Nick Raio

Nick Raio

Nick Raio is a native New Yorker raised in the Bronx and now dividing his time between NYC and South Florida. The artsy side of Nick didn't surface until his mid-30's,when after working 13 years as a NY State Prison guard in places like Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, he realized he had made a bad career choice. Nick moved into real estate sales next as a full time gig and started...
Nick Raio is a native New Yorker raised in the Bronx and now dividing his time between NYC and South Florida. The artsy side of Nick didn't surface until his mid-30's,when after working 13 years as a NY State Prison guard in places like Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, he realized he had made a bad career choice. Nick moved into real estate sales next as a full time gig and started working in local theatre, Vassar College films, inter active dinner theatre and for Japanese TV filming reenactments of American news stories in the Hudson Valley area of NY State where he then lived. He had an epiphany when he actually started getting paid for his acting work and decided that was what he wanted to do for a living. After an amiable divorce (she helped him carry his things out of the house and let him take the cat) he moved back to New York City earn his union cards.
Examples of his acting , writing and performing his own work can be found on his website www.nickraio.com . His play, "Sheila and Angelo", was accepted to the 2016 NYC International Fringe Festival. The show featured SAG award winner Dan Grimaldi as Angelo and had a sold out run in August, 2016 at the IATI Theater in NYC. Nick hopes to see this play done in more theaters across the country and is actively pursing that possibility.

Plays

  • Sheila and Angelo by Nick Raio
    Cast: 
    5–12
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: Seniors, love + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, romantic comedy
    Keyword: Seniors, love, Sex, death, adult, right to die, afterlife
    Sheila and Angelo by Nick Raio is a heartfelt comedic love story with a dark twist. The main characters are two active seniors living in a retirement community in South Florida. Sheila is an oversexed, jealous, Jewish American princess whose “best behind is behind her”. Angelo, her husband, the Italian Stallion, is still virile thanks to his “vitamin” and always looking for a bargain.The laughs come often but...
    Sheila and Angelo by Nick Raio is a heartfelt comedic love story with a dark twist. The main characters are two active seniors living in a retirement community in South Florida. Sheila is an oversexed, jealous, Jewish American princess whose “best behind is behind her”. Angelo, her husband, the Italian Stallion, is still virile thanks to his “vitamin” and always looking for a bargain.The laughs come often but as in life, there are poignant moments which will bring a tear to your eye. On a deeper level the play examines the tribulations of growing older in contemporary America and speculates on …the alternative.
    The play is structured so the actors, aside from the leads, can play multiple parts. It was successfully done to a sold out run at the 2016 NYC International Fringe Festival by 3 females and 2 males. If an organization doesn't have cast size constraints there are 12 roles, 7 female and 5 male which would open up roles for minorities.