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The Artistic Credentials and biography of Actor's Crib, Inc. President and Director Scott Pacitti


The Artistic Credentials

Scott Pacitti is a ten year improvisational theatre veteran.

During that decade he has organized, booked, promoted, written, performed in, directed, cast, taught, and hosted hundreds of public, private, corporate and charity shows, workshops, and classes for all ages and audiences of all types throughout North and South Carolina.

He began his improv career with classes at, and eventually, as a cast member of a Charlotte improvisational comedy troupe lead by a decade long teaching and acting veteran of multiple Chicago improvisational theatre troupes. He has since started two of his own improv troupes, the Pink Turtle Sketchprov Experience and his current group, the Chuckleheads www.thechuckleheads.com

He founded a 501c3 non-profit corporation, Actor’s Crib, Inc. www.actorscrib.com in 2006.

Scott is a proud member of the Metrolina Theatre Association where he has assisted other highly respected Charlotte theatre veterans with their yearly “Unified Auditions” since the inception of that project four years ago. He also is affiliated with Visit Charlotte, a company that aids all aspects of the hospitality business both locally, statewide, and throughout the United States. He has also worked with the Children’s Theatre of Charlotte and in affiliation with and performed on stages, such as, the Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte and Theatre Charlotte, and Story Slam.

Mr. Pacitti has enjoyed his long affiliation with the Arts and Science Council (ASC)of Charlotte where he has performed in many shows in conjunction with the ASC’s annual fundraising kick-off campaign with local, national, and international corporations. He has also recently provided the ASC with multiple speaking engagements and workshops for most valued donors and their renowned “Artists as Entrepreneurs” program.

He is also quite proud of his association with the North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center where he participated in multiple “Teaching Artists” workshops and has provided a workshop for their highly successful “Getting to Know the Show” series.

He eagerly visits and participates in local and national improvisational festivals including the annual North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival in Chapel Hill, NC and the Black Box Improv Festival in Atlanta, GA. He hopes to participate in the 2010 Chicago Improv Festival in the unofficial headquarters of improvisation theater in the United States.

For the last several years Scott has focused his and Actor’s Crib, Inc’s. efforts on deepening and/or introducing of the basics of appreciation of improvisational theatre for children of all ages (pre-K through high school) and providing theatre classes and workshops to those students who might not normally be exposed to them.

He has worked with children affiliated with the Old Courthouse Theatre in Concord, NC, the Jewish Community Center and the Jewish Day School of Charlotte, Albemarle Middle School (as part of the Citizen Schools volunteer organization,) and most recently he has been working with Pre-K, Elementary, and Middle School children through the After School Enrichment Program (ASEP) sponsored by the Charlotte Mecklenburg School District. So far he is scheduled to visit over 30 schools and offer over 73 hours of instruction in 2009-2010.

2010 will be a very exciting year for Mr. Pacitti as he becomes the full-time self-employed owner/operator of Actor’s Crib, Inc. He is very excited as he begins affiliations with the Kids R Kids daycare and after school centers, providing improvisational workshops for home-schooled children, entertaining children in hospitals, offering improvisational theatre summer camps, offering classes to underprivileged and special needs children and students, working with Seniors, numerous charities and their members, and teaching classes at the Gaston School of the Arts amongst projects and business opportunities in North and South Carolina and wherever possible.

He looks forward to continuing his lifelong journey of self-discovery through the wonderful art form of improvisational theatre and eagerly anticipates introducing, entertaining, deepening the appreciation of, and teaching improv (and its many, many “real life” lessons) to as many people of all ages and in as many venues as possible.

He deeply realizes how lucky he is to have been given this opportunity and takes this responsibility very seriously as his life’s calling.

The Biography


I spent my formative years in New Brighton, Pennsylvania. New Brighton is close to Pittsburgh. I have also lived in Kansas City, Missouri and currently reside in Charlotte, North Carolina.

My parents have been married for 47 years. I have one sibling, a sister, who is married with two wonderful children. I have many other family members and friends all across the United States. My family and friends have honored me by making me a godfather three times. I have never been married, but ladies, I am always interviewing for the position.

I graduated from Clarion University of Pennsylvania with a BS in Communications. My favorite sports teams are the New York Jets and Mets. My sports heroes growing up were Joe Namath and Tom Seaver.

I have worked for corporations including: AT&T; McDonalds; Alamo Rent A Car; Cigna HealthCare; and LendingTree LLC before becoming a full-time entrepreneur.

For as long as I can remember I have been obsessed with the entertainment industry. I have been told many time that I am the human equivalent of "the internet movie database."

My initial forays into entertainment as a performer have included: class comedian; high school filmmaker; college FM DJ and journalist; fiction novelist; and multiple screenplay author.

I was introduced to improvisational theater in 2001 through an article in a Fort Mill, South Carolina newspaper. I nervously signed up for an "introduction to improvisation basics" taught by a veteran of a decade of performing and teaching improv in the United States hotbed of the art form, Chicago, IL.

It was love at first "scene." I soon joined an improvisational comedy troupe led by that same teacher. I blissfully performed with the group for three years.

I eventually formed my own improvisational comedy troupe, the Pink Turtle Sketchprov Experience in 2004. Ask me the interesting story about the troupe's name when you meet me.

That brings us to 2010 and the Actor's Crib, Inc.

The Actor's Crib, Inc., a 5013c non-profit corporation, was established in 2006. It was begun as opportunity for myself, and other like-minded creative individuals regardless of age, sex, or nationality to perform the art form that I/we feel passionately about, improvisational theatre.

During its four years of existence Actor's Crib, Inc. has matured and its goals and aspirations have evolved. In addition to performing both public and private shows, classes, and workshops with a regular ensemble cast on a monthly basis, most recently, I am working with students in both North and South Carolina (public, private, and home schooled) to introduce improvisational theatre to their students to expand and enrich their already existing theatre arts education or to expose their students to improvisational theatre for the first time in schools without an existing or limited theatre arts program.

Without sounding too pretentious it is with this latest broadening of Actors Crib, Inc.'s services into the educational environment that I anticipate providing the most important contribution to society and as a byproduct deriving the most satisfaction of my over a decade of experience in improvisational theatre.

I have met many interesting and talented individuals on and off the stage since I have been performing and leading my troupes. These experiences have enriched my life immeasurably.

Actor's Crib, Inc. allows me the opportunity to educate, perform with, network with, and meet many more wonderful, gifted, and inspiring folks of all ages.

My greatest passions in life are education and the creative process.

My wish for you is that you have something in your life that gives you as much joy as educating, creating, and being around creative individuals hungry for knowledge and the sharing of their gifts and ideas gives me.

That's my story so far. I look forward to hearing your story. I can't wait to meet you!

The Actor's Crib, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) not for profit independent theatre organization that relies on the support of its audiences and patrons. All donations or contributions are greatly appreciated and tax deductible.

scott@actorscrib.com

704.301.1564.