The Producers
VICTORIA RACIMO, Producing Artistic Director
Victoria Racimo has an extensive career in the entertainment industry as producer, writer, director and actress. She is currently Founder and Producing Artistic Director of Palomino Entertainment Group, (PEG), a full service performing arts production company.
Currently, PEG is developing a film with the President of HBO Sports, Ross Greenburg about baseball legend Roberto Clemente. In 2008-09, PEG is producing the national tour of pianist Xiayin Wang.
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, 2007. PEG produced the Carnegie Hall debut concert of acclaimed Chinese pianist, Xiayin Wang, in April, ’07, with New York City Opera’s music director George Manahan conducting the City Symphony Orchestra.
Victoria is Exec. Producer of the award-winning film “Casi Casi”, which she sold to HBO. It began airing on HBO in October, ’07 and was released on HBO DVD in May, ‘07. This is only the second time in HBO’s history that it has bought a Spanish language foreign film for release on DVD and broadcast. (The other film was HBO’s “Maria Full of Grace”.) “Casi Casi” began its U.S. Theatrical Release Premier run October 2 at the Kimball Theatre in Williamsburg, VA.
Victoria wrote two animation television specials: “A Toucan Can” starring Jason Alexander and Donna Summer and “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 also includes starring roles in 14 films, 3 mini-series and 31 television shows and was a series regular on CBS in “The Chisolms” and in “Falcon Crest” on NBC.
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 help young Asian and Asian-American students transition into the professional musical world. She created and supervised the “Harlem Music Program” for underprivileged and abused children in NYC day care centers. Due to its wide success, L.A. County, CA recruited Victoria to institute a similar program in East L.A.
Victoria attended Columbia University and graduated from the Preparatory School pre-college program at the Juilliard School of Music majoring in piano. She also studied ballet at Balanchine’s School of American Ballet.
In 2007, she and Phil Goldfarb embarked on developing an opera based on “On the Waterfront”. They obtained the rights from Mr. Schulberg and have put together a dream creative team.
TANNA YOUNG, Managing Director & Producing Partner
TanNa Young has over ten years of hands-on arts management experience with fast-paced, non-profit organizations.
Currently, TanNa is the General Manager of Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. Prior to that, she was the Associate Director of Administration for City Center of Music & Drama, Inc. (CCMD). CCMD manages the New York State Theater and supports the financial and administrative needs of its resident companies, the New York City Opera and New York City Ballet.
TanNa was Company Manager of the New York City Opera for seven years. She successfully managed NYCO's $2.25 million dollar first international tour to Japan for the 2005 World Expo.
TanNa served on the organizing committee and as Managing Director for Asian Artists & Concerts, Inc. (AAC) a performing arts organization established to give performance opportunities for young Asian musicians.
TanNa began her New York career as Business Associate of the off Broadway theater company, Pan Asian RepetoryTheater. At Pan Asian she was responsible for all the financial matters of the organization. This brought her to the Manhattan Theater Club, where she was responsible for the organization's production payroll.
In addition to her bachelor’s degree in Theatre from the University of Hawai`i, Manoa. TanNa also has an extensive background in the technical and artistic areas of the performing arts.