Vittorio Rossi

Vittorio Rossi: Born in Montreal in 1961, Italian-Canadian playwright Vittorio Rossi grew up in the district of Ville-�mard and graduated from Concordia University in 1985 with a BFA specializing in theater performance. In 1987 he was playwright-in-residence at Montreal's prestigious Centaur Theatre, during which he completed his first full-length play, The Chain , which opened Centaur's twentieth-anniversary season in October 1988. The show was then produced at the National Arts Centre in...See more

Vittorio Rossi: Born in Montreal in 1961, Italian-Canadian playwright Vittorio Rossi grew up in the district of Ville-�mard and graduated from Concordia University in 1985 with a BFA specializing in theater performance. In 1987 he was playwright-in-residence at Montreal's prestigious Centaur Theatre, during which he completed his first full-length play, The Chain , which opened Centaur's twentieth-anniversary season in October 1988. The show was then produced at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. From 1990-91 Rossi was writer-in-residence at Concordia University where he also taught playwriting. Rossi has also written several screenplays and directed a film version of his play Little Blood Brother . In 2003 he taught screenwriting at the University of Sherbrooke. His talent extends to acting as well, with screen credits in both television ( Urban Angel ) and film ( Le Sphinx , 1995; Canvas, 1992; Malarek, 1989). Rossi has established himself as a significant playwright in the national theater community with his award-winning plays. See less