Bert Bernardi

Bert Bernardi has penned twenty-one original musicals with his collaborator Justin Rugg, including Noni Cimino’s Kitchen, Italian Wedding Soup, and Glitz! The Little Miss Christmas Pageant Musical. His works also include adaptations of the popular children’s books Auntie Claus, The Adventures of Dish & Spoon, Rocko & Spanky, Louise the Big Cheese, Porkenstein, Punk Skunks, and Cinderella Skeleton (with Scott Simonelli). Also an actor and director, Bert is the co-founder of Pantochino Productions Inc. and recipient of the Connecticut Critics Circle Tom Killen Award for Outstanding Contribution to Theatre.