"It takes talent., unshakable desire, a need to express"...Uta Hagen
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Laurence
K. Cantor, Actor -- AEA
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[Below is my Selected Résumé,
followed by the complete résumés
by year in reverse order]
Selected Résumé (Selected Roles 2005 - 2013; asterisk denotes prior years)
Productions:
Sergeant in "Mountain Language" by Harold Pinter, Directed by Christopher
Martin -- HBPF Theatre (NYC) Edward in "A Slight Ache"
by Harold Pinter, Directed by Austin Pendleton -- HBPF Theatre (NYC) Fergus Crampton in "You Never Can Tell" by G. B. Shaw, Directed by Robert Verlaque -- Gloria Maddox Theatre
(NYC) 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) Al Finkelstein by A. Ostroff -- NY
Int'l. Fringe Festival (NYC) Henry Albertson, The Old Actor in "The Fantasticks” by H. Schmidt and T. Jones, Directed by Tina Marie Casamento
-- Infinity Theatre Co. (DE & MD)
Pompey in "Antony
& Cleopatra" by W. Shakespeare -- Hudson Shakespeare Festival (NJ)
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)
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Complete Résumés by year in reverse order
2011 Roles & Engagements
Readings: Viktor in "The Dying Days of Viktor Castle" by Antoinette Nwandu;
Dan Rogers, Director; Dreamscape Theatre Company at The Brick, Brooklyn, NY Harold Mintzer in "Nude Producer Descending" by Ann Firestone Ungar; Robert Greer,
Director, Private reading and Manhattan Theatre Source, New York Industrial (Theatre): Dr. Lawrence Rosen in an on-going psychological research program for the Neuroscience Department of Columbia
University at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York Abe Levins in "The Invention of the Living Room"
by Andrew Heinze; reading of work-in-progress for Julie McKee's Dramatic Writing Class, HB Studio, New York Industrial (Film / Video / Audio): Various
voices for "Inspiration. Motivation. Rejuvination.", a presentation created by Shmuli Rosenberg for Revach, New
York 2010 Roles & Engagements Theatre (OOB):
Max
Wolfe in "You Can't Go Home Again, Mr. Wolfe" by Steven A. Shapiro; Heidi Handelsman, Director; American Theatre
of Actors, New York Theatre (Regional):
Henry Albertson, The Old Actor in "The Fantasticks" by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones; Tina Marie
Casamento, Director; Infinity Theatre Company, Theatre at Cape Henelopen, DE & Children's Theatre of Annapolis, MD
(AEA LOA)
Readings: Dad, Louie and Caz in "Somewhere Else"
by Stacie Kaiser Tomaschik; Maxine Kern, Director, The Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center, New York
Hal Regan in "Cary's Chain Store Massacre"
by William M. Akers; NYU/Tisch School of the Arts, Dramatic Writing Department, 2010 BFA thesis plays; Goldberg Theatre,
New York
Father in "There is No Isabelle"
by Dylan Lamb; directed by Padraic Lillis; NYU/Tisch School of the Arts, Dramatic Writing Department, 2010 BRA thesis plays;
Goldberg Theatre, New York Doctor in "The Tragedy
of Macbeth, Part II" written and directed by Noah Lukeman, Cherry Lane Theatre, New York The Whiskey Taster in "The Whiskey Taster" by James Graham; Nylon Fusion Collective, Atlantic
Theatre II, New York Film/Video (Feature): John in the Moving Pictures, LTD film "Theodore is Dying", Ryan C. Pomeranz, screenwriter/director,
shot on location in Scranton, PA Film/Video (Short): Uncle Will in Epiphany Cafe, Sean Tien, screenwriter/director,
shot on location in Metuchen, NJ Baba in the Freedom Williams Entertainment film "Life Goes On", Freedom Williams,
screen/writer director, shot on locations in Brooklyn and Queens, NY Film/Video (Student): Phil in "In Memoriam", NYU/Tisch BFA Thesis Film, Abu Bakr Shawkey,
screenwriter/director, shot on location in Cyprus Hills Cemetary, NY \ Film/Video/Audio (Internet):
Norton in "Pioneer One: Pilot" by Josh
Bernard; directed by Bracey Smith, shot on location in Englewood, NJVarious characters for The Onion Radio News, Chris Karwowski, Producer
Commercials
(Film/Video/Audio): Russian Professor, United Nations PSA for World Environment
Day starring Giselle Bundchen; Bobby Sheehan, Working Pictures, Director, Producer
1-877-KARS4KIDS, Singing & VO; Shmuel Rosenberg, Skyline Music, Director, Producer Industrial (Theatre): Boss Freund in Alex Ladd's "King Freud", a work-in-progress reading of a full-length play for
Donna DeMatteo's class at HB Studio, New York
The Doctor in "Headspace" by Chase W. Marotz and Paul in
"Socrates, Scene 2", part of 2010 Marathon of New Works, readings of plays in progress for NYU/Tisch School of the
Arts Dramatic Writing Department/Steinberg Lab MFA program, Adrienne Thompson, Head of Production, Goldberg Theatre, New York Various
characters, in class workshop, Dramatic Writing Department/Steinberg lab BFA program, Adrienne Thompson, Head of Production,
Goldberg Theatre, New York The King in "Licensed Fools" by Mohammad Yousuf, NYU/Tisch School of the Arts Dramatic Writing Department/Steinberg Lab MFA
program, Adrienne Thompson, Head of Production, Goldberg Theatre, New York Various characters, in class workshop;
NYU/Tisch SOA Dramatic Writing MFA Collaboration Class, Billy Hopkins/Adrienne Thompson, faculty Old Man in Nicole
Bilbrew's "The Iron Men"; NYU/Tisch SOA Dramatic Writing MFA Collaboration Class, Mary Kate Burke, Director Zhang in Bethany Studer's "Bethany Studer's Play"; NYU/Tisch SOA Dramatic Writing MFA Collaboration Class,
Pat Golden, Director The Priest in Ira Madison's "Brother"; NYU/Tisch School of the Arts Dramatic Writing Department MFA Collaboration Class, Mary Kate Burke,
Director Ron John in Elena Zucker's "Cracked"; NYU/Tisch School of the Arts Dramatic Writing
Department MFA Collaboration Class, Erik Pearson, Director Man 2 in Jessica Lewis's "Cashing In",
NYU/Tisch School of the Arts Dramatic Writing Department MFA Collaboration Class, Mariana Carreño King,
Director Industrial (Film/Video/Audio): God in Jared Frost's "What Would Jesus Do?", a class etude for the Art Students Institute of New York
Narrator in "In Search of Abraham"; Oorah summer camps, Shmuel
Rosenberg, Director, Producer The King/Count Konipinski
in Josh Hill's "Daniel"; Skyline Music, Shmuel Rosenberg, Director, Producer Professor Milo Hummingberg in Ohel
Concert Video 2010, Kol-Rom Multimedia, Inc.; Malka Leah Josephs, writer; C. J. Kramer, Director The Train Man
in Oorah Mashal Man Video 2011, Kol-Rom Multimedia, Inc.; Malka Leah Josephs, writer; C. J. Kramer, Director Voice
Acting (Theatre): The Leader in "WE", adapted by Fred Tumas, recorded in New York for subsequent live
performances of the play in NYC and Princeton, NJ 2009 Roles & Engagements
Theatre (OOB):
Rev. George Barkeley in "A New Theory of Vision" by
Bob Jude Ferrante; Cat Parker, Director; Kraine Theatre, New York
Abie in "The East Fourth Street Years"
by Morna M. Martell; in The East Village Chronicles, Series A, Laura Livingston, Director; Metropolitan Playhouse, New York
Maxie in "Day Old Bread" by Robert Anthony; in The East Village Chronicles, Series B, Jackob Hoffmann, Director;
Metropolitan Playhouse, New York
Ron in the HB Playwrights Foundation production
of "The Knot" by Alex Ladd; Arthur French, Director; HB Playhouse, New York
Readings: Ezra Tebeau in "Recovering the Real Me" by Kurt McGinnis Brown (staged
reading), Tom Rowan, Director; Produced by The Abingdon Theatre Company at the June Havoc Theatre, New York
Saltwater in "The Silver Horse Pony Show (And Other Resignation Songs)" by Christopher
Sullivan; Tlaloc Rivas, Director; MFA Thesis Reading, NYU/Tisch School of the Arts Dramatic Writing Department, New York
The Benefactor in "WE", from the novel by Yevgeny Zamyatin, translated by Clarence Brown, adapted for the
stage by Fred Tumas; Adapter's reading, Shetler Studios, New York
The Korean Man in "Coach US New York to
New Jersey" by Cary Gitter; Dr. Barry in "Nowhere Man" by Michael Walek; Walter Anderson in "The Silver
Horse Pony Show (And Other Resignation Songs)" by Chris Sullivan; Pop in "Funeral" by Charlotte Lang; and,
J. J. Dodge in "Cool Cats on the King's Side A Brooklyn" by Dane Jerabek in The 2009 BFA Playwriting Showcase, Janice
Goldberg, Director; Adrienne Thompson, Head of Production; Produced by the NYU/Tisch School of the Arts, Dramatic Writing
Department at The Harold Clurman Theatre, New York
The Judge in "What Mommy Told Me" by Paula Caplan,
at the MOTHERS GONE MAD: MOTHERHOOD AND MADNESS OPPRESSION AND RESISTANCE
Conference of the Association for Research
on Mothering; directed by Nichole Donjé at Nola Studios,
New York
Bjørnstjerne Martinus Bjørnson
in "The Ibsen Follies" by Skot Davis, Jackob Hofmann, Director; Produced by The Abingdon Theatre
Company at the Dorothy Strelsin Theatre, New YorkDr. Bete in "Hollywood
Baptism", screenplay by Jon Haddorff at the MTC Studios, New York
Film/Video (Short): Murray
in the NYU Tisch SOA undergraduate thesis film "Carnival of Crime", adapted from a short story by Mark Twain; Eric
Mann, screenwriter/director
Dr. Efram Spung in "Follitics"; John Lyes,
Screenwriter; Manish Gupta, Director/ProducerFilm/Video (Internet): Serbian War Criminal in Webisode #K of "Fatal
Ransom", webisodic, Dan Brody, Screenwriter/Director
Industrials: Various characters in readings of plays in progress for NYU/Tisch School of the Arts Dramatic Writing Department/Sternberg
Lab BFA program, Adrienne Thompson, Head of Production, Goldberg Theatre, New York
Various characters in "Murders,
Adulterers and Madmen", a program of readings, panel discussion and Q&A for Host Publications, Barnes & Nobel
Bookshop, Broadway & 82nd Street, New York
Stanley Greenstein in "Musical Inspiration: The Journey Begins", produced
by Kol Rom; C. J. Kramer, Director; Malka Leah Josephs, Writer. A short feature presented episodically during the annual
Concert of the Ohel Children's Home and Family Services charity at their annual concert in Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center,
New York
2008 Roles & Engagements Theatre (OOB): David in "The Bridge" by Daniel Krauze; Victor Maog, Director; and Gabor in "Anniversary"
by Sarah Gancher; Francesca Mantani Arkus, Director in the 2008 Ten-minute Play Festival, NYU/Tisch School of the Arts Dramatic
Writing Department, New York
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: Police Commissioner Lilja in "Black Othello" by Cecilia Sidenbladh; Robert Greer, Director,
The Columbia Swedish Program at Columbia University Deutches Haus, New York
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 Father in "The
Outsider", Omar Pierre, Writer/Director; Elizabeth DePompei, DP. The Old Man in "Maybe it's the Weather, Willi
Thomas Patton & Joseph Walker, Directors
Film/Video/Audio (Episodic): The Old Man in "Harmony" (pilot episode), Michael Eldridge, writer and director;
by Barataria Productions for the HERE! cable television network.
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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) Nikola 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 & EngagementsTheatre: 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 Film/Video (Network Pilot): Background, "The Prince",
UPN Network Commercial
(On-Camera Video): Background, US Cellular
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