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NEWS
Winter 2022
This past holiday season, Luciana was back at The Encore Musical Theatre Company performing in A Christmas Story!
Summer 2021
This summer, Luciana is back onstage as Holly in the Penny Seats Theatre Company's production of Summer of Love.
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Spring 2021
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Luciana performed in Open Book Theatre Company's Weekend Wonders this past March. She played Roz in Shades of Red by Erin Osgood. The piece was directed by Anna Simmons. You can view this event virtually on Open Book's Facebook page or their website. Click here for the March FB live stream. |
Fall 2020Luciana performed in a virtual play reading of Tracy Spada's Game, Set, Match with Penny Seats Theatre Company this past November. |
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Fall VO Update. Luciana collaborated with TouchIT Technologies on their latest project about their TouchIt Rapide product. |
Spring 2020Luciana is back collaborating with TouchIT Technologies on their new project for Just Cast It! Have a listen to her voice over in this video! |
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Fall 2019
Luciana played Jane Bingley in MISS BENNET CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY at Open Book Theatre Company. Performances ran mid-November through December 14th.
Photos by Jan Cartwright Photography.
Photos by Jan Cartwright Photography.
Luciana is the voice of TouchIT Technologies TouchIT Rapide tutorials. Below are a few samples of her work.
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Summer 2019
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Luciana spent the summer playing a Follies Girl in CRAZY FOR YOU at The Encore! Performances ran from June through August.
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Luciana is the Intern Program Coordinator at Shakespeare Royal Oak. The internships are focused in various areas of production, administration, and education.
The festival runs end of July through early August.
The festival runs end of July through early August.
Spring 2019
Luciana is the voice of Suzy in TouchIT Technologies Contribute Sinage's informational videos.
Here are a couple samples of her work:
Here are a couple samples of her work:
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Michele Anliker Photography
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Luciana has just completed performances of BRIGADOON at The Encore Musical Theatre Company. She is played the role of Jane Ashton/ Ensemble in the production. The show ran through mid-May.
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Winter 2019First choreography gig of 2019 in the books!
Luciana was the choreographer for Riverbank Performing Arts Academy’s production of A Year With Frog and Toad Kids. The students performed the show at the beginning of March at the Snug Theatre! |
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Luciana is the voice of TouchIT Technologies Contribute Cloud Training Modules. Here are some selections from the recent installment of the program:
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Voice Over News |
Fall 2018
Luciana was nominated for the Broadway World Detroit Awards. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical with her work as Miss Dorothy in Thoroughly Modern Millie at The Riverbank Theatre.
Click here for a link to the website!
Click here for a link to the website!
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Luciana played Mother/ Mrs.Parker in A Christmas Story the Musical at The Riverbank Theatre. Performances ran through the holiday season!
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Here's what clients are saying about Luciana's voice over work:
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Luciana wrapped up filming a video for the University of Michigan Alumni Association this fall.
More of Luciana's work is on her MEDIA page.
More of Luciana's work is on her MEDIA page.
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Luciana played Wolf Moon Dance Soady in Escanaba in da Moonlight at The Snug Theatre! Performances ran through October and November. |
Summer 2018
Luciana Piazza nails the role with gorgeous operatic charm and just the right amount of comedy schtick, making Smith and Piazza a fun couple to watch. Mr. Graydon, while oblivious to Millie’s modern flirtation tactics, literally experiences love at first sight when he meets Millie’s old fashioned roommate, Miss Dorothy, delightfully played by Luciana Piazza. |
Luciana played Miss Dorothy in The Riverbank Theatre's production of Thoroughly Modern Millie. |
This summer, Luciana was an acting instructor with The Riverbank Performing Arts Academy during their summer camp. The students performed Disney’s “101 Dalmatians” at the culmination of the program. |
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Spring 2018
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Luciana is played Girl in the Water/ Ensemble in BIG FISH this past spring. Performances began a the end April and ran through May 20th! |
Spring Voice Over Update
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Here is the most recent project Luciana worked on. For more on Luciana's VO's check out the MEDIA Tab. |
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Winter 2018
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Luciana started off 2018 as a Bird Girl in The Riverbank Theatre's production of Seussical.
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Fall 2017
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This December, Luciana completed successful run at The Encore Musical Theatre Company as Virtue in the Cole Porter classic, ANYTHING GOES. Photos by Michele Anliker Photography |
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TIMELESS TALES UPDATE
Luciana played the title role of Goldilocks in Timeless Tales Theatre's Fall touring production. Performances began late September and ran through late November !
Luciana played the title role of Goldilocks in Timeless Tales Theatre's Fall touring production. Performances began late September and ran through late November !
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Luciana has also kept busy as a Musical Theatre Enrichment teacher with Sunset Theatre Company! Here she is with some of her students this past fall! For more information on Luciana's instructional and educational experience, check the DIRECTING tab. |
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This September Luciana collaborated on a project with TouchIT Technologies. She is the voice for their upcoming tutorials for the new content sharing platform, Contribute Could! |
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Luciana can be heard voicing a television news anchor in the upcoming short film The Healers. The film premiered in October and will be submitted to upcoming short film festivals.
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Summer 2017
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Luciana performed at the 2017 Wilde Awards this past August. She sang with the company of The Bridges of Madison County, which she was a part of this past spring at The Dio. The production was nominated for Best Musical this year. |
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VIDEO: Live Performance | Almost Like Being In LoveLuciana sang at the St.Joseph Festival with The Encore Musical Theatre this past July!
For more, click the MEDIA tab! |
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Luciana is thrilled to be back with her Water Works Theatre/ Shakespeare Royal Oak family this summer as Intern Coordinator for the festival. For more on Luciana's directing and educational experience, check out the DIRECTING tab!
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Summer Voice Over Update |
Luciana just completed work with the client, Legacy of Buddha in July.
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Luciana is thrilled to be back with Timeless Tales Theatre this summer as Wendy Darling in their touring production of Peter Pan. Performances began at the end of June and ran through July! Luciana also completed performances of Timeless Tales Theatre's second summer show , The Country Mouse and the City Mouse early August. Luciana played the City Mouse and the Cat! |
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Luciana is back at The Encore Musical Theatre Company this summer with the Lerner and Loewe classic, Camelot. She is played Lady Sybil/ Ensemble in the production. |
Spring 2017Luciana performed in a concert this past May called "Something Like a Dream" at The Dio Theatre. The theme of the evening was dream roles and musical theatre favorites. Luciana will sang "Practically Perfect" from the musical Mary Poppins.
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VOICE OVER UPDATE |
Luciana is the voice for the upcoming Kickstarter campaign video presenting the new app "R We Still On Time?".
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Great communication, fast turn around time, friendly, concise. I am going to rehire Luciana for my next project! |
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This past April, Luciana performed at the Fisher Theatre in Detroit. She was a backup vocalist for the touring show Rocktopia.
Below are some photos from the gig! |
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Luciana completed a workshop with New York Voice Over Artist Tina Zaremba this past March. Here is a sample track from one of the reads she worked on in the studio. For more of Luciana's Voice Over tracks, check out her Media page. Audio clip provided by Solid Sound Productions, LLC. |
Luciana has begun performances of Peter Rabbit with Timeless Tales Theatre Company. She is playing the title role of Peter Rabbit and also Maw McGregor in the production. The show will tour to various venues this spring performing for children of all ages.
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Winter 2017
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Liberty Secret Winter Screening UPdate
The film will be screened at ClexaCon Film Festival in Las Vegas this March! It's a Dad Commercial Project
This was a Parenthood.gov spot for CCS Films.Working in the Arts MTD NEWS
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Fall 2016
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Luciana was excited to work at The Encore this past holiday season on their production of MARY POPPINS. She played the role of Katie Nanna/Ensemble. |
Liberty's Secret Fall 2016 Update!
The premiere of the film took place this past September at the Michigan Theatre in Ann Arbor.
In addition to the premiere, the film has also been submitted to film festivals around the globe. The first festival will be the Karlesruhe Pride Pictures Queer Film Festival in Germany this October! Additional October screenings include: Cologne, Germany Dortmund, Germany (Homochrom Film Festival) Liberty's Secret will be playing on opening night at the Ojai Film Festival in Ojai, California this November. 
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Luciana and other cast members on the Red Carpet for the Premiere Screening at the Michigan Theatre.
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Summer 2016
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Luciana completed the culmination production of her apprenticeship at the Purple Rose Theatre called Dark Night. The show was performed, written, directed, and designed by the 25th Anniversary Apprentices.
Update: There was an additional reading of the scenes with a talkback at the Chelsea District Library in late August. |
Spring 2016Luciana performed in Theatre Nova's Michigan May Playwright Festival! The festival showcased a variety of new plays by talented playwrights. She read as: Becca in iBlindDate by Kevin Goldberg & Kathryn in Finality by Sarah McEneaney. |
This past April, Luciana had her designing debut at the Purple Rose! Luciana had the opportunity to be the Properties Designer for the World Premiere of Gaps in the Fossil Record by Matt Letscher. The play is the recipient of the 2015 Edgerton Foundation New Play Award. The show ran at the Purple Rose April 14th through May 28th, 2016. Click here for more information. |
Winter 2016
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Liberty's Secret Winter Update!
Andy Kirshner, the director of Liberty's Secret, released a new clip from the film. Luciana plays the Betty Crocker esque- über mom in the commercial. Click here for the video clip. Click here for the blog post. |
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Thrilled to join the Purple Rose family! This past January, Luciana was a featured artist on the Purple Rose Theatre's website. Luciana is currently an Apprentice for their 25th Anniversary season. Click here for a link to her bio. Luciana is also mentioned in January's Oakland University MTD Working in the Arts Alumni News. |
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Fall 2015 |
For The First Time in Forever... a Disney Showcase! Luciana performed classic Disney songs at a cabaret for children at the Ann Arbor District Public Library. She sang "A Whole New World" from Aladdin, "Once Upon A Dream" from Sleeping Beauty, and many more! |
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Brand new Commercial Voice Over Demo!
Along with her work in theatre and film, Luciana has been working on her Voice Over career. Check out her Commercial Voice Over Reel! Many thanks to Wayne David Parker, and the staff at Ron Rose Studios. Also, you can check out Luciana's collection of University ads she has done in the past year.
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Early in November, Luciana spoke to Inclusion Films/OU CARES Film Workshop. She discussed her career thus far and taught the group various acting/movement exercises she uses when preparing for a role. She worked with the group this past year, acting in the lead role of Hannah in the short film, World Wide Wishes. |
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Luciana assisted as an acting coach for the Troy Theatre Ensemble's fall production, the Agatha Christie mystery, AND THEN THERE WERE NONE. Performances ran the second weekend of November. For additional cast photos/media, check out School Life Troy's article. |
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Summer 2015
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Luciana has been working on a brand new musical by composer Scott Gwinnell. It is called BeBop: The Musical. It is produced through CMAP Theatre ( Carrie Morris Arts Production) in Detroit under the direction of Carrie Morris. The musical shows the evolution of Jazz in the 1940s in a comedic musical satire that also involves puppets. Luciana sings the role of jazz vocalist and instrumentalist Chet Baker. There was a staged reading of this show in late August with a live band, puppeteers, and vocalists.
For more information check out CMAP's website. A press release about the show is posted on Oakland University's MTD Facebook page. 
BeBop Update!
Luciana reunited with the cast of BeBop in the studio to record the original cast album. |
Alumni News! Check out an article written for July 2015 by the Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance highlighting Luciana's upcoming engagements, as well as other alumni working in the arts.
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Luciana was thrilled to be back at Water Works Theatre Company Summer 2015 as Phebe in their production of As You Like It! The show ran in the beginning of August. For more information check out the Water Works website.
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Luciana performed in The Encore Musical Theatre Company's Miscast Cabaret!! Essentially we get a chance to swap types and sing songs we never could have the chance to sing in a show! Check out the video of the performance under the MEDIA tab or go to my Youtube channel.
Spring 2015
Luciana has just graduated from Oakland University!! She received her BFA with Departmental and University Honors. (Magna Cum Laude, Alpha Lambda Delta, Golden Key, and on the Deans List during her entire time in college. ) Many thanks to family, friends and faculty that have guided her through the years.
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Making her professional musical debut, Luciana was cast in The Encore Musical Theatre Company's production of SOUTH PACIFIC. See slideshow for rehearsal stills, the cast, and show poster! For more information and to buy tickets click here. Here's a review by John Quinn for the Encore Michigan website. |
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Luciana had the chance to do a reading of a new work by playwright,actor, and friend Sean Paraventi last summer at the Blue Field Writers House.
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Winter 2015
This March, Luciana is currently in the process of filming a short film with Inclusion Films/OU CARES. The film will go to film festivals in the coming year. To learn more about the program check out the CNN video featuring founder Joey Travolta.
Luciana is assistant directing Troy Theatre Ensemble's production SOUTH PACIFIC. Visit TTE's website for ticket information and updates.
Check out the article in School Life where she is mentioned along with the entire cast and creative team as well as production stills.
Check out the article in School Life where she is mentioned along with the entire cast and creative team as well as production stills.
Luciana just performed with Oakland Jazz singers at the Varner Recital Hall. She was a featured soloist on the song "Lil' Darlin" directed and arranged by Scott Gwinnell. More to come in April!
Luciana is a part of Oakland Jazz Singers this semester. She has beenperforming under the direction of Scott Gwinnell at performances on campus as well as at Cliff Bells in Detroit.
Fall 2014
Luciana performed in a concert of songs by Harold Arlen at Oakland University . She sang "That Old Black Magic". Click to see her performance here.
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Luciana directed a comedic One-Act play called THE PARK BENCH, a student written play from OU's playwriting class. Performances were in early December 2014.
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June 2014 |
Luciana was cast in her first professional theatre gig through Water Works Theatre Company!
Check out the cast list here. Luciana went to an Alexander Technique Workshop in Virginia at the end of the month. " Here I am, I am here" |
April 2014
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As a part of her directing course at Oakland University, Luciana directed a scene from "A Feminine Ending" by Sarah Treem.
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February/March 2014
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Met Avner the Eccentric and Tony Kushner!
Luciana opening up her second musical production as an assistant director with the Troy Theatre Ensemble. GODSPELL will ran for two weekends.
Luciana played the roles of Rosie Probert and Gwennie in Oakland University's production of Dylan Thomas' "Under Milk Wood". This show is in collaboration with Synergy on Stage to create a performance that Deaf and Hearing audiences can enjoy.
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