THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
Executive Director, Crystal Field
Presents
COLLEGE FUN
SEX! VENGEANCE! EARTHQUAKES! HUMAN RESOURCES!
FROG & PEACH THEATRE COMPANY TO PRESENT WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCE OF “COLLEGE FUN” By TED ZURKOWSKI
November 29, 2024 – December 15, 2024
Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8:00 PM, Sunday at 3:00 PM
Wednesday performance on December 11 at 8:00 PM
Tickets: $18
Run Time: 40 minutes
CABARET SPACE
THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
155 First Avenue (between 9th and 10th Street)
New York, NY 10003
Directions
The Frog & Peach Theatre Company announced that New York’s critically acclaimed & revolutionary ensemble has teamed with Theater for a New City to present a full production of “College Fun” a startling new comedy by Ted Zurkowski. Directed by Lynnea Benson, the “College Fun” performances will open on Friday, November 29 at 8 PM at the Theater for the New City’s Cabaret space. The cast includes popular performers from Frog & Peach’s recent smash hit, KING LEAR.
Join the charming but hapless Professor Jones (DazMann Still) in the slightly mad Office of Diversity & Inclusion at an elite university in Southern California. His Inquisitors include the seductive & deranged Dr. Ram (Amy Frances Quint), the flamboyantly vigilant Dr. Queeg (Jonathan Reed Wexler), and the widely feared Dr. Pane (Anuj Parikh). The Production Stage Manager is Matthew Seepersad. Photo by Maria Baranova.
Ted Zurkowski (Playwright) is also a singer, composer, musician, & actor. He is the frontman for the rock band Honey West, which he formed with Ian McDonald (King Crimson, Foreigner). He is currently developing “Unhappy Jack, the High School Self-Medicating Rock Opera” into an Off-Broadway musical production for 2025. He is a Lifetime Member of The Actors Studio and has taught at Hunter College, NYU, and The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute. Thanks Lynnea and Cast!
Amy Frances Quint (Dr Ram) is honored to be working with Frog & Peach again, and grateful to both F&P and Theatre for the New City for providing a home for new and thought-provoking theatre. Amy was born and raised in Rome, Italy and studied at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and The Stella Adler Conservatory. She has acted, written and produced at venues including La MAMA, the NYC Fringe, the Ohio Theatre, the Connelly Theatre, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the Dublin Fringe Festival, Baltimore Arts Project, The West End Theatre and Chashama. She is also a voiceover artist and co-founder of Quattro Gatti Theatre Company. Favorite roles with Frog & Peach include Rosalind in As You Like It, Katarina in The Taming of the Shrew, Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, Constance in King John, and Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. She’d like to thank her husband Matthew, daughter Cassandra, and her partners in crime at Frog & Peach.
Anuj Parikh (Dr Pane) is a happy guy originally from Vancouver. Fun recent roles include Duke of Cornwall (King Lear, Frog & Peach Theatre); Dromio of Syracuse (Comedy of Errors, Hip to Hip Theatre); Badger (Wind in the Willows, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble); Titus Andronicus (noted in the New York Times); Rev. Duckworth (premiere of Alice Again, by The Lifespan of a Fact’s G. Farrell). He has a PhD in experimental nuclear astrophysics from Yale and was a professor in Barcelona and expert on thermonuclear stellar explosions. He is particularly interested in developing theatre that explores the interface between physics and poetry. More at anujparikh.com!
DazMann Still (Professor Jones) is a newcomer to the Frog &Peach Theatre Company! Some previous credits include: Manifest (Kory), Bill and Ted Face the Music (Jimi Hendrix), Blue Bloods (Marcus), Maybe I Do (Jonah), and the stage play The Royale (Fish). He also loves doing voiceover work! In addition to having done some voice work on the animated show Solar Opposites, his client list includes: White Castle, AT&T, NBC Sports, CBS Sports, Nissan, American Express, Bounce, Maryland Health and more. Thanks to everyone who’s coming out to see the show, and he hopes you enjoy!
Jonathan Reed Wexler (Dr Queeg) is a native New Yorker. He played Edmund in Frog & Peach’s King Lear last winter. He studied The Method (with Ted) at The Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute and is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin. Theater: The Braggart of Bourbon Street (NYCFringe), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Gorilla Rep), Playdate (Dixon Place), A Tale of Two Cities (Roxy Regional Theatre). Film: Last Supper, The Stand Up, Macbeth , Hamlet, Richard III (post-production), Evil Weed. Television: The Mysteries of Laura, Rockaway. He is a company member of The Metropolitan Opera where he is currently acting (and playing percussion) in Il Trovatore and will be performing in the highly anticipated new production of Aida, opening New Year’s Eve.
Pedro Vierre ((u/s, QUEEG) played Jonah in Open at The Tank, Stanley in If I Did, You Deserved It at Under St Marks, Paul in Replaced! at the NY Theater Festival, and Mack The Knife in The Threepenny Opera at Hunter College. He can’t wait for COLLEGE FUN!
Lynnea Benson (Director) Ms Benson is a co-founder and The Artistic Director at Frog & Peach Theatre. Recent directing credits include King Lear (starring Greg Mullavey), As You Like It, and Verbatim (starring Estelle Parsons). She serves as the writer director for the Frog & Peach bilingual family show, Tinkerbell Theatre, and writes & directs the viral web series Tink Online.
Mathew Seepersad (Stage Manager) is a stage manager and actor who has been with Theater for the New City for over 3 years now and has worked on many different shows. He is a York College graduate and acquired a Bachelor’s degree with a major in Speech Communication and Theater Arts and a minor in Communication Technology. Mathew wants to pursue a career in voice acting, as well as video production and editing. Instagram: soundboard3000. Website: mathewseepersad.com
Frog & Peach Theatre Company founded in 1996 by members of The Actors Studio, the critically acclaimed Frog & Peach Theatre is widely known for gripping new works & daring productions of Shakespeare’s plays. 2025 will include Verbatim starring Estelle Parsons, and Taming Of The Shrew. Watch for the musicals Unhappy Jack & Three Women this spring. Frog & Peach is also widely beloved for the zany, bilingual children’s program, Tinkerbell Live & the viral comedy web series Tink Online. The Frog & Peach Arts Ed program serves high quality arts education every week to New York’s most vulnerable-formerly homeless adults with serious mental illness at sites throughout Brooklyn and the Bronx.