“Neapolitan Ice Cream: The Musical”

“Neapolitan Ice Cream: The Musical” is an unforgettable blend of soaring soprano, intimate guitar, and a powerful immigrant story inspired by true events. Audiences journey from the sun‑washed streets of Naples to the storm‑tossed Atlantic through the voice of Caterina—a young woman whose courage, longing, and heartbreak resonate across generations.

Each classic Italian song opens a new emotional chapter, creating a performance that feels part concert, part confession, and part cinematic narrative.

This two-person jukebox musical is told entirely through Caterina’s perspective, weaving iconic Neapolitan and operatic selections into live narration performed by soprano and guitar. Themes of immigration, love, resilience, and reinvention shape a story that is both deeply personal and universally familiar.

A printed program will be provided to all audience members—and to celebrate the shared experience, everyone leaves with a scoop of ice cream.

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Bio

Loredana Cunti - Creator and Librettist

Loredana Cunti is an author, producer, and storyteller whose career spans international film and television, children's literature and musical theatre. Her work centers on resilience, multicultural identity and belonging.

After earning a BAA in Radio and Television Arts from Toronto Metropolitan University, Loredana worked as a multicultural radio DJ before entering the global entertainment industry as Head of Foreign Film Sales at Malofilm (1994-1997). She launched the kids' divisions at PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and was Head of Children's Programming at Universal Studios (1997-2002) and produced animated series including “Maisy Mouse,” “Sitting Ducks” and “Pink Panther and Pals.”

Named one of Animation Magazine's Top 25 Women in Animation, she founded Loreworks Ltd. in 2002, developing original intellectual property and consulting internationally for clients including Universal Studios, Weta Workshop, MGM Studios, Fremantle Media, ABC Australia, and Atlantyca Entertainment (Italy).

Loredana has served on the Toronto International Film Festival Industry Advisory Board and worked at NOIR IN FILM in Courmayeur, Italy. She has been a panelist and moderator at international festivals including Giffoni Film Festival, Cartoons on the Bay, Kidscreen Conference, and TIFF, as well as for OPUS Chamber Music.

As a children's book author, she has received the Junior Library Guild Selection, been nominated for multiple Forest of Reading awards including the Silver Birch Award and won a 2024 World Cookbook Award for “The Reindeer Café Cookbook.” Her picture book “How Gogo Found Her Groove” has been adopted into every elementary school in the Toronto Catholic District School Board. She publishes through Loreworks Press and partners with organizations including Girl Guides and Stepstones for Youth, leading workshops that connect storytelling and cooking with confidence-building.

A certified pastry chef from Le Cordon Bleu Paris, Loredana curates cultural programming for her Italian community, including concerts featuring Neapolitan song and Italian arias. Following her brother's passing, she joined her family's commercial property management business to support her parents while continuing her creative work as an author, producer, and creative entrepreneur.

She is the creator of “Neapolitan Ice Cream: The Musical”, a jukebox musical featuring iconic Italian and Neapolitan songs as her love letter to the immigrant experience and a bridge to the next generation.

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