“30 Plays for Child Actors” by Gorman John Ruggiero will be exhibited at the 2024 L.A. Times Festival of Books

The self-publishing and book marketing company ReadersMagnet will display “30 Plays for Child Actors” by Gorman John Ruggiero at the 2024 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. The literary festival will occur on April 20-21, 2024, at the University of Southern California Campus, Los Angeles, USA. The L.A. Times Festival of Books is one of the country’s most important book events. Held every April, the premier event brings together storytellers, artists, and publishers to celebrate the beauty of literature, arts, and culture.

Gorman John Ruggiero has been training child actors for over 35 years. In this collection of his plays, one will find a variety of works, including folktales, mythology, religious stories, and original plays that can help children learn important life lessons by acting them out on stage.

Ruggiero has extensive experience working with children on the autism spectrum, and many of his plays have been performed to great success by both typically developing children and those with autism. This collaborative process has helped enhance the communication skills of child actors and improve their understanding of autism. Through the rehearsal and performance process, many friendships have been formed as children learn about each other’s unique qualities and similarities.

In a world where effective communication is often lacking, Ruggiero believes that the performing arts can be a powerful tool for physical, emotional, and intellectual expression, which is crucial for success in personal and professional relationships. By helping children perform these plays, anyone can help advance this critical notion.

Get a copy of “30 Plays for Child Actors” by Gorman John Ruggiero on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Visit the ReadersMagnet exhibit at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books 2024 at booth #225 to check out the book’s display.

Author
Gorman Ruggiero is an award-winning actor who trained at SUNY Purchase Acting Conservatory. His favorite roles are Stanley in Streetcar Named Desire, Vershinin in The Three Sisters, Truffaldino in Servant of Two Masters, Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Pozzo in Waiting for Godot, Jean-Paul Marat in Marat-Sade, and Charles Dickins in A Christmas Carol and more.

Ruggiero has a degree in Playwrighting from SUNY Purchase. He is a Master in Science of Psychology and has worked with Children on the Autism Spectrum and trained child actors for over 35 years. He was known as “the Vivaldi of Baldwin” for his works of original plays produced at that school in the 1990s. Ruggiero created and performed the character Cappy GoLucky for WXXA’s TV children’s programming.

He has appeared in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Mysteries at the Museum, on ESPN in Saban Greatness, in Fox Nation’s The Great American Heist as Old Cheech, and in the award-winning film The Cathedral by Ricky D’Ambrose, among others. Ruggiero has won numerous awards for his role as Mac in Dadley Productions’ film Calf Rope and many more for his role as Jude Wilcox in Dadley’s film Night Voices. Gorman’s new book, The Stolen Star, is in the writing stage.

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