| "The Z Team", A New Comedy, at Theatre Row...November 8-23 | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 06:05 pm EDT 10/16/24 | |
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| The Z Team, a new comedy, written by Jeff and Jacob Foy (Emergency) will play Theatre Row (410 W. 42nd Street) for a limited engagement November 8 – November 23, it was announced today. Directed by Jeff Whiting (Bullets Over Broadway; Big Fish; HAIR), opening night is set for November 10. Jerry's failing advertising company is struggling to keep up with its most important projects, so when his girlfriend "asks" him to create a commercial for her terrible new product (a yoga mat with a blender on it), he comes up with an innovative idea- to take the worst person from each department and assemble them to create the commercial. Hilarity ensues as the "Z Team" works to create an unforgettable commercial for the world's worst product: The Bend and Blend. The cast includes: Allie Trimm*(13; Wicked; Bye, Bye Birdie), Ze'ev Barmor* (Fiddler on the Roof), Tyler Cruz* ( The Betrayal Project), Darby McDonough (Waiting for Wicked), Jakob Martinez Cooper (Spring Awakening), Gabrielle Filloux* (The Office! A Musical Parody), Joe Mucciolo* ( Richard III), Drew Starlin* (Rocky: The Musical), Kaelee Albritton* (The Wedding Singer), and Daniel Arana* (This Is Our Youth). The Z Team has set design by Scott Aronow ( The Chekhov Dreams), costume design by Matthew Pachtman (Leopoldstadt; Into the Woods), lighting design by Corey Goulden-Naitove (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical), and sound design by Shannon Slaton (Melissa Etheridge: My Window and The Illusionists). Fuyuan Zheng is the production stage manager and Hannah Marks is the Assistant Stage Manager. Casting is by Michael Cassara, CSA. The Z Team plays: Tuesdays at 7:00PM, Wednesdays at 7:00PM, Thursdays at 7:00PM, Fridays at 8:00PM, Saturdays at 2:00PM and 8:00PM, and Sundays at 3:00PM. Ticket prices are $39 with premium seating available and can be purchased at: www.ZTeam.show or HERE. *Denotes Equity Member appearing with permission of Actors' Equity Association without benefit of an Equity contract in this Off-Off Broadway production. The Z Team is an Equity Approved Showcase. # # # Biographies Kaelee Albritton (Understudy) Off-Broadway Debut! National Tours: Hairspray (Amber Von Tussle), Legally Blonde (Brooke Wyndham). Regional: Kinky Boots (Riverside Theatre). Rep: Take 3 Talent (Michele Cavallero). Big thanks to Michael Cassara and "The Z Team" cast and creatives for all the laughs. Gabriel, thank you for always being the most patient self-tape reader. Love and light! @kaealbrittonnn Daniel Arana (Understudy) Daniel's solo show, "TRAMP(ED)", in which he portrayed Charlie Chaplin, ran at Theatre Row as part of the United Solo Theatre Festival. Other theatrical credits include: Steerage by Julian Mesrí, This Is Our Youth (Battalion Theatre). Unhealthy by Darren Cauley (NY Premiere). TV/Film: "FBI: Most Wanted" (CBS), and the award-winning short, "Mosholu Parkway" written by Allison Robbins, produced by Christopher Guest and Jamie Lee Curtis. Graduate, Brown University. Ze'ev Barmor (David) couldn't be more excited for his NYC debut! Regional: Fiddler on the Roof (Ensemble/ Bottle Dancer) The MUNY, Papermill Playhouse, and The Gateway Playhouse, Jersey Boys (Frankie Valli) and Godspell (Apostle) Pagosa Springs Center for the Arts. Ze'ev would like to thank his family, friends, and the team at Henderson Hogan for their love and support! Go Blue! @zebarmor Tyler Cruz (Kenzie) (she/her) is an actor based in New York City. Past credits include: Invasive Species (Arterial Productions), The Tempest (Elm Shakespeare), The Winter's Tale, Marys Seacole, rent free, Love's Labor's Lost, Boda de Sangre (David Geffen School of Drama at Yale). MFA: David Geffen School of Drama at Yale 2023 Gabrielle Filloux (Tiffany) Recent Credits: Off-Broadway: More Than This World (Diane) at The York Theatre Company, The Office! A Musical Parody (Angela & Others) Nat'l Tour/Cruise: Hairspray (Penny) & Flight (Katie) at RCCL, The Office! A Musical Parody Regional: Goodspeed Musicals, Hartford Stage, Cabrillo Stage, TheaterWorks, New London Barn Playhouse Workshops: FIVE: The Parody Musical (Marla Maples), White Rose: The Musical (Sophie Scholl) Jakob Martinez Cooper (Rob) is a New York City based actor. FILM: "The Woods" (Restless Spirit Productions). THEATRE: Spring Awakening (ART NY), Unpretty (The Chain Theatre). He has also developed work with Jeffery Seller and Alex Lacamoire. Jakob holds a BA from Emerson College and is a recent alum of The Neighborhood Playhouse. Darby McDonough (Denise) is thrilled to be performing at Theatre Row! She is a NY performer and graduate of UNC School of the Arts. Off Broadway: Waiting For Wicked at the Soho Playhouse. TV: "And Just Like That..." (HBO Max). Film: Polecat (Brooklyn Film Festival). Thanks to Sweet 180 & to her friends and family for their endless support. darbymcdonough.com / @darbymcdo Joe Mucciolo (Graham) Off-Broadway: Richard III (Shakespeare in the Park); Regional: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Pride and Prejudice, Julius Caesar, Coriolanus, The Taming of the Shrew, Much Ado About Nothing (The American Shakespeare Center); columbinus (1st Stage); Hamlet FFA, Romeo & Juliet FFA (Shakespeare Theatre Company); The Sneeze, Venus in Fur, Fiddler on the Roof, Inherit the Wind (Compass Rose Theater). Drew Starlin (Jerry/Duke Razor) Broadway: Footloose (Chuck Cranston), Off-Broadway: Snakebit (Gary), National Tour: Damn Yankees (Mickey), Film: Sanitatum (Mark Rappold), Bold Characters (Best Actor, Gramado Film Festival), The Dark Lights, Peppermint, The Empty Apartment, Tormenta's Ear, Television: "Law & Order," "MONK," "NUMB3RS," "All My Children," "Guiding Light," "Late Night with Conan O'Brien." Regional: Bonnie & Clyde (Buck Barrow), Hands on a Hardbody (Benny Perkins). Allie Trimm (Olivia) Broadway: Wicked (Glinda Standby), 13 The Musical (Patrice); Bye Bye Birdie (Kim MacAfee). Off-Bway/Regional: BAZ Star Crossed Love; Evolution of Mann; Enter Laughing; Allegiance ; Les Misérables . Film/TV: "Prom" (Disney); "Next Stop Christmas" (Hallmark); "30 Rock"; "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel". Stanford University. Jeff Foy (Co-Writer) is an ER doctor who is enjoying a second "career" as a theater maker, writing and producing shows with his son Jacob. His original idea of writing a medical musical has led to 2 more full length shows and more in the works! The Z Team is the wacky comedy that he has been dying to write! Jacob Foy (Co-Writer) is a playwright, composer, and orchestrator from Indiana. Aside from the Indiana Pacers and writing with his Dad, he loves helping other creators bring their works to life! While he normally works on musicals, he and his Dad have always wanted to write a comedic play, and thus, The Z Team was born! Thanks, Bend and Blend! Jeff Whiting (Director) Broadway (Resident Director): Bullets Over Broadway, Scottsboro Boys, Big Fish, Hair, Young Frankenstein. NATIONAL TOUR: Bullets Over Broadway, Hairspray, The Producers, Young Frankenstein, Rockin' Road to Dublin. OTHER: Loch Lomond (B'way Workroom), In The Light (B'way Workroom), Fly More Than You Fall (World Premiere), The Lost Colony (Waterside), Singin' in the Rain (Phoenix Theatre), Single Wide (NYMF), Chasing Rainbows (World Premiere). BUSINESS (Founder): Stage Write Software, Open Jar Studios/Institute, Stage Door Foundation/Network, and featured in his TEDxTalk Jeffwhiting.com. Scott Aronow (Scenic Designer) has designed scenery for almost 200 hundred shows across 18 states (at last count). NYC credits include The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Urban Stages) and The Chekhov Dreams (Theatre Row), various productions for The Hudson Guild, The Bronx Opera, LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts and Prospect Theater as well as dozens of others throughout NY and NJ. Regionally, he has designed for Theatreworks, Colorado Springs, St. Petersburg Opera, Salt Marsh Opera, Janiec/Brevard Opera, Jenny Wiley, and Meadow Brook Theatre. www.scottportfolio.com Matthew Pachtman (Costume Design) Broadway: The Prom. Feature Film: The Good House starring Sigourney Weaver, Ella McCay (2025 film release) starring Jamie Lee Curtis & Woody Harrelson. Matthew has designed at Glimmerglass Opera, York Theatre Company, Alliance Theatre, and the Cape Playhouse. Associate Designer on over 50 Broadway productions, including The Book of Mormon, Kinky Boots, and the upcoming Stranger Things: The First Shadow. Corey Goulden-Naitove (Lighting Designer) is an MFA graduate of Indiana University. Recent regional lighting design credits include: The Wizard of Oz (Constellation Stage and Screen), Beautiful: the Carole King Musical (Arts Center for Coastal Carolina), Spies for the Pope (Theater for the New City), The Little Mermaid (Virginia Musical Theatre), The Lost Colony (Associate Designer) (Roanoke, NC).For more information visit: https://www.coreygouldennaitove.com/. Shannon Slaton (Sound Designer) On Broadway has designed Melissa Etheridge: My Window and The Illusionists as well as being the associate designer for The Humans, Blackbird and several other shows. He has also designed more than 50 national tours including Shrek; The Producers; Kiss Me, Kate; Noise/Funk; The Full Monty; Contact; A Chorus Line; Tap Dogs; Aeros; Sweeney Todd; The Wizard of Oz; The Drowsy Chaperone; and The Wedding Singer. Shows he mixed on Broadway include Springsteen on Broadway, Cabaret, Annie, Anything Goes, Man of La Mancha, Bombay Dreams, A Christmas Carol, Sweet Charity, Jersey Boys, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Drowsy Chaperone, Spring Awakening, Fela!, Legally Blonde and Cabaret. Fuyuan Zheng (Production Stage Manager) (she/he) is an NYC-based stage manager (Columbia MFA 2025), theatre director, and art practitioner. She is very excited to make her Off-Broadway stage management debut and would love to thank The Z Team for a great time together. Recent SM credits: The World's Most Boring Murder, EXIST, The RASA Project. Directing credits: Kinderszenen, Same Caged. fuyuanzheng.com. Hannah Marks (Assistant Stage Manager) (she/her) Broadway: How I Learned to Drive, Skeleton Crew. Off-Broadway: Vladimir, Golden Shield, Prayer for the French Republic (MTC). Regional: Prayer for the French Republic, The Lehman Trilogy, Joy & Pandemic, Clyde's, K-I-S-S-I-N-G, Art of Burning (The Huntington), Man of God (Williamstown). BS, Northeastern University. Michael Cassara, CSA (Casting Director) American Eclipse (Michael John LaChiusa, dir. Bill Rauch), Forbidden Broadway (last 5 editions/albums), Mr. Holland's Opus (world premiere, dir. BD Wong), An American In Paris (int'l tour, dir. Christopher Wheeldon), The Mad Ones (Prospect Musicals, dir. Stephen Brackett), Spamilton (NYC/tour), and 750+ shows for top theatres worldwide. Resident Casting Director for National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) since 2013. MichaelCassara.net / @michaelcassara. www.thezteam.show |
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