Fire Island Tea, Hominum Journal, Tulsa Review, Apricity Magazine, The Coachella Review, Mini Plays Review: An International Journal of Short Plays, and Molecule Literary Magazine. A number of his short plays are currently licensed for distribution through Tiny Scripted.

Currently, Gianfranco serves as an Adjunct Professor at New York University for Tisch’s New Studio on Broadway Summer Program (teaching musical theatre history). He is also a Wendy Wasserstein Project Representative for TDF (Theatre Development Fund) and a former Playwright-in-Residence with TDF’s Young Playwrights Program.

On Broadway, Gianfranco previously worked as a production assistant for a number of shows, including Disney's Frozen; Hello, Dolly!; and Springsteen on Broadway. Off-Broadway, he has been the associate director on many developmental shows with companies including Nederlander Worldwide, Ensemble Studio Theatre, and York Theatre Company.

Journalistically, Gianfranco has written for Time Out, Grindr, LGBTQ Nation, Backstage, Broadway’s Best Shows, Broadway Spin, Samuel French, TheatreMania, and NYTheatre. He now preserves and documents queer stories as a Researcher and Board Member for the Fire Island Pines Historical Society and as Chief Correspondent for Fire Island Tea. And previously, Gianfranco was a Content Producer for the LGBTQ+ historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist, Dr. Eric Cervini (@EricCervini), as well as the Editorial Manager for Dr. Cervini's independent queer bookshop, ShopQueer.co (recently reimagined as Allstora by RuPaul).

Last but not least, Gianfranco is a proud Member of the Dramatists Guild of America. You can learn more about him and his work on Instagram at @HeyGianfranco.

photo by: Jordan Gauger