Renato Biribin Cast as Valentino

Renato Biribin will play the lead role of Duke Valentino in the world premiere production of Valentino: a play in verse at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. The festival takes place in Hollywood, California June 17-27, 2010.

In the play, Duke Valentino must face the sins of his past in order to protect his family. Brilliant and ambitious, Valentino wages a war to reclaim the Papal States for Rome, but he is haunted by the memory of murdering his brother. His beloved sister, Lucrezia Borgia, may already be plotting his destruction. Now his mercenary captains have formed a conspiracy against him. Valentino's only hope for survival lies with two Florentine men of genius: Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolò Machiavelli.

Renato Biribin recently played the lead role of Pericles in Pericles, Prince of Tyre at the Santa Clarita Shakespeare Festival.

Meet the Original Cast of Valentino

While the New Works Festival cast of Valentino is busy memorizing their lines for their first performance on Saturday, March 24, 8pm, I thought I'd go ahead and make the introductions:

VALENTINO – Lou Steele
LEONARDO DA VINCI – Andrew Fish Booth
MICHELOTTO – Chriss Nicholas
VITELLOZZO VITELLI – Scott Hamby
RAMIRO DE LORQUA– Richard McNally
CARDINAL ORSINI – Paul Strickland
FRANCESCO ORSINI – Renato Biribin
PAOLO ORSINI – Nick Huff
SOLDIERS – Andrea Plaud and Sarah Oh

I'm very excited to have such a talented group of actors speaking my words on stage for the first time.

Break a leg, everyone!