Biography
Ralph Colombino has been a performer and educator for the past twenty-two years. He received a BFA degree from Mason Gross School of the Arts Professional Acting Training Program at Rutgers University. He has studied acting with some of the theatre’s most renowned teachers, including: Pierre LeFevre, William Esper, Maggie Flanigan, Victoria Hart, Edward Stern, Harold Scott, Lloyd Williamson, Mai Loughran, Peter Nels, and Joseph Hart. Mr. Colombino has performed in over thirty professional productions. Most notably he was in the award-winning Shoestring Players 1989 company which began its American tour at The State Theater in New Brunswick, NJ and ended it five months later at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. Ralph’s main contribution to theater has been teaching the craft to young people. His classes are designed to continuously challenge the young artist and to instill confidence as a performer and as a person. Some of his teaching credits include: Actor’s Heritage in NYC, The Children’s Cultural Center in Red Bank NJ, Hoboken High School in NJ, Dance Theater Project in Spring Lake NJ, Fairleigh Dickinson University and presently, Monmouth University where, as an adjunct professor Ralph teaches acting, theater appreciation, and directs mainstage shows.
Mr. Colombino is also the lead singer and guitarist in the Remnants, an alternative rock outfit that was established in 1990. They have played to sold out crowds at nearly every major rock venue in NYC and NJ. The Remnants have also received airplay on Q104.3 in NYC, WHTG 106.3 in NJ and countless college radio stations.
Many of Ralph’s students hae been accepted to the most prestigious and elite universities for theatre that exist, some of which include: The TISCH School at New York Universtiy, Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, Harvard, Northwestern, and USC.
Ralph’s students’ professional credits include feature films: Donnie Brasco and School of Rock, television shows: The Late Show with David Letterman, Saturday Night Live, The Sopranos, Law & Order, As The World Turns, MTV specials, Noggin programming and countless national commercials.
