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In October of 2024, Celeste won an award for “Special Performance” at TEATR POWSZECHNY RADOM for her portrayal of The Drunkard and The Ambassador in The Marriage by Witold Gombrowicz, which originated at La Mama in NYC. Celeste also recently finished working on a short film by Karin Yamamoto called “Only Intermission”.

In August, Celeste will begin rehearsing the role of The Nurse in Romeo & Juliet, directed by Bonnie Monte at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. Link for tickets here: https://www.shakespearenj.org/events/detail/romeo-and-juliet

After Romeo & Juliet, she will understudying at The Roundabout in Archduke, by Rajiv Joseph, and directed by Darko Tresnjak. Link for tickets here: https://www.roundabouttheatre.org/get-tickets/2025-2026-season/archduke

For the last two years, Celeste has been the co-host of the Noname storytellers podcast. https://open.spotify.com/show/5ykWMXAzS1FkbDMIxLNXH2?si=1ec89192612d4d99

Celeste is a 2010 Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship recipient and Callaway Award winning stage actress and voiceover artist born and based in New York City. She was awarded a March 2011 AudioFile Earphones Award for Ensemble Narration of Nicole Krauss’ “Great House”, is a graduate of Northwestern and Harvard Universities and is a member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA.

Enchanted April -Shakespeare Theatre of NJ
Scapin – Pioneer Theatre Company
Macbeth – Arizona Theatre Company

“Perhaps my favorite performer was the severe and biting wit of Celeste Ciulla, who played Arganta, the overbearing mother of one of the lovers. Ciulla brought a greatly heightened sense of the stakes to each scene. There is a long exchange where Scapin is swindling a few hundred pistoles from Arganta, and each time Scapin upped the ante, Ciulla was able to believably articulate a character who had just reached the threshold of what she would pay — even to save her own child. Each time, as Arganta was coaxed out of a bit more money, the arc was dynamic and believable in a way that doing this kind of circular bit often misses. It is a testament to the chemistry between actors and the profound understanding of Arganta’s character that Ciulla brought to the stage. Ciulla’s performance was hilarious, and I always anticipated her reentering the space.”

Reviews – Salt Lake City

“Meanwhile, the cook/maid, Costanza (Celeste Ciulla), whose dialog is almost wholly in Italian—as is her attitude—brings laughter to every scene she’s in. Impatient with the demanding Mrs. Graves, affectionate with the castle owner, she sees and understands all.”

The Front Row Center: New York Theatre

“There’s plenty of uncomplicated pleasure to be found in this thoroughly agreeable production, above all from Celeste Ciulla, who not only sparkles as Mistress Page but pulls out a fiddle at one point and starts sawing away on ‘Old Joe Clark.’ That’s what I call versatility!”

The Wall Street Journal