About Giovanni Ripa

Giovanni Ripa is an American writer, actor and director. He was raised in Old Forge, Pennsylvania. He is of Italian and Arab descent. Raised entirely by a single mother, thanks Dad...

Stage Plays

Footprints Dressed in Red (2015)

Far from the Tree (2015)
The Azure Glow and Roar of the Deep Infinite (2017)
The Pale of The Painter's Dream (2018)

Mini-Series

Meadowlark Lane (2018)

Screenplays

Here with You (2017)
Ebon's Ocean (2017)
Untitled Animated Western (2017)
Untitled American Dust Bowl Project (2018)
I Dreamed You Dreamnt About Me (2020)
You Are My Winter (2021)

Poetry Books
 
The Galaxy Awaits (2016)
Cradle of Pieces (2019)
The Sound of Night (2021)

Various Short Films, TV Pilots and Short Stage Plays -

Aftermath

The Apple of Her Eye
Ladder
Bloom
Lackawanna Moon
Away From Here
Somewhere Better

Acting

Giovanni has put up several one-man theater productions in the San Fernando Valley, as well rural New York and Pennsylvania.
Including one-person adaptions of Antony and Cleopatra, Beyond the Horizon, Henry V, Copenhagen, Of Mice and Men, and various short stories, including those by Anton Chekhov, William Faulkner and John Steinbeck, as well as an abridged version of Fritz Lang's M

Giovanni has filmed 4 television pilots as an actor, none of which made it to air. Crash, crash, burn...

Davey Matthews wrote that song about me. Thanks, Dave.

Spoken Word

Giovanni has performed spoken word poetry at 42 venues in 9 different cities since 2014. Mainly in Philadelphia, New York and Los Angeles.

Improv

Giovanni ran an improv show starting in 2016, called Beef Lips, in the LA Area,
Sometimes touring, comprised heavily on crowd-work.
He has a second touring improv show known by the name, Lamb Shank.

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Roasting

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Giovanni is available to hire for roast writing and performing. I am a monster.

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