Joe Cosentino has acted in featured roles on film, television and theatre opposite Bruce Willis, Nathan Lane, Rosie O’Donnell and Jason Robards. His plays for young audiences have performed at hundreds of theatres and schools across the northeastern United States by Encore Performing Arts and Interborough Repertory Theatre, including Candlewood Playhouse, Westbury Music Fair, the Harold Clurman Theatre, and Lincoln Center Library. His plays for adult audiences have been performed Off-Broadway and in regional theatre. Mr. Cosentino holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Playwriting and a Masters Degree in Education. He is a recipient of the American College Theatre Festival Award. Currently he is Head of the Department of Performing, Visual Arts, and Communications at SUNY Dutchess Community College in Poughkeepsie, New York.