23 A Comedy of Tenors Background_V3
A Comedy of Tenors
By Ken LudwigA Comedy of Tenors
By Ken LudwigOne hotel suite, four tenors, two wives, three girlfriends, and a stadium filled with screaming fans. What could possibly go wrong? It’s 1930s Paris and the stage is set for the concert of the century…as long as producer Henry Saunders can keep Italian superstar Tito Merelli and his hot-blooded wife from causing utter chaos. Prepare for an uproarious ride full of mistaken identities, blissful romance, and madcap delight.
Extremely Funny
Cast
Andrew Benator
Veronika Duerr
Hank von Kolnitz
Lucy Lavely
Aaron Muñoz
Michael Perrie Jr.
Alanna Smith
Andrew Benator has worked off-Broadway and in regional theaters across the country and is very happy to be making his Florida Studio Theatre debut. Favorite shows include The White Chip, Indecent, Disgraced, August: Osage County, Eurydice, Lobby Hero, Crossing Delancey, and A Christmas Carol at Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre, where Andrew has been playing Scrooge for the past two years. Film and TV credits include The Founder, Million Dollar Arm, Amazing Stories, Tyler Perry’s House of Payne, Bigger, and Stranger Things.
Veronika Duerr is an award winning AEA actor, director, producer, and playwright. Her most recent one woman show, The Adventure of Life, was a finalist for The O’Neill Playwrights Conference and will workshop this Summer at the renowned Colorado New Play Festival. In 2019 she traveled to The Edinburgh Fringe Fest to perform her show GLOCKENSPIELSEXPARTYBAVARIAGOODBY, where the show was lauded as one of the weirdest of the festival. Most recently, she directed The Wickhams by Lauren Gunderson for Arizona Theatre Company.
Hank von Kolnitz | He/Him // NATIONAL TOUR: A Christmas Story. REGIONAL: Signature Theatre (DC): Sweeney Todd; The Lexington Theatre Company: West Side Story (Riff); Florida Studio Theatre: New York State of Mind; Totem Pole Playhouse: Mamma Mia, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas; Santa Rosa Summer Rep; Clinton Area Showboat Theatre. EDUCATION: BFA University of Cincinnati. HankvonKolnitz.com
Lucy Lavely is from NYC, she loves Shakespeare, Sondheim, the sun, salsa, chips, & all the cool plays she's done! Favorite credits include: Macbeth (Orlando Shakes) Grapes of Wrath & Other Desert Cities (Asolo Rep), Chicken Shop (Urbanite), The White Snake (Baltimore Center Stage), and more across the country. University of Notre Dame (BA) & FSU/Asolo Conservatory (MFA), AEA/SAG/AFTRA. Lucy runs the Night Shift Theatre Company and is a licensed NYC tour guide. @rainbowdaylucy
AARON MUÑOZ | Theatre: Actors Theatre of Louisville, Nashville Story Garden, Geva Theatre, Merrimack Repertory Theatre. Film/TV: Stranger Things, The Walking Dead, Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, Cadillac Records. Playwright: Lost Laughs: The Slapstick Tragedy of Fatty Arbuckle, 2 Households, 2 Assholes: Shakespeare’s R & J, Early to Rise, and the upcoming Enter, Will Kemp. B.A. - Columbia College Chicago, M.F.A. - Alabama Shakespeare Festival’s PATP and is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. www.aaronmunoz.com
Michael Perrie Jr. | Actor/Playwright/Musician originally from Baltimore, now living in Northern VA/DC area. National Tours: Million Dollar Quartet (2018) and BUDDY (2016, 2017–18). Regional: FALSETTOS (RepStage, Helen Hayes Recommended), The Last Match, BUDDY (FST), The Nerd, Hank Williams: Lost Highway, The Full Monty (Maples Rep), BUDDY (Florida Rep, Maples Rep, Engeman Theater, TBTS), Million Dollar Quartet (ATI, MMT, Laguna Playhouse, Broadway By The Bay), Matilda (Engeman Theater), The Music Man, Beauty & The Beast, The Producers (Theatre By The Sea), and One Man, Two Guvnors (Heritage Theatre). BFA in Acting from Towson University. michaelperriejr.com
ALANNA SMITH (Mimi) recently starred in TV movie rom-com, Love Afloat (Crackle). Regional Theatre: Smoke and Mirrors (FST), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, A Comedy of Tenors, Young Frankenstein, Noises Off, The Importance of Being Earnest, A Funny Thing...Forum (Walnut Street Theatre), Beauty and the Beast (Media Theatre), Gypsy (Hangar Theatre). TV/Film: "Chang Can Dunk" (Disney+) “FBI: Most Wanted” (NBC), “Power Book II: Ghost” (Starz), “Evil Lives Here” (Discovery+). BFA Ithaca College. Exceptionally grateful. @alannajsmith
Creative
Director | Sean Daniels
Scenic Design | Isabel and Moriah Curley-Clay
Lighting Design | Michael Pasquini
Sound Design | Louis Vetter Torres
Costume Design | Daniel Ciba
Costume Coordinator | Suzie Sajec
Stage Manager | Roy Johns*
Stage Management Fellow | Passion Shaffer
* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.