Gene D'Onofrio's student plays "Big Daddy"

TheTimes-News.com, 3.6.08
by Charity Apple

Five years ago, theater legend Gennaro D’Onofrio told Alamance County’s own Reid Dalton that he’d be perfect for the role of Big Daddy in Tennessee Williams’ “Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.”

That comment comes to fruition on Friday when Dalton takes the stage as Big Daddy in the Find The Light Repertory Theater Company and School of Theater and Film’s production of “Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.”


Gene D'Onofrio

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Dalton first met Gennaro D’Onofrio and his daughter, who also teaches acting, five years ago. He started taking a class with D’Onofrio in the fall and discovered the production company would be performing “Hansel and Gretel,” which he hoped to be involved with but already had a role in the Gallery Players’ “And Then There Were None.” When “Cat On A Hot Tin Roof” was mentioned, Dalton jumped at the chance.

A New York native, D’Onofrio has called North Carolina home for a number of years. He has two daughters and one son — actor Vincent D’Onofrio, who has appeared on “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” and in a number of movies as well as achieving directing and production roles. Vincent and Gennaro created the RiverRun International Film Festival, which they sold to the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem four years ago.
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Thanks Linda!