Dambra Sabato / Biography

Dambra Sabato’s work in the arts as a writer, composer, performer, director, teacher and consultant reflects decades of experience and achievement.  

Born in Philadelphia, he appeared in many of the eastern seaboard’s most notable entertainment venues.  Nine years ‘on the road’ broadened his skills and vision, and, following a successful tour with the Santa Fe improvisational troupe, ‘Rimshot’, returned as a featured Atlantic City entertainer from 1981 to 1994.  Since then, his creative dexterity has included ‘stand-up’ comedy, radio, film and television collaborations, another improvisational outing (with the ensemble ‘Twist-Id’), the CD release of ‘Calm Before the Storm’ (original music and lyrics), storytelling, motivational speaking and cultural programming, promotion and alliances with municipalities, libraries, schools, and community organizations.   
 
As a partner in Left Field, unLtd., he wrote and directed shows and special events for Atlantic City casino properties.  The company’s singular, theatrical style broke new ground and established their reputation for unique and innovative productions.  Left Field’s critical and box office success, ‘SHABOOM’, is the only Atlantic City casino show ever to be presented by three entirely different properties four separate times.

With an instinct for conceptual design and a talent for trouble-shooting (stepping in, sorting out, sharpening, shaping, spicing, stylizing...saving), his consulting practice remains active and eclectic.  Contracts for artwork, text work, voice work, media copy, jingles, speeches, publicity, promotional and public relations pieces are completed amidst the ongoing creation and development of his own stories, songs, plays, projects, classes, programs and treatments.   

Dambra taught word and stage craft for the Southern New Jersey Consortium for Gifted and Talented Children, improvisational performance at the Ritz Theater, creative writing for senior citizens in Atlantic County, area enrichment programs, high school adult evening courses and professional child, teen and adult acting classes.  He has participated in the New Jersey Young Author’s Conference, Arts in the Schools programs and the Atlantic Cape Teen Arts Festivals.  Public and professional recognition for his work with young actors has provided funding to write and produce shows addressing drug prevention and education and teen suicide.  As an ‘artist in residence’, he aids in the creation and development of the Core Curriculum Content for Visual and Performing Arts.       

A patron, protector and proponent of the arts, Dambra spent winter 2005-06 teaching and directing for Santa Fe Performing Arts and returned to create, produce and host ‘Monday Night Monologues: An Actor’s Arena’, an eleven-event 2006 summer/fall theater season.

Dambra’s latest written works, ‘Minestrone for the Twisted’ (a collection of essays) and ‘The Fablemaster’s Tales’ (a children’s offering) are proposed for publication.  His trilogy of one-act plays (‘Scapegoat’, ‘Pat Pending’ and ‘Half A Day Off to Get a Whole Lot Done’) is also scheduled for production. 

Dane Tamburino / Biography

Dane Tamburino was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and born to be on stage.  He began his career at the age of three as a tap-dancing skunk and appeared on Tony Grant’s ‘Stars of Tomorrow’, a showcase of talented children presented at the famous Steel Pier in Atlantic City.  He spent his youth broadening his musical skills, adding trumpet and latin percussion to an already remarkable voice.  He gained experience, a reputation and, by the time he arrived as the featured jazz vocalist at the Warwick Hotel in Philadelphia, a new name, Dane Anthony.

A serious student of song, Dane trained with David Sorin Collyer, a vocal technique specialist at Cornell University who worked with Bette Midler and Paul Simon, among others.  He continued his study with two Philadelphia legends, operatic coach, Frank Capelli, and jazz bassist, Al Stauffer, strengthening his range and ‘ear’.   This cross genre education helped shape Dane’s diverse musical ability and create his distinctive singing style.

With his capacity for variety, polished presence and audience appeal, Dane Anthony fit, and hit, in every room he played.  He competently and comfortably crossed cultural boundaries and age barriers, a performer for any venue, any event.  Big band, swing band, R&B, funk and Rock & Roll; bands of all sizes and configurations; Dane Anthony’s appearances drew high notoriety, growing numbers of fans and even a guest spot on NBC’s ‘Friends’.  So, it came as no surprise that when casinos opened in Atlantic City, they opened with Dane on stage.

A natural in the lounges and bankable in the showroom, Dane has worked in almost every casino lounge in the city and headlined casino stage productions including ‘Basin Street Follies’ and ‘Shaboom’.  He is a valued Atlantic City veteran, an accomplished entertainer with great personal charisma and the power to bring down the house.

For more on Dane, go to DaneAnthony.com for details, dates, MP3s, pics and links.