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ERIC PATERNIANI • ACTOR • DIRECTOR
What I've been up to:


Eric Paterniani is UBU REX!
Eric Paterniani is going to portray Pa Ubu in The Ubu Rex, a new futurist/retro adaptation of Alfred Jarry’s classic "Ubu Roi," to be...


Eric Paterniani is back with As You Like It in Bryant Park
Eric is reprising his roles of Le Beau, William and Jacques De Boys in The Drilling Company's critically-praised Steampunk adaptation of...


Eric Paterniani is going to play Oedipus Rex
Eric has been cast to portray his first leading dramatic role as Oedipus in Sophocle's masterpiece Oedipus Rex. Oedipus brings an end to...


Bryant Park season opens with "Much Ado About Nothing"
Eric Paterniani is back in Bryant Park with the Drilling Company playing Conrad for Much Ado About Nothing. The Drilling Company's...


Eric Paterniani in Rite Of Spring
Treat yourself to a fantasy. Immerse yourself in aphrodisiacs for all of the senses with a magical spring ritual to titillate and...


Rumpelstilstkin
Eric comes back with the 2016 Rumpelstiltskin National Tour by The Panto Company USA. Performances will be in New Jersey, New Mexico,...


Eric Paterniani at the Chekhov Theatre Festival
"All The World'S A Stage!" The Drilling Company will bring back As You Like It from this summer's Shakespeare In The Parking Lot for a...


Eric Paterniani reviewed by The New York Times
"But two supporting actors stand out: the sprightly Jarrod Bates as Tranio, Lucentio’s wingman, and Eric Paterniani, evincing an Italian...


Eric Paterniani at The Puppet Lab
Eric Paterniani will be part of the ensemble of puppeteers showing the piece "Erdos" for The Puppet Lab at the new St. Anne Warehouse....


Eric Paterniani back to Bryant Park for "Taming Of The Shrew"
The Drilling Company will present its last show for the summer in Bryant Park and Eric Paterniani is enthusiastic to be back as Grumio....


Eric Paterniani in As You Like It
The Drilling Company's Shakespeare in the Parking Lot has found a new home in the Parking Lot behind The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and...


Eric Paterniani on the cover of METRO NYC
Metro NYC dedicates his main article to The Drilling Company and its mission of bringing free Shakespeare performances to New Yorkers. ...


Eric Paterniani at the 20th Annual Lower East Side Festival Of The Arts
The Drilling Company has been invited to the 20th Annual Lower East Side Festival Of The Arts, event that reunites all the active...


Eric Paterniani is Launce in "The Two Gentlemen Of Verona" for Bryant Park Shakespeare
The Drilling Company, known for its intrepid, bare-boned Shakespeare in the Parking Lot productions, made its Bryant Park debut last...

Eric Paterniani at the Daily News for Shakespeare's 451st Birthday
The Drilling Company celebrates the Bard's 451st Birthday in Bryant Park performing some of his best speeches. Eric Paterniani is one of...
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