DEBRIANNA MANSINI Actor, Creator and Co-Writer of the web series CYPHERS and REACTION 21.
Debrianna Mansini is a New York trained actor with a passion for activism.
"I believe deeply in using my skills to promote community and consciousness. "
Mansini trained at the great Circle in the Square before coming to the Land of Enchantment. Shortly after arriving in Santa Fe from New York City, Ms. Mansini began producing theatre with a company she started called Tin Roof Productions. That company eventually folded into Santa Fe Performing Arts Company, where she continued to perform and produce theatre. She was a company member for ten years, performing on the main stage and touring children's theatre throughout northern New Mexico. As a member of ForGiving Productions, she recently performed in the wildly popular "Love,Loss and What I Wore", "Imaging Brad" and played Margaret in David Lindsay Abaire's "Good People". All three shows toured Santa Fe, Albuquerque and Durango.
Ms. Mansini has trained with such greats as Kim Stanley, Jose Quintero, Edward Albee and, most recently, Alan Arkin. She has worked Off- Broadway in New York City at the Soho Rep.
Ms. Mansini also has collaborated with her husband, David Forlano, on several successful video projects. They won the $5,000 Earth Keepers Award for Best Sustainable video. Their documentary short on the Earth Ships of Taos was selected to be shown at the Downtown L.A. Film Festival, and several other documentary shorts have aired on Al Gore's cable network, Current TV. Her children's short "PICKING UP FEETS" (animated by David Forlano) was selected for the Santa Fe 3 Minute Film Festival, and was the WFITI selection for New Mexico,2010.