JON MONASTERO
SAG-AFTRA, AEA (310) 382-6431, giannimonastero@gmail.com
FILM/TV/WEB SERIES
BENDER, CROOK & NANNY FILMS, DIRECTOR JOHN ALEXANDER (W/JAMES KAREN, BRUCE DAVISON, LINDA PURL)
THE BOOK OF DANIEL, DIR. ANNA ZIELINSKI (W/LANCE HENRIKSON, ROBERT MILANO, ROLF SAXON, GALLAGHER)
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, DIR. RAY BENGSTON (W/AIDEN TURNER, CHRISTOPHER JUDGE)
THE IMMIGRANT (SHORT FILM), DIR. THE LEVY BROS. (W/DAVE FOLEY AND SCOT THOMPSON)
VAMPIREZOMBIEWEREWOLF (YOUTUBE SERIES), DIR. ROBB PADGETT
THE PROCEDURE (SHORT FILM), DIR. SERGIO PINHEIRO
INGLES YA (CHILDREN’S TV SERIES), DIR. PETER SHUSTARI
FAILCAST WITH BEN GIROUX (YOUTUBE SERIES), DIR. BEN GIROUX
FUNSPLOSION WITH RAY CHASE (YOUTUBE SERIES), DIR. LOGAN BURDICK
THEATRE/LIVE PERFORMANCE
CIRQUE DU SOLEIL “O” - RESIDENT SHOW BELLAGIO THEATRE, LAS VEGAS, WHITE CLOWN, AUGUST 2024-ON-GOING
LAZOOM COMEDY BUS TOURS - COMEDIAN & TOUR GUIDE, CREATOR OF ORIGINAL CONTENT AND CHARACTERS FOR THREE SEPARATE COMEDY TOURS; HEY ASHEVILLE! 90min. PG-13 SHOW, LIL BOOGERS - 60min. CHILDREN”S COMEDY MAGIC SHOW, GHOSTED! 60min. PG-17 SHOW
CIRQUE DU SOLEIL, TOTEM – INTERNATIONAL TOURING SHOW, DIR. ROBERT LEPAGE, LEAD CLOWN “VALENTINO”, 2014-MARCH 2020
CIRQUE DU SOLEIL, IRIS, SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM– HOLLYWOOD KODAK THEATRE, 2010-2012
HANDSOME LITTLE DEVILS, U.S. NATIONAL TOURING SHOW, DIR. MIKE & COLE HULING, LEAD CLOWN, BARON VEGAN VON HAMBURGER, 2013-2014
HOLST: THE PLANETS, DISNEY CONCERT HALL, TOYOTA SYMPHONIES FOR YOUTH, DIR. BARBARA JUNE DODGE, LEAD PERFORMER, THE ASTRONOMOLOGIST, 2012
THE SPIRIT OF THE CELLO, DISNEY CONCERT HALL, TOYOTA SYMPHONIES FOR YOUTH, DIR. DEBBIE DEVINE, LEAD PERFORMER, THE SPIRIT OF THE CELLO, 2009
THE SCHOOL OF NIGHT, MARK TAPER FORUM, DIR. BILL ALEXANDER, HARLEQUIN *2008 TICKETHOLDER AWARD FOR PERFORMANCE
SUMMERSOUNDS, HOLLYWOOD BOWL, DIR. MARNI SUSSMAN, JACK DONKEY, 2006-2007
THE COMPOSER IS DEAD (TWO RUNS), DISNEY CONCERT HALL., DIR. DEBBIE DEVINE, PALL BEARER/CLOWN, 2008, 2012
L’HISTOIRE DU SOLDAT, SF SYMPHONY & SF BALLET, DIR. DAVID PRATHER, SOLDAT
THE ILLUSION, OPEN FIST THEATRE, DIR. DAVID BRIDEL, MATAMORE
FAFALO, MILES PLAYHOUSE, DIR. STEPHEN LEGAWIEC, FAFALO *LA TIMES CRITIC’S PICK
THE TEMPEST, MORGAN-WIXSON THEATRE, DIR. LEWIS STOUT, STEFANO *BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR AWARD
VATOS IN SPACE, SACRED FOOLS THEATRE, WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY ME!, FLACO, *16 EPISODES AND RUNNER UP, SERIAL KILLERS 2008-2009 SEASON
TEN WEST, U.S. NATIONAL TOURS, DIR. BRYAN COFFEE, WRITER, PRODUCER AND CO-LEAD PERFORMER, 2004-2014
EDUCATION/TRAINING
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY – B.A. HISTORY (1994), M.A. SECONDARY EDUC. (1999)
IMPROV – GRADUATE IMPROV OLYMPIC WEST TRAINING CENTER (2008-2009)
CLOWN – GRADUATE THE CLOWN SCHOOL (2007-2008)
CLOWN/MOVEMENT/MIME – STEFAN HAVES, DAVID BRIDEL, ORLANDO PABATOY, JEF JOHNSON, LORIN SALM, MISHA USOV, EKATERINA PRIOGOVSKAYA, MARC-ANTOINE PICARD, HAYDEN SPENCER, ROCH JUTRAS
COMMEDIA DELL’ARTE – JOHN ACHORN, DANA WEILUNS, JOAN SCHIRLE, JEAN-LOUIS PICARD
SHAKESPEARE – ARMIN SHIMMERMAN, JOHN ACHORN
ACTING/SCENE STUDY – HAYDEN SPENCER, BARBARA TARBUCK (UCLA), JEAN-LOUIS PICARD COMMERCIAL ACTING – CRAIG COLVIN, JORDANA CAPRA
SCREENWRITING –BONNIE MCBIRD (UCLA), JOHN HINDMAN
VOICE – ESI ACQUUAH-HARRISON, ROBERT POLIQUIN - Cirque du Soleil
CONTEMPORARY DANCE/BALLET – SOPHIE DUNCAN, IRINA MOISEEVA- Cirque du Soleil
SPECIAL POWERS
CLOWN, COMMEDIA DELL’ARTE, MIME, IMPROV, WRITING FOR STAGE AND SCREEN, FLUENT ITALIAN, CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH, GREAT WITH CHARACTER AND DIALECTS, PHYSICAL COMEDY, PUPPETRY, WEAPONS EXPERIENCE, LIVING HISTORY NERD, WICKED GOOD AT PRATFALLS
PRAISE FROM THE PRESS
”There’s only one actor out of a million that is fully emerged “in the now”, fully present on stage without any toxic over thinking. Those one of a kind are rare to find, Jon is one of them! Cirque du Soleil is lucky to have him on stage, he is one of the most generous actors I’ve worked with in my life!” – Jean-Louis Picard, Acting Coach, Cirque du Soleil
”The acting honors must go to Monastero as the lisping braggart Matamore; he turns the character into a flamboyantly sui generis figure of loony egotism and would-be gallantry, graceful but hilariously absurd.” - Neal Weaver, Backstage West, Oct. 23, 2009
"One of the plays high points is a silent Commedia dell'Arte bit at the beginning of the second act; Jon Monastero's wonderful Harlequin seems lifted directly from 1592." - Paul Hodgins, The Orange County Register, Nov. 11, 2008