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Subway Series is an experimental improvised play that explores the levels of connection between expression and individuality, exposing the strengths and weaknesses of communication and the imagination. |
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NewFormat Improvisation is New York's premier artist collective, producing work which reflects
society
in order to
engage, entertain and challenge its views and concepts.
The Cast and crew |
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JASON/JANUS SURRATT -He is of the youngest graduates of The Second City Conservatory in Chicago in 1999, and has been working in Improvisation for fifteen years. Jason has directed Hamlet: Revenge of a King at the Producer’s Club and for the 2006 Fringe Festival in NYC. He has directed multiple improvisation formats; most noted are 61 Dead Men, Lady Liberty, and Killar Improv, which were performed at the P.I.T and several other NYC venues. Jason developed NewFormat Improvisation in 2005, which has since grown to produce four to five original shows a year. Jason Holds a BFA from Syracuse University. |
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JEFF STEVENS - Jeff Stevens is a SAG and Actor’s Guild
actor, having played minor roles in dozens of
television shows and films, including The Black
Donnely’s and Annapolis. Jeff will be starring in the
upcoming indie film, Bamboo Shark, slated to come out
early next year. One of the founding members of NFI,
Jeff is currently directing his new show, “The Voice”. |
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DAN LEVY - A screenwriter, Dan Levy has been working
non-stop in his pursuit of his dream. A BFA graduate
of Syracuse University’s Film-Drama program, Dan’s
senior film script was hailed as “one of the best
student scripts I’ve ever read” by Owen Shapiro, the
head of the Syracuse Film program and founder of the
Syracuse International Film and Video Festival. As
one of the founding members of NFI, Dan is currently
writing and directing NFI’s new sketch show, “American
Like Jesus”. |
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CHRIS MCCUE - NFI core member Chris McCue has been
with the group for a year, and has performed full runs
of Killar Improv, Improv Anonymous and Subway Series.
Five years of street performance at the Great Lakes
Medieval Faire in Ohio inform his two-fisted Improv
sensibilities, as does his experience in making video
art and performance videos. He earned a bachelor’s
degree in film from Syracuse University and
specialized in documentary production. During the
day, he works for legendary documentary filmmaker,
Albert Maysles. |
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MEGAN BERNARD - Megan Bernard is an actress, dancer,
singer and writer. Megan studied theatre during high
school at Educational Center for the Arts in New
Haven, CT. She continued her studies at
Manhattanville College in Purchase, NY where she
received her B.A. in theatre. After graduating Megan
attended an intensive acting program on the topic of
Irish playwrights in Dublin, Ireland at the Gaiety
School of Acting. Megan has been in various plays and
short films in NYC. Her favorite is a short film, Hot
Young Grandma, in which she had the lead role. |
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GREG MOSS |
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COLE STITELMAN |
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AARON STOKER-RING |
REBECCA LORD Resident designer |
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Audience Comments |
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Name |
Star Rating |
What they said |
| jennifer | 5 Stars ***** | it was creative, raw, funny, serious, intelligent and unlike any other improv show i've ever seen. |
| Liz | 5 Stars ***** | Fantastic! |
