Blood Type: RAGU Celebrating over 1,200 Performances Nationally & InternationallyFuture Live Performances to be Announced!
Presently being written into a screenplay! While the new screenplay takes shape,
you can still catch the Off-Broadway hit—
now streaming worldwide on Broadway On Demand.
Written & Performed byFRANK INGRASCIOTTA
Directed byTED SOD
ABOUT THE SHOW
Blood Type: RAGU is a hilarious and heartfelt coming-of-age story. A one-man play exploring a first-generation immigrant child’s delicate dance between searching for identity, embracing culture, and understanding forgiveness. Writer/Performer Frank Ingrasciotta gives a tour-de-force portrayal of over 20 characters who live, love and laugh, in this fast-paced journey that is not just a comedy, not just a drama — It’s family — and we all have one! The show delighted audiences Off-Broadway at the Actors’ Playhouse in NYC receiving a glowing New York Times review. Since its Off-Broadway run Blood Type: RAGU has performed over 1,200 performances nationally and internationally. The show was originally produced by the Belmont Playhouse, then Off-Broadway by Andrew Levine of Flying Machine Productions, at the Sheas Performing Arts Center by Albert Nocciolino NEC Entertainment and is now working with Bon Vivant Enterprises. AWARDS and RECOGNITION Movie Play International Film Festival (London) - BEST STAGE PLAY 8 & Halfilm Awards (Rome) / Rome Movie Awards / Hollywood Gold Awards - BEST ACTOR New York International Film Awards / Best Actor Director Awards - BEST MONOLOGUE Fox International Film Festival (London), Madonie Film Festival (Sicily) - HONORABLE MENTION Off-Broadway United Solo Awards - BEST of SOLO SERIES / BEST COMIC ACTOR / BEST COMEDIC SCRIPT Westchester Council Arts Award - OUTSTANDING ARTIST Sons of Italy Recognition Award New York State Capital Legislator House Floor Citation by Gov. Andrew Cuomo Chronicled and analyzed in Prof. Fred Gardaphe’s book, From Wiseguys to Wisemen: The Gangster and Italian-American Masculinities. SOME OF THE MANY RAVE REVIEWS for BLOOD TYPE: RAGU
"A garrulous and enlightening production with a lasting rewarding flavor!" - New York Times
"Clever & Stylish. A fast-paced 90-minutes. Ingrasciotta is a confident and appealing presence" - New York Daily News
"Frank is an ingratiating performer with sufficient wit to make the show truly universal" - New York Post
"Transcending stereotypes, Ingrasciotta is a master of comedic and dramatic balance" - Show Business Weekly "Ingrasciotta gives a flawless, precisely timed performance while playing a host of characters" - Canadian Broadcasting Corp. I must say Mr. Ingrasciotta is a master of his craft, and he just can’t help but be brilliant. - 5 Star Critic's Choice - AllAboutSOLO.com BIO
FRANK INGRASCIOTTA (Writer/Performer/Director) is the writer/performer of the award-winning Off-Broadway play Blood Type: RAGU, which continues to tour nationally and internationally. As an actor, his stage credits include the original Off-Broadway production of Godspell, Valley of the Dolls, Three Postcards, What Would Nora Ephron Say?, and the Pharaoh in Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Lincoln Center.On screen, Frank has appeared in the award-winning SAG films Figs for Italo and Brooklyn in July (dir. Bob Celli), and on television in recurring roles on One Life to Live, The Guiding Light, All My Children, ABC Afterschool Specials, and The Equalizer. As a director, he has staged numerous New York and regional productions, cabarets, and corporate shows, including Chicago, West Side Story, Miss Saigon, Rumors, and 12 Angry Men. He also served as writer/producer for the NY Cable Follies and directed the NYC Fire Department’s benefit production of Guys & Dolls, which raised over $20,000 for the New York Burn Center.An arts educator and workshop leader, Frank has taught acting and creative writing to students of all ages as well as incarcerated adults. He is a strong advocate for integrating the arts across the school curriculum. Frank holds a B.A. in Theatre Arts-in-Education from SUNY Empire State College and studied the Meisner technique with William Esper.
Directed byTED SOD
ABOUT THE SHOW
Blood Type: RAGU is a hilarious and heartfelt coming-of-age story. A one-man play exploring a first-generation immigrant child’s delicate dance between searching for identity, embracing culture, and understanding forgiveness. Writer/Performer Frank Ingrasciotta gives a tour-de-force portrayal of over 20 characters who live, love and laugh, in this fast-paced journey that is not just a comedy, not just a drama — It’s family — and we all have one! The show delighted audiences Off-Broadway at the Actors’ Playhouse in NYC receiving a glowing New York Times review. Since its Off-Broadway run Blood Type: RAGU has performed over 1,200 performances nationally and internationally. The show was originally produced by the Belmont Playhouse, then Off-Broadway by Andrew Levine of Flying Machine Productions, at the Sheas Performing Arts Center by Albert Nocciolino NEC Entertainment and is now working with Bon Vivant Enterprises. AWARDS and RECOGNITION Movie Play International Film Festival (London) - BEST STAGE PLAY 8 & Halfilm Awards (Rome) / Rome Movie Awards / Hollywood Gold Awards - BEST ACTOR New York International Film Awards / Best Actor Director Awards - BEST MONOLOGUE Fox International Film Festival (London), Madonie Film Festival (Sicily) - HONORABLE MENTION Off-Broadway United Solo Awards - BEST of SOLO SERIES / BEST COMIC ACTOR / BEST COMEDIC SCRIPT Westchester Council Arts Award - OUTSTANDING ARTIST Sons of Italy Recognition Award New York State Capital Legislator House Floor Citation by Gov. Andrew Cuomo Chronicled and analyzed in Prof. Fred Gardaphe’s book, From Wiseguys to Wisemen: The Gangster and Italian-American Masculinities. SOME OF THE MANY RAVE REVIEWS for BLOOD TYPE: RAGU
"A garrulous and enlightening production with a lasting rewarding flavor!" - New York Times
"Clever & Stylish. A fast-paced 90-minutes. Ingrasciotta is a confident and appealing presence" - New York Daily News
"Frank is an ingratiating performer with sufficient wit to make the show truly universal" - New York Post
"Transcending stereotypes, Ingrasciotta is a master of comedic and dramatic balance" - Show Business Weekly "Ingrasciotta gives a flawless, precisely timed performance while playing a host of characters" - Canadian Broadcasting Corp. I must say Mr. Ingrasciotta is a master of his craft, and he just can’t help but be brilliant. - 5 Star Critic's Choice - AllAboutSOLO.com BIO
FRANK INGRASCIOTTA (Writer/Performer/Director) is the writer/performer of the award-winning Off-Broadway play Blood Type: RAGU, which continues to tour nationally and internationally. As an actor, his stage credits include the original Off-Broadway production of Godspell, Valley of the Dolls, Three Postcards, What Would Nora Ephron Say?, and the Pharaoh in Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Lincoln Center.On screen, Frank has appeared in the award-winning SAG films Figs for Italo and Brooklyn in July (dir. Bob Celli), and on television in recurring roles on One Life to Live, The Guiding Light, All My Children, ABC Afterschool Specials, and The Equalizer. As a director, he has staged numerous New York and regional productions, cabarets, and corporate shows, including Chicago, West Side Story, Miss Saigon, Rumors, and 12 Angry Men. He also served as writer/producer for the NY Cable Follies and directed the NYC Fire Department’s benefit production of Guys & Dolls, which raised over $20,000 for the New York Burn Center.An arts educator and workshop leader, Frank has taught acting and creative writing to students of all ages as well as incarcerated adults. He is a strong advocate for integrating the arts across the school curriculum. Frank holds a B.A. in Theatre Arts-in-Education from SUNY Empire State College and studied the Meisner technique with William Esper.