NICK PIACENTE
Actor, Director, VO Artist, Teaching Artist
AEA / SAG-AFTRA
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ROMEO AND JULIET
Vermont Shakespeare Festival
"...Pisano and Piacente combine for serious chemistry, a necessity to make any production of "Romeo and Juliet" successful...The nimble Piacente...shows great ability to convey Romeo's youthful enthusiasm as well as his wounded soul. He has the passion of youth and the depth Shakespeare's poetic words require..."
Burlington Free Press
Brent Hallenbreck
“…Piacente plays Romeo big, making bold moves such as a dazzling leap over a fountain. When he speaks, each new idea seizes him and won't let go until he tells it…Pisano and Piacente make a memorable, energetic Juliet and Romeo. For a moment, they seem to have invented love…”
Seven Days
Alex Brown
"...excellent physical comedy, especially from Dean Linnard as a giddily crude Mercutio, and Nick Piacente, whose Romeo flips and flops about the stage as if he is so consumed by love that his legs could fall out from under him at any moment..."
Shelburne News
Rachel Dunphy
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
Vermont Shakespeare Festvial
"...Nick Piacente brings a gymnast's physical daring and a skilled actor's character insights to the role of Puck. His smart, novel touches include showing Puck's fear of ghosts in the night and starting his journey 'round the Earth on Oberon's errand by pulling back an imaginary bow and then hurtling offstage, himself an arrow..."
Seven Days
Vermont's Independent Voice
"...Piacente shows amazing dexterity and physicality, cavorting across the lawn (or the stage, as will be the case in this week's UVM productions) with an energy that keeps "A Midsummer Night's Dream" flowing freely..."
Burlington Free Press
Brent Hallenbeck
FOX ON THE FAIRWAY
Oldcastle Theatre Company
"...Justin is played by Nick Piacente who has a body made entirely of rubber. His face and his voice are equally pliable and the result of all this flexibility is a most delightful and winning performance. Piacente is the only non-Equity member of this company and he comports himself with such professionalism that the only way to know that he and his cohorts are technically not peers is to read the minimal program. This is a young actor who should be going places and hopefully he will always have time to do another play. The stage is definitely his medium as he can be subtle and nuanced and also become farcially broad with alacrity..." Bershire Bright Focus
J. Peter Bergman
"...Every so often, a performance comes along that knocks your socks off. Nick Piacente is giving one in “The Fox on the Fairway,” a fairly sturdy Ken Ludwig farce that will no doubt take its place alongside his “Lend Me a Tenor” and “Moon Over Buffalo.” Piacente resembles a young Dick Van Dyke : the lithe, angular body capable of contortion and pratfall, the rubbery face and the spot-on comic timing. It’s not a self-indulgent performance. The part calls for the kind of energy Piacente brings ; he simply has particular gifts that make his take memorable...and if you’re up for a laugh and a stunning regional debut performance, take a look..."
The Daily Gazette
Paul Lamar
"...perfectly matched the hyper-active characterization of Justin which Piacente sent over the proverbial moon. His physical comedy was stunning, and I suspect he has serious dance or gymnastics training which he was able to use to good advantage as the surprise golfer, employee, fiancé and over medicated patient..."
Bershire Onstage
Gail M. Burns and Larry Murray
"...Piacente and Meurs work their juvenile lust with a mix of naivete that produces phenomenal bursts of acting energy. Piacente can twist and turn his limber frame into near pretzels in pursuit of our giggles, and his ability to go from booming hero to slobbering worry-wort was impressive..."
The Advocate Weekly
Telly Halkias
"...Piacente's Justin embraces the antic spirit of this play in a sublime performance that is as notable for its nimble vocal dexterity as it is for its inspired physical dexterity..."
The Berkshire Eagle
Jeffrey Borak
FOX ON THE FAIRWAY
White Plains PAC
"...As Justin, Piacente’s crazy tomfoolery on stage keeps you laughing – it’s so naturally done that while you know you’re watching a farce, you can’t help but become somewhat engaged with the characters and their respective relationships..."
The Examiner News
Pat Casey
“…Justin (the rubber mugged, athletic, wild man Nick Piacente)…Mr. Piacente and Ms. Slotoroff fling themselves about in breathtaking bounces off furniture and bars, chase each other, fight and lose their emotions in over-the-top style not seen since Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca..”
White Plains CitzeNetReporter
John Bailey
THE TEMPEST
Vermont Shakespeare Festival
"In the skillful hands of Burlington native Marielle Renée Rousseau and Nick Piacente, Miranda and Ferdinand are fully shaped characters far greater than the sum of their requisite kisses and caresses."
Seven Days
Vermont's Independent Voice
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