"It takes talent., unshakable desire, a need to express"...Uta Hagen

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 R
ésumé
 
(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)

Please request hardcopy of my professional headshots, resume and reviews by emailing me at:laurence@laurencecantor.com

 

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 
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Film/Video/Audio (Internet):

Norton in "Pioneer One: Pilot" by Josh Bernard; directed by Bracey Smith, shot on location in Englewood, NJ
Various 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 York

Dr. 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/Producer


Film/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.

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 & 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
Film/Video (Network Pilot):
Background, "The Prince", UPN Network
Commercial (On-Camera Video):
Background, US Cellular