{{Short description|Canadian actor and theatre director}} '''Farren Timoteo''' is a Canadian stage actor, theatre director and playwright from Edmonton, Alberta, best known for his one-man play ''Made in Italy''.<ref name=faulder>Liane Faulder, [https://edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/local-arts/review-huge-talent-ignites-colour-and-laughter-in-the-citadels-made-in-italy "Huge talent ignites colour and laughter in the Citadel's Made In Italy"]. ''Edmonton Journal'', January 11, 2024.</ref>
==Career== He began his career as an actor and theatre director in the 2000s, becoming artistic director of Alberta Musical Theatre in 2006.<ref name=cte>[https://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Timoteo%2C%20Farren "Timoteo, Farren"]. ''Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia'', March 28, 2025.</ref>
As a director, he has been associated principally with musical theatre, including productions of ''Songs for a New World'', ''The Soldier's Tale'', ''Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story'', ''The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee'', ''Everybody Goes to Mitzi's'', ''The Infinite Shiver'', ''Pippin'', ''Crazy for You'', ''H.M.S. Pinafore'' and ''The Light in the Piazza''.<ref name=cte/> As an actor he has performed in both musical and non-musical roles, including productions of ''Little Shop of Horrors'', ''Jersey Boys'', ''Spamalot'', ''Forever Plaid'', ''As You Like It'' and ''Coriolanus''.<ref name=cte/> He has also had occasional film, television and video game roles, most notably in Trevor Anderson's 2008 short film ''DINX''.<ref>"Shine on you crazy sequin; Edmonton rocker/filmmaker Trevor Anderson's new film about a strip-club shooter boy comes to the Fairy Tales film fest in all its snappy-screwball-stripper-drag glory". ''Calgary Herald'', May 23, 2008.</ref>
In the fall of 2025, he is slated to become artistic director of Edmonton's Teatro La Quindicina.<ref name=cte/>
===''Made in Italy''=== ''Made in Italy'', a one-man show inspired by his father's coming-of-age as a first-generation Italian Canadian son of immigrants in Alberta in the 1970s, had its premiere at the Western Canada Theatre in 2016.<ref name=cte/>
Timoteo has since toured the show to numerous other theatres in Canada, including the Arts Club Theatre in Vancouver,<ref>[https://www.createastir.ca/articles/made-in-italy-return-arts-club-sc "Back by popular demand, Farren Timoteo’s Made in Italy returns to the Arts Club Theatre Company"]. ''Stir'', June 28, 2022.</ref> the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton,<ref name=faulder/> the Manitoba Theatre Centre in Winnipeg,<ref>Joff Schmidt, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/theatre-review-made-in-italy-rmtc-1.5038951 "Deep theatre? Fuhgeddaboudit: Coming-of-age tale Made In Italy predictable, but offers feel-good laughs"]. CBC News Manitoba, March 1, 2019.</ref> the Thousand Islands Playhouse in Gananoque,<ref>Peter Hendra, [https://www.thewhig.com/entertainment/local-arts/humour-adds-flavour-to-play-about-immigrant-experience "Humour adds flavour to play about immigrant experience"]. ''Kingston Whig-Standard'', July 12, 2019.</ref> Theatre Aquarius in Hamilton,<ref>Gary Smith, [https://www.thespec.com/entertainment/stage/made-in-italy-made-perfectly-by-farren-timoteo/article_632f1873-e501-54e1-aa2e-e1fabcc30b5d.html "‘Made in Italy’ made perfectly by Farren Timoteo"]. ''Hamilton Spectator'', March 11, 2022.</ref> the Persephone Theatre in Saskatoon,<ref>[https://www.sasktoday.ca/saskatoon-today/saskatoon-news/one-man-play-made-in-italy-opens-march-12-10280536 "One-man play, Made in Italy, opens March 12"]. ''SaskToday'', March 11, 2025.</ref> and a run at the CAA Theatre in Toronto in 2025.<ref>Glenn Sumi, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/this-playwright-had-never-heard-of-being-embarrassed-to-be-italian-but-his-fathers-experience/article_4c7c0f39-5523-41c6-9050-51f998092e6a.html "This playwright had never heard of being embarrassed to be Italian. But his father’s experience of feeling like an outsider prompted this award-winning solo show"]. ''Toronto Star'', May 22, 2025.</ref>
==Awards== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col"| Award ! scope="col"| Date of ceremony ! scope="col"| Category ! scope="col"| Work ! scope="col"| Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- | rowspan=4| Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award | 2010 | Outstanding Score for a Play or Musical | ''Everybody Goes to Mitzi's!''<br><small>with Ryan Sigurdson</small> | {{won}} | <ref>Liz Nicholls, "Courageous triumphs; Play about tolerance shares top honours with The Drowsy Chaperone". ''Edmonton Journal'', June 29, 2010.</ref> |- | 2012 | Outstanding Artistic Achievement, Theatre for Young Audiences | ''Pinocchio'' | {{won}} | <ref>Liz Nicholls, "Revivals win top honours at Sterlings; Death of a Salesman, Chicago lauded at city theatre awards". ''Edmonton Journal'', June 26, 2012.</ref> |- | 2013 | Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | ''Spamalot'' | {{won}} | <ref>Liz Nicholls, "Spamalot reigns at Sterlings; Shares theatre honours with Let the Light of Day Through". ''Edmonton Journal'', June 25, 2013.</ref> |- | 2019 | Outstanding Performance in a Leading Role - Comedy | rowspan=2| ''Made in Italy'' | {{won}} | <ref>"Sterling awards, with a new twist, announced at annual gala at the Mayfield". ''Edmonton Journal'', June 25, 2019.</ref> |- | Jessie Richardson Theatre Award | 2022 | Outstanding Performance in a Leading Comedic Role | {{won}} | <ref>Tom Zillich, "Surrey stage for 'Made In Italy,' a hit musical-comedy that shouldn't be missed". ''Surrey Now-Leader'', February 23, 2024.</ref> |}
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