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Within the wake of his passing, Peluso was mourned by his fellow performers, who remembered him as a gifted artist.
“That is devastating. I solely have fantastic recollections of Chris. I’m holding tight to the entire gentle he shared. So type. So humorous. So giving. So proficient and loving,” Toni Vans commented on Michigan’s Instagram tribute to Peluso, an alumnus of the varsity. Desi Oakley additionally added, “i discovered a lot from his kindness & professionalism, i’m sending a lot like to all who walked intently with him.”
Peluso’s theater profession stretched again to 2004, when he rose to fame as an understudy within the revival of Assassins. His credit additionally included performances in Broadway’s Lovely The Carole King Musical and Lestat, in addition to a job within the 2017 U.K. Tour of Humorous Woman.
For Peluso, his love of theater was all-encompassing.
“Theatre is my life. It has supplied me with associates, household, training, construction, that means, and function,” he informed Pocket Size Theatre in 2017. “If it weren’t for theatre I’d not be the particular person I’m as we speak.”
Peluso is survived by his spouse Jessica and their two kids, daughter Aria and son Caio Lian Gomes-Peluso, in line with Playbill.