"It takes talent., unshakable desire, a need to express"...Uta Hagen
Laurence K. Cantor, Actor
Productions (Selected Roles):
Kolenkhov in "You Can't Take It With You" by M. Hart & G. S. Kaufman, Directed by Peter Jensen -- Gloria Maddox Theatre (NYC) Dr. Rosman in "The American Clock" by A. Miller, Directed by Austin Pendleton -- HBPF Playhouse (NYC) The Old Man in "Fool for Love" by S. Shepard, Directed by Christopher Martin -- Abingdon Theatre (NYC) Goldberg in "The Birthday Party" by H. Pinter, Directed by Terry Schreiber -- Gloria Maddox Theatre (NYC) Wise Man in "The Hour Glass” by W. B. Yeats -- Theatre Forum (NYC) Tchebutykin in “Three Sisters” by A. P. Chekhov -- New Repertory Co. (NYC) Mr. Paravicini in “The Mousetrap" by A. Christie -- New Repertory Co. (NYC) Captain Bildad in “Moby Dick” Adapted and Directed by Christopher Martin -- CSC Repertory (NYC) Roebuck Ramsden in “Man & Superman” by G.B. Shaw, Directed by Christopher Martin -- CSC Repertory (NYC) The Father in “Six Characters in Search of an Author” by L. Pirandello -- university production (NYC) Richard in “The Lover” by H. Pinter -- university production (NYC) Polonius in “Hamlet” by W. Shakespeare -- university production (NYC)
Selected Roles: Film & Video, Radio & Voice Over; Training & Education; and, Special Skills
FILM & VIDEO: Feature Film:
Opera (Lead) in "SubterraNYa" (P. Farha, Director) (NYC) Abu Ali (Lead) in "Homeland" (M. Eldridge, Director) (NYC)
Present day Frank Maltese (Lead) in "Maltese Murder Mystery" (J. Parker, Director) (NYC)
Short Film:
Old Man (Supporting) in "Maybe It's the Weather" (W. Thomas, J. Parker, Directors) (NYC) Avram (Lead) in "Warsaw" (N. Lagin, Writer/Director) NYU Student Film (NYC)
Internet Episodic:
The Boss in "The Lydia Show" (R. Marinas, Writer/Director) KnowItAll Video Productions (NYC)
RADIO & VOICE OVER: Various characters "The Onion Radio News" (Internet) (C. Karwowski, Producer) (NYC)
Host: “The Hall of Fame Concert” Classical format, WNYU-FM; 4 years*
TRAINING AND EDUCATION: HB Studios, Austin Pendleton, Advanced Scene Study (current) T. Schreiber Studio, Terry Schreiber, Advanced Scene Study T. Schreiber Studio, Peter Miner, Advanced On-Camera T. Schreiber Studio, Peter Jensen, Scene Study T. Schreiber Studio, Carol Reynolds, Body Dynamics Weist Barron, Bob McAndrew, On Camera Private Student, Joan Darling, Improvisation
New York University BA History / Theater & English
SPECIAL SKILLS: Dialects: New York, American Southern, American Southwest, Boston, Standard English (RP), Cockney, Irish, Scots, Australian, Italian, Russian, Levant (Syrian, Lebanese, Palestinian)
Please request hardcopy of my professional headshots, resume and reviews by emailing me at:
laurence@laurencecantor.com
2008 Roles & Engagements
Theatre (OOB):
Judge in "What Mommy Told Me" by Paula Caplan; Heather Lanza, Director; Produced by Lanie Zipoy in Week 1 of the 2008 Estrogenius Festival, Manhattan Theatre Source, New York
Theatre (Regional):
Harold Jennings in "The One-Eighth Rule" by S. Brian Jones & Ensemble Roles in "Voices: In Search of Truth"; Nichole Donjé, Director; Produced by the Westbay Collective at Paff Auditorium, Providence, Rhode Island
Readings:
Colonel Fastion in "The Widow Ranter" by Aphra Behn, adapted by Adrienne Thompson; Karen Carpenter, Director; Produced by New York University at Shetler Studios, New York
Max Frank in "Matches" by Richard Manley; Chris Ceraso, Director; Produced by Todd Miller at Manhattan Theatre Club Studios, New York
Edmund Lakos in “Symmetry” by David C. Field; Jackob Hofmann, Director; Produced by The Abingdon Theatre Company at the Dorothy Strelsin Theatre, New York
Ezra Tebeau in “Recovering the Real Me” by Kurt McGinnis Brown; Julie Hamberg, Director; Produced by The Abingdon Theatre Company at the Dorothy Strelsin Theatre, New York
Sigmund Freud in "The Secrets of Freud and Jung" by Ken Wydro; Clyde Baldo, Director; Produced by The Mama Foundation at the Roy Arias Theatre Center, New York
Film/Video (Feature):
Opera in "SubterraNYa", created and directed by Philip Farha, produced by General Entertainment Company
Film/Video (Short):
Various Characters in "America, Amerique" (Trailer), Alex Levy Director; John Adams, Writer/Producer The Old Man in "Maybe it's the Weather, Willi Thomas Patton & Joseph Walker, Directors
2007 Roles & Engagements
Theatre (OOB):
Sigmund Lowy & Ensemble in "Mina" by Leslie Lee, Cyndy Marion, Director, La Mama e. t. c., La Mama, New York
Nelson Rockefeller in "Rocky Goes Down" by Reid McCluggage, Jason Weiss, Director, NY International Cringe Festival, Players Theatre, New York
Boris Kohlenkhov in "You Can't Take it With You" by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, Peter Jensen, Director, T. Schreiber Studio, New York
Zoraster (filmed role within play) in "Secret War: The Desecrated Ziggurat" written and directed by Darius Safavi, Firebomb Productions, New York
The Man Who Loved Women in "Visit to Relatives" by Aldo Nikolaj, Vittorio Capotorto, Director, Teatromania.
Readings:
Samuel August in "My Astrid!" by Vladimir Oravsky & Kurt Peter Larsen, Robert Greer, Director, The Swedish Program of the Department of Germanic Studies, Deutches Haus, Columbia University, New York
Fredrick Law Olmstead in "The Irreplaceable Mr. B" by Paolo Tartamella, Diana Amsterdam, Director, The Drama Center, Where Eagles Dare, New York
Handler for Introverted Boy in "Theft of Imagination" by David Negrin (private reading for the author, producer and assistant director)
Aziel Lalonde in "The Sweet Life" by Craig Thornton (Kim Sharpe, Director), Abingdon Theatre Company, New York
Leslie Corliss in "American Whupass" by Justin Warner (Cheryl Katz, Director) at The New Jersey Repertory Company, Long Branch, NJ.
Film/Video (Feature):
Frank Maltese (present day) in "Maltese Murder Mysteries", Odyssey Pictures LLC, Joseph Parker, Director, Guy Warren, Screenwriter
Abu Ali in "Homeland", Bataria Productions, Michael Eldridge, Director (Post-Production)
Film/Video (Short):
The Old Man in "Maybe it's the Weather, Willi Thomas Patton & Joseph Walker, Directors (Rehearsal & Pre-Production)
Nicola Tesla in "Tesla and the Bellboy", submission to a network television show, Timothy Ziegler, Director
Sam Goldberg in "Apartment Haunting", Columbia University MFA film, Val Sherman, Director
Film/Video/Audio (Episodic):
Member of the Audience, 2 episodes, "HERE at the Movies", HERE cable TV Network/Barataria Productions, Michael Eldridge, Director
Film/Video/Audio (Voice Acting):
Recurring role, Various Characters, The Onion Radio News, Chris Karwowski, Producer
Commercials (On Camera):
Older Man, "Charge It!", BackChannelMedia, Mark Solley, Director
Father, E-bay spec spot (internet), Jacqueline Castel, Director
Industrials:
James Griffin in MedTheatre 3/2007 for NYU Medical School, Ari Kreith, Director
2006 Roles & Engagements
Theatre:
Al Finkelstein in "Tradition!" by Alan Ostroff (NY International Fringe Festival), The Players Theatre, Jack Wann, Director
Richard in "Unmasked" by Gail Young, Sage Theatre, Elizabeth Brown, Director
Dr. Rosman in "The American Clock" by Arthur Miller (HB Playwrights Foundation), HBPF Playhouse, Austin Pendleton, Director
Readings:
Senator Corliss in "American Whupass" by Justin Warner, The Abingdon Theatre Center/June Havoc Theatre
Dr. Weismann in "Edith Stein" by Arthur Giron, The Players Club
Brenner in "Golem of Gavah" by Stanley Sherman & Gil Marks, The American Center
Superintendent Harris in "Rat in the Skull", Gloria Maddox
Joe in "Kisses" by Andrew Bergh, American Playwrights
Father in "Mali and The Ark of the Covenant" by Andrew Bergh, American Playwrights
Abujihad Rachman Wazir in "Faces of War" by Stephanie Liss, Makor
Gomez in "Banned in Bisbee" by Irving Greenfield, The Abingdon Theatre Center/Dorothy Strelsin Theatre
James in "The Waste of Youth" by Sharon Wajswol, HBPF Playhouse
Film/Video (Feature):
Chief Surgeon in "The Immeasurable Distance Between the Apple and the Tree", Cedar Heart Pictures, Bajir Cannon, Director
Abu Ali in "Homeland", Bataria Productions, Michael Eldridge, Director (Production)
Film/Video (Short):
Avram in "Warsaw", Noah Lagin, Director
Harry in "Forgetting", Luke Allen, Director
Film/Video (Cable TV Series Episode):
Jerry Stein in Parco, P.I. "Class Dismissed", Court TV/Mark Mark Productions, Mark Farrell & Mark Elfman, Director
Member of the Audience, "HERE at the Movies", HERE cable TV Network/Barataria Productions, Michael Eldridge, Director
Film/Video (Voice Acting):
Voice of "66203" in "Dearest" (Trailer), Vicki Speegle, Director
Recurring role, Various Characters, The Onion Radio News, Chris Karwowski, Producer
Industrial:
James Griffin in MedTheatre 6/2006 for NYU Medical School, Ari Kreith, Director
2005 Roles & Engagements
Theatre:
The Old Man in "Fool for Love" by Sam Shepard, The Abingdon Theatre Centre/June Havoc Theatre, Christopher Martin, Director
Henry Albertson (The Old Actor) in "The Fantasticks" by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones, Theatre 45, Brady Amoon, Director
Pompey in "Antony and Cleopatra" by William Shakespeare, Hudson Shakespeare Festival, Jon Trigonis, Director
The Busboy in "The Busboy" by Paolo Tartamella, Teatromania, Vittorio Capotorto, Director
Goldberg in "The Birthday Party" by Harold Pinter, Gloria Maddox Theatre, Terry Schreiber, Director
Film/Video (Feature):
Background, "The Hoax", by William Wheeler and Clifford Irving, Lasse Halstrom, Director
