Creative Team
Karina Mangu-Ward and Bobby Hodgson, who write, produce, and direct the series together, began collaborating as undergraduates at Harvard, where they met the future urologists who are the real-life inspiration for this series. They've been wanting to partner on something painfully gay for a long time.
Karina Mangu-Ward (co-creator, director, writer) is a media/theater producer working in New York. She is the General Manger for HERE Arts Center and edits video at DCTV. She likes to follow obscure lesbian plot lines only available in grainy online video and thinks urology is hilariously gay.
Bobby Hodgson (co-creator, writer, "Marc Merriman")
is an actor and writer who once watched an entire episode of According to Jim because it included a gay subplot.
Cast
Wil Petre (Mark Weston). Witness Relocation: Haggadah at La MaMa, Blue Bird at CSV, In a Hall of the Palace of Pyrrhus at the Ohio. Les Freres Corbusier: Dance Dance Revolution, Hell House at St. Ann’s. Actors Are F*@#ing Stupid (Wild Project/Push Prods.), Captain Overlord's Folly (Edinburgh Fest./Clancy Prods), Chaser (NY Fringe/Cherry Lane Studio), TR Warszawa’s Macbeth (St. Ann’s). The Cherry Orchard, The Blue Room and Groundwork on the Metaphysics of Morals (Williamstown). Film/TV: “The Band” (Official NYTVF Selection), “University Place” (NYU), and webisodes of Viralcom (www.viralcomseries.com), produced by Warner Bros Studio 2.0. He’s also in that NY Times Weekender commercial. BFA from NYU Tisch. www.wilpetre.com.
Max Jenkins (Jim Gable) is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts. Film: Breaking Upwards (Official Selection - SXSW), Watching TV with the Red Chinese. TV: "Third Watch." Theater: The Man in the Ceiling(Disney Theatricals), The Black Crook(Naked Angels), Under Construction(SITI Company), seatingARRANGEMENTS (The Flea), Runaways: In Concert (Joe's Pub), 06880(York Theatre Company), a reading of Wig Out! (Vineyard Theatre), the upcoming Coney Island Avenue at New York Theater Workshop.
Bobby Hodgson (Marc Merriman, co-creator) appeared on an episode of The Book of Daniel that never aired, then played the evil 15-year-old narrator of a Goosebumps audiobook called Lucky at Cards (give a listen). Other credits: Flea Theater, St. Ann's Warehouse, Williamstown Theater Festival, American Repertory Theater. He plans to become a lawyer.
Becca Blackwell (Casey Blunt) has been an artist in NYC for nearly 15 years. Notably with Jennifer Miller's Circus Amok and The Sum of Us with Michelle Matlock, as well as theatre companies Two-Headed Calf, Six Figures and Blessed Unrest . For two seasons she has had a recurring role in the serial drama Room for Cream presented at LaMama. Becca has also performed in the Fringe, HOT and JAW festivals. Currently she is performing in pieces for video artist Sharon Hayes in a variety of countries. Becca can also be seen playing with her band Inner Princess.
Amy Kersten (Amy Campbell) is thrilled to be part of the gayest anatomy in town. She studies improv at UCB and is currently producing Hot Mess- a web series and podcast which features real life messes and their tragic tales of life in the city. The series premieres in July 2009. shesamess.com. Other webcredits include http://tiny.cc/r5qkI.
Jim deProphetis (Eddie DeGrazio). New York: Dance, Dance Revolution (Ensemble); The Naked Dead Elephant in the Middle of the Room (Jack); The Liar (Arlecchino); Peter and the Starcatchers (Jim); Snake in Fridge (Corbett). Regional: The Corn is Green (Ensemble); 2007 Williamstown Theatre Festival Acting Apprentice. Film: Hooking Up (Colin). Television: One Life to Live, The Electric Company (Paul the Gorilla).
Beth Hoyt (Robin Starr). Transition with Reggie Watts and Tommy Smith, Under the Radar Festival (The Public), TBA Festival (Portland, Or) and On the Boards, (Seattle, Oct 2009). Radio Play (Ars Nova). At the Flea: A Light Lunch, I.E. In Other Words, ‘Twas the Night Before… (Christopher Durang World Premiere). Gentleman Caller (Clubbed Thumb). Internet series: Funny Pet News (Co-anchor and writer, Zootoo.com), Jenny and Reggie: http://www.vimeo.com/337762. Television: AMC Date Night, Host. BFA, University of Michigan. www.bethhoyt.com.
CREDITS:
Directed by: Karina Mangu-Ward
Co-Director: Bobby Hodgson
Written by: Bobby Hodgson and Karina Mangu-Ward
Assistant Directors: Carla Borras and Amy Kersten
Script Supervisors: Megan Low, Jenn Brown, and Anne Erbe
Director of Photography: Karina Mangu-Ward
Sound Operators: Casey Cormier, Jim deProphetis, and Brianna Norton
Costume Design: Jojo Karlin
Set Decoration: Melissa Goldman and Jojo Karlin
Logo Design: Michael Bodel
Cast: Wil Petre, Max Jenkins, Bobby Hodgson, Becca Blackwell, Amy Kersten, Jim deProphetis, Beth Hoyt, with Jess Burkle, Sam Dingman, Chelsey Donn, Mary Greenawalt, Meghan Hemingway, Jojo Karlin, Sam Perwin, and Tyler Ward.
