Victoria Casella

is thrilled to be back for her 10th season with Florida Rep! This past season she musical directed (MD) a Pride Concert for New York City Opera at The Milford Theater and Performing Arts Center. Other MD projects were Beehive (Florida Repertory Theatre), Master Class and The Fantasticks for Bergen County Players. This past season, she also presented Where the Time Goes at the Dramatists Guild (NYC), a ‘60s musical where she co-wrote the book and did the musical arrangements. It was first premiered at Florida Rep PlayLab 2019. Previously, she was MD/Arranger for Night and Day: Love Lost and Found Through the Eyes of Cole Porter at Elmwood Playhouse where she won a Broadway World Award for Best Musical Direction and Orchestra. In fall ’21 she was MD/Arranger for Let’s Fall In Love at Florida Repertory Theatre (FL REP). According to NBC-2 in Fort Myers, “Equally impressive is the trio of musicians who accompany him (Evan Tyrone Martin), including pianist and longtime guest musical director, Victoria Casella, who also has a beautiful backup voice I would like to have heard even more of. She MD’d Elliot & Me, a new musical about the life and times of famed songwriter Elliot Willensky for Hudson Theatre Works and also streamed for Laguna Playhouse and Sonoma Arts Theatre. Previously she was MD for A Gentleman’s Guide To Love and Murder at FL REP and MD/Arranger for “The Green Crow Caws” at the Irish Repertory Theatre, NYC. She was also awarded Broadway World Best Musical Direction for Regional Theater (Fort Myers/Naples, Florida) for her work on Night and Day at FL REP. Other MD credits with FL REP are: Tenderly:The Rosemary Clooney Musical, MD/Creative Team for Fascinatin’ Gershwin and MD for Spelling Bee. Other credits: Night and Day, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Full Monty, Romance Romance, Altar Boyz for Theatre Barn. Acting credits: Susanna in Daredevil (Netflix, Season 2), Mrs. Aaronson in The Gold (NYMF), Marie (understudy) in The Most Happy Fella (Goodspeed).