Robert Esposito - LWT Board 2024 Rob Esposito’s (ESPO as he is known to his
high school students) “day job” for the past
nineteen years has been as a Theatre teacher/director at Cooperative Arts &
Humanities High School in New Haven where he has directed over 60 major
musicals/plays such as: In the Heights, Hairspray,
Steel Magnolias, Importance of Being Earnest, Drowsy Chaperone, Last Days of
Judas Iscariot, BAT BOY, Sister Act, Jesus Christ Superstar, Taming of the
Shrew, Urinetown, Little Shop of Horrors, and many others.
 Esposito has also directed shows for Fair Haven Middle
School, St. Bernadette School, Children’s Opera Project, Bregamos, Square Foot
Theatre, Center Stage Theatre of Shelton and Vintage Soul Productions.  He
is a proud member of Long Wharf Theatre board and also a board member of The
Roundtable Players where he serves as resident director.  During the
summer time for the past decade or so, he has been teaching theatre classes at
local dance studios including Dance Unlimited and Dance Connection.  He
holds a Masters Degree in Oral Traditions from the Graduate Institute and a
Bachelors from Fairfield University.
 Passionate about the importance of the arts in education,
Esposito is involved in many theatre outreach organizations.  Aside from
the occasional acting “gig”, he finds teaching his most rewarding artistic
experience to date.