Full-Length (100-120 Min.)
Comedy-Drama
1W, 5M

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Funnyman

by Bruce Graham
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Synopsis

New York City, 1959. Fading vaudeville comic Chick Sherman, along with his long-suffering agent, tries to revive his career with a role in an avant-garde off-Broadway play. While his grown daughter searches for answers from her absentee showbiz father, a lifetime of private and professional struggles rise to the surface, cracking the polished public persona of the world’s favorite former “funny man.”

Casting & Production

Casting

CHICK Sherman

DIRECTOR (OFF STAGE VOICE)*

Milt “JUNIOR” Karp

KATHARINE Sherman

NATHAN Wise

MATTHEW Baroni

VICTOR La Plant

*Any of the actors who play Nathan, Matthew or Victor can double as the voice of the Director.

Setting

Place
New York City

Time
1959

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"Highly Recommended. FUNNYMAN really is a shrewdly penned and highly involving affair that captures a moment of momentous change in art, even as it probes the universal truth that comedians rarely have funny lives."

- Chicago Tribune

"Ultimately, that’s what makes FUNNYMAN soar: not the historical references, not the clever invention of Chick’s career highlights (like his trademark “Wowza!”), not even the wise commentary about how comedy has changed post-World War II—but the personal growth of all Graham’s characters."

- Broad Street Review

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