About Me!
Most Italians move to New York for the pizza comparisons. Alessandro Garbagna moved there for his love of performing. Originally from Italy, he discovered his passion for performance early on, earning Second Place in a national monologue competition in Assisi as a child—an award presented to him by celebrated TV host Francesca Fialdini. Between 2015 and 2020, Alessandro starred repeatedly with the theater company Ser Tea Zeit, performing at the historic Fraschini Theater (est. 1873) in productions such as Cyrano de Bergerac—for which he was named Best Lead Actor—and The Rhinoceros by Ionesco, winner of the Fraschini Festival and personally awarded by the Mayor of Pavia.
His growing reputation led him to sign with Giancarlo Caremoli Talent Agency, one of Italy’s oldest agencies. Alongside his stage career, he worked as a model and commercial actor for the historical Bremi Abbigliamento, one of Italy’s oldest apparel boutiques (founded in 1827). From 2020 to 2023, he was featured as a model and actor for Ruster Fitness, an international spanish athletic brand. He also appeared as the male lead in a commercial for MSC Cruises, one of the world’s largest privately owned cruise operators, filmed between Barcelona and Marseille.
He earned his degree from Bocconi University, a top-ranked and over 120-year-old institution renowned for its excellence in business and the arts in Europe. There, Alessandro became President of BLPSA, Italy’s first university musical theater company. He produced, wrote, and starred in large-scale musical productions (Grease, Mamma Mia!) performed at the Aula Magna Roentgen Theater (1,000 seats, consistently sold out). Location attended by renowned figures such as Mario Draghi, Mario Monti, and Giuseppe Sala. His performances were featured on major Italian theater outlets including Musical.it, Musical Café, and Silvia Arosio’s Riflettori su. A promotional video for Mamma Mia!, in which he appeared with his co-star, went viral, reaching almost one million views online.
In 2022, Maurizio Colombi, one of Italy’s main musical theater directors (Rapunzel, Frozen…), after seeing Alessandro performing chose him as one of the male leads in “Gli Sposi Promessi Show”—a modern adaptation of the Italian novel, I Promessi Sposi—staged at Teatro Villoresi and Teatro Carcano.
After earning a merit scholarship to the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA) in New York City—ranked among the Top 5 schools most represented on Broadway—Alessandro moved to the U.S. and began working in both theater and film. He starred as the male lead in Loveville High, the first-ever stage adaptation of the acclaimed musical podcast directed by Igor Goldin (Drama Desk Award Nominee), and later performed at the Green Room 42, one of New York’s Off-Broadway cabaret venues, as part of Broadway Abroad Cabaret (featured on BroadwayWorld).
Expanding beyond musical theater, Alessandro went on to take leading roles in dramatic stage productions. He starred in “The Wrestle”—nominated for Best Production and Best Director at the New York Theater Festival—and in the play “It Was Hers”, a new play by Ariana Nicoletta, winner of the New World Festival, performed at the Staten Island Playhouse. He also appeared as the lead in the short film To The Universe, directed by L.E. Woods and coached by actress/director Bebe Wood (Mean Girls, The Real O’Neals).
Finally, he appeared in vertical short-form series such as Bite Me, My Mafia Daddy. He then returned to musical theater, portraying Joe, the sweet and awkward romantic lead in 9 to 5: The Musical with InterACT Theatre Company. The production enjoyed a sold-out run of ten performances and was warmly received by audiences throughout New Jersey.
Today, Alessandro continues to build an international career defined by artistic depth, charisma, and emotional honesty. In the US he is represented by Merci Talent Agency (Las Vegas) that wrote this about him “A light in the room, Alessandro truly sees you. With a bright, sensitive nature and a sense of humor that instantly feels familiar, he loves chasing — and landing — the roles meant for him”.