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"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 - 2010; asterisk denotes prior years)
Productions:
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
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
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/Audio (Internet):
Norton in "Pioneer One: Pilot" by Josh Bernard; directed by Bracey Smith, shot on location Various characters for The Onion Radio
News, Chris Karwowski, Producer
Commercials (On Camera): Russian Professor, United Nations PSA for World Environment Day starring Giselle Bundchen; Bobby Sheehan,
Working Pictures, 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/Sternberg Lab MFA program, Adrienne Thompson, Head of Production,
Goldberg Theatre, New York
Industrial (Film/Video): God in Jared Frost's "What Would
Jesus Do?", a class etude for the Art Students Institute of New York
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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