Gina Priano-Keyser Biography

Gina Priano-Keyser is a director, actor, lighting designer, and teacher of theatre. She is currently nominated for a 2001 Perry Award for her lighting design for the Attic Ensembles production of Fifth of July. She holds a certificate in professional lighting design from the Studio School of Stage Design where she was trained by professional stage designer Peter Allburn. Along with lighting design, Gina has acted many parts including Sylvia in Sylvia at the Chatham Playhouse ,Mildred in Ah, Wilderness! With the Attic Ensemble, Anybodys’ in Villanova’s production of West Side Story, and Mary Lennox in the Pittsburgh Playhouse Production of A Secret Garden. Gina has also acted OFF-BROADWAY ,Off-Off Broadway, and in TV, movies, and commercials. Gina originally hails from Pittsburgh, PA. She holds a Bachelor’s in Theatre from Point Park College and a Master’s in Theatre from Villanova University. Currently, she teaches theatre full-time for the School District of the Chathams in Chatham, New Jersey. There, Gina directs a yearly musical. Finally, she is an adjunct professor of theatre at Hudson County Community College. Gina is the mom of boy/girl twins.