CherryBlossomPlayers:LLC - specializing in eclectic interpretations of old works & provocative new pieces - currently makes its home in Nutley, NJ, Philhower Chapel @ Vincent UMC.

Executive Board
Producing Artistic Director
Ricky Franco
Supervising Administrator
Emily Franco

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NJAct/PERRY AWARD NOMINATIONS
2010
---Production of an Original Play ---
Ricky Franco & Emily Pacitto
My Realization

--- Featured Actress in a Musical ---
Christine Sanders (Bag Lady/etc.)
RENT

2009
--- Production of an Original Musical ---
Ricky Franco, Marge Franco, Natalie Nachimson, Emily Pacitto, Lia Sprechini, & Gonzalo Valencia
​Once Upon a Time...

2008
--- Youth Actress in a Play---
Danielle DeMaio (Mrs. Rogers)
Ten Little Indians

--- Ensemble Actor in a Musical ---
Gonzalo Valencia (Various)
TV Themes Concert

--- Production of an Original Musical ---
Ricky Franco & Gonzalo Valencia
A Night with Jason Robert Brown

2007
--- Direction of a Musical ---
Ricky Franco
Tick, Tick... BOOM!

--- Lead Actor in a Musical ---
Gonzalo Valencia (Jon)
Tick, Tick... BOOM!

--- Production of an Original Musical ---
Ricky Franco & Natalie Nachimson
Misfits of Musical Theatre

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 ​Where We Have Performed​
All-American Sports Shop - Lyndhurst
Barnes & Noble - Clifton

Belleville Public Library - Belleville
The Bethwood - Totowa
Burgdorff Cultural Center - Maplewood
Challenger District #8 Baseball Field - Bloomfield
Chandelier - Belleville
Christ Episcopal Church - Belleville
Ellie's Kitchen - Belleville
Fairleigh Dickinson University Barn Theatre - Madison
​Farmer's Market - Nutley
Michael's Roscommon House - Belleville
New Life Body of Christ Church - Belleville
Nutley Masonic Lodge - Nutley
Minker Place - Belleville
Peach Tree Lane - Warren
Vincent United Methodist Church - Nutley
William Carlos Williams Center - Rutherford