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Victoria Racimo has an extensive career in the entertainment industry as producer, writer, director and actress. She is Founder and Executive Producer of Palomino Entertainment Group, (PEG), an arts & entertainment company.


Victoria is Exec. Producer of the award-winning film “Casi Casi”, which she sold to HBO. This is only the second Spanish language foreign film in HBO’s history that it bought for release on DVD and broadcast. (The other film was HBO’s MARIA FULL OF GRACE.) PEG is also in development on the film CLEMENTE about baseball legend Roberto Clemente. Screenplay is co-written by Tony Award winning playwright, Mark Medoff and Victoria Racimo.


CURRENT
  • Racimo and Emmy winning producer Phil Goldfarb acquired the rights from writer Budd Schulberg and are developing a new opera based on his classic film ON THE WATERFRONT
  • Victoria and PEG are partnering with the Bravacos Group on "Tear Jar", a new Blues musical with original illustrations and music. Victoria will direct and PEG and BG will produce. 

Palomino was hired to produce and Victoria was commissioned to write and direct “Journey of Destiny”, a Signature Event in America’s 400th Anniversary at Jamestown, VA. CBS televised the production hosted by Russ Mitchell.

Victoria co-wrote the animation television special,  A TOUCAN CAN starring Jason Alexander and Donna Summer and wrote “Pirate Jack and the Legend of Halloween” starring Alice Cooper. As Producer, she developed and sold to NBC the teleplay SIGNIFICANT OTHERS and was Producer/Co-Writer of the original story SGT. RECKLESS which was put into development at Columbia Pictures as a feature.

As a director, she has helmed productions at regional theatres around the country including the New Jersey Rep, the Yale Cabaret, the Bilingual Foundation of the Arts in Los Angeles, Circle Repertory in New York and the Kumu Kahua Theatre in Honolulu, among others.

Her career as actress includes: starring in John Frankenheimer’s PROPHECY for Paramount, opposite Charlton Heston in Columbia’s THE MOUNTAIN MEN, Disney’s ERNEST GOES TO CAMP, two Peabody Award and Humanitas Award winning dramas on television and the acclaimed PBS American Playhouse mini-series, ROANOKE. Her body of work includes starring roles in 14 films, 3 mini-series and 31 television shows and she was a series regular on CBS in THE CHISOLMS and in NBC‘s FALCON CREST.

Victoria was a Founding Board Member of Asian Artists and Concerts, Inc. and briefly served as its Acting President. AAC is a non-profit organization devoted to helping young Asian and Asian-American students transition into the professional musical world. Performances include: the General Assembly of the UN, Alice Tully Hall and salon concerts at embassies, consulates and corporate functions in NYC. She created and supervised the “Harlem Music Program” for underprivileged and abused children at day care centers in NY. Due to its wide success, L.A. County, CA, recruited Victoria to institute a similar program in East L.A.

Victoria and Palomino have an arrangement with the Williamsburg Regional Theatre presenting plays in old-time radio fashion, on stage with actors, music and live sound effects. Some of the highly successful productions in the last three years include, “War of the Worlds”, “White Christmas”, “Anna in the Tropics”, and “Christmas at the Edgewater”, a one woman play written by Victoria about legendary performer, Gertrude Lawrence.

Victoria attended Columbia University and graduated from the Preparatory School of the Juilliard School of Music majoring in piano. She also studied ballet at Balanchine’s School of American Ballet.

Member: Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, (SDC),
Screen Actors’ Guild and Actors’ Equity Assoc.

 

TanNa has worked in performing arts management for several years. These positions focused on working with Boards to create and manage operating budgets; serving as a liaison to staff, artists and unions; and advising management in the areas of human resources, benefit administration and payroll. She has translating her experiences and skills from the performing arts into the media industry, with a focus on Production Management.

Projects with Palomino included the career development of Steinway Artist, Xiayin Wang. PEG produced or co-produced over 28 concerts for Ms. Wang throughout the United States, including her orchestral debut at Carnegie Hall. TanNa was involved with PEG’s negotiations on three CDs released on the Naxos label this past year and a half. On tour, she served as Ms. Wang’s Tour & PR Manager and helped garner for Ms. Wang 15 feature articles, 11 radio interviews, 7 regional television appearances and 2 Barnes & Noble, Lincoln Center in-store performances and signings and one at Borders, Michigan Avenue, Chicago. She created Ms. Wang’s website, implemented & managed her social media sites, and designed all marketing and advertising materials for concerts produced on her behalf.

TanNa served as Production Mgr. for PEG’s “Journey of Destiny”, an original drama with music & dance, commissioned by the State of VA to commemorate “America’s 400th Anniversary at Jamestown”. She managed the 45 person company, oversaw the work of our production staff and coordinated performance logistics with the events management team.

TanNa was also the on-site Post Production Coordinator for the televised segment of “Journey of Destiny” for the CBS Special Event hosted by Russ Mitchell. She was directly involved in editing the final segment of the production with the television director and production crew.

In 2007, PEG sold the award winning film CASI CASI to HBO. It was only the second Spanish language foreign film in HBO history to receive a DVD & HBO television release. TanNa served as Post-Production Supervisor. She reviewed multiple contracts, including all E & O certifications between HBO and the film makers. She oversaw on-time delivery to HBO of all their required materials. She also created the final film budget for submission. PEG negotiated the 13 screen theatrical release of “Casi Casi” in Puerto Rico and secured advertising sponsorships from Pepsi, Burger King and the Puerto Rican Film Commission. TanNa traveled to Puerto Rico to coordinate the Gala premier at the Museo de Arte in San Juan which was attended by notables such as the First Lady of Puerto Rico and the Secretary of State. In 2010, TanNa worked with PEG in selling the television distribution rights for South America to Venevision.

In addition, while Company Manager of New York City Opera (NYCO), TanNa was Production Coordinator for the PBS special Live from Lincoln Center broadcast of NYCO’s “Porgy & Bess”. She created the payroll production budget, coordinated talent and served as general liaison between the “Live from Lincoln Center” staff, artists’ management, unions and NYCO. In 2005, TanNa created the $2.25 million dollar budget for NYCO’s first international tour to Japan as part of “World Expo 2005” and managed the logistics of City Opera’s 185 member two week international tour of Tokyo & Nagoya.