GERALD MCCULLOUCH FOR GAY MARRIAGE
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CSI STAR TO OPEN IN 'DADDY'
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CSI STAR TO OPEN IN 'DADDY'
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Gerald McCullouch And Bjorn DuPaty Don't mess with Gerald McCullouch. Playing ballistics expert Bobby Dawson on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation for the past decade, he might know a thing or two about putting up a fight. (McCullouch successfully boxed a laptop thief on the subway who threatened him with a kitchen knife!) The LGBT fight for gay marriage is McCullouch's next focus: In Dan Via's new play Daddy, he stars as a journalist who gets into a relationship with an erratic younger man, prompting a re-evaluation of his friendship with his longtime best bud.See the show everyone will be talking about. Daddy, starring CSI's Gerald McCullouh starts previews tomorrow.TBG Arts Center. 312 w 36th Street, 3rd floor. 8:00 curtain. Dark on Tuesdays. Spread the word on an unforgettably beautiful play and click here to visit their website.
ABOUT THE CAST
GERALD McCULLOUCH (Colin) is a bi-coastal actor who has received international notoriety playing Bobby Dawson on the hit TV show "CSI" for 10 seasons and as a recurring guest host of "FYE!" on E!TV. Recent NY Theatre credits include the remount of Stephen Belber's McReele and the Lucille Lortel Theater Award winner 3 Graces' world premiere of Sharyn Rothstein's A Good Farmer. He has received featured articles and mentions in The New York Post, The New York Daily News, LA Daily News, Entertainment Weekly, Us Weekly and The Advocate among others. Gerald played Jesus in the European tour of Jesus Christ Superstar, and is an award-winning filmmaker, whose film "The Moment After" received screenings and acclaim worldwide. He has worked with folks from Jeff Goldblum to Robert Redford, from Natalie Portman to Heather Locklear, from Liev Schreiber to William Shatner and many others in bunches of TV shows and films, a few Off Broadway flops, many LA and regional theatre productions and bazillions of commercials and print ads. He once appeared in two different billboards simultaneously in Times Square and on Sunset Boulevard. And he recently completed the films "BearCity" and "American Influence". www.Gerald.biz (it's a hard "G")
BJORN DuPATY (Tee) is a recent graduate of Rutgers University MFA program (2008). Some of his credits include: Severed and Talking Heads (Suit) at the Flea Theatre, Romeo & Juliet (Mercutio) at the American Globe Theatre, multiple projects at Ensemble Studio Theatre, and "All My Children" (OB/GYN). He is excited and proud to join the cast of Daddy.
DAN VIA (Stew/playwright) most recently appeared as the über-Boss in the hit Adding Machine: A Musical at the Studio Theatre in Washington, DC (directed by the co-adapter). New York credits include It’s Our Town, Too (Vital Theatre), Season’s Greetings (Hudson River Rep), Oh! Virgil (Judson Arts) and Archipelago (Intentional Theatre Group). A former DC resident, he has performed with many of that city’s leading theaters, including Studio (highlight: the title role in Jerry Springer: The Opera), The Shakespeare Theatre, Theater J, Rep Stage and Source Theatre. He was also member of the critically beloved “upstart” Catalyst Theater Company. On camera, Dan has made multiple appearances as Denny the bartender on “One Life to Live,” and is a regular on the buzz-magnet web series “Anyone But Me,” now in its second season. Daddy marks his debut as a playwright.
JASON HEALY (Ensemble) just recently shuffled back from Buffalo, where he received a B.F.A from the University at Buffalo. As both a performer and a Stage Manager, Jason often finds himself jumping back and forth between the two. Recent NY credits off stage include From Russia with Angst, Singing with a Sword in my Hand, and National Pastime. Recent Buffalo credits on stage include Bug, The Exonerated, and Lysistrata. Special thanks to Michael for never forgetting about him, and for keeping him around all these years.
JEFF JOHNSON (Ensemble) is an actor, writer, director and general theatre fill-in-the-blank. Most recently, he worked with the Urban Theatrical Players, appearing as Iago in Othello and playing various roles in Riding the E. He is currently working on finishing his play Laurel's Wake, for which he hopes to have a reading in 2010. He would like to thank Eugenia, Amy, his family, and the whole cast and crew of Daddy.
GERALD McCULLOUCH (Colin) is a bi-coastal actor who has received international notoriety playing Bobby Dawson on the hit TV show "CSI" for 10 seasons and as a recurring guest host of "FYE!" on E!TV. Recent NY Theatre credits include the remount of Stephen Belber's McReele and the Lucille Lortel Theater Award winner 3 Graces' world premiere of Sharyn Rothstein's A Good Farmer. He has received featured articles and mentions in The New York Post, The New York Daily News, LA Daily News, Entertainment Weekly, Us Weekly and The Advocate among others. Gerald played Jesus in the European tour of Jesus Christ Superstar, and is an award-winning filmmaker, whose film "The Moment After" received screenings and acclaim worldwide. He has worked with folks from Jeff Goldblum to Robert Redford, from Natalie Portman to Heather Locklear, from Liev Schreiber to William Shatner and many others in bunches of TV shows and films, a few Off Broadway flops, many LA and regional theatre productions and bazillions of commercials and print ads. He once appeared in two different billboards simultaneously in Times Square and on Sunset Boulevard. And he recently completed the films "BearCity" and "American Influence". www.Gerald.biz (it's a hard "G")
BJORN DuPATY (Tee) is a recent graduate of Rutgers University MFA program (2008). Some of his credits include: Severed and Talking Heads (Suit) at the Flea Theatre, Romeo & Juliet (Mercutio) at the American Globe Theatre, multiple projects at Ensemble Studio Theatre, and "All My Children" (OB/GYN). He is excited and proud to join the cast of Daddy.
DAN VIA (Stew/playwright) most recently appeared as the über-Boss in the hit Adding Machine: A Musical at the Studio Theatre in Washington, DC (directed by the co-adapter). New York credits include It’s Our Town, Too (Vital Theatre), Season’s Greetings (Hudson River Rep), Oh! Virgil (Judson Arts) and Archipelago (Intentional Theatre Group). A former DC resident, he has performed with many of that city’s leading theaters, including Studio (highlight: the title role in Jerry Springer: The Opera), The Shakespeare Theatre, Theater J, Rep Stage and Source Theatre. He was also member of the critically beloved “upstart” Catalyst Theater Company. On camera, Dan has made multiple appearances as Denny the bartender on “One Life to Live,” and is a regular on the buzz-magnet web series “Anyone But Me,” now in its second season. Daddy marks his debut as a playwright.
JASON HEALY (Ensemble) just recently shuffled back from Buffalo, where he received a B.F.A from the University at Buffalo. As both a performer and a Stage Manager, Jason often finds himself jumping back and forth between the two. Recent NY credits off stage include From Russia with Angst, Singing with a Sword in my Hand, and National Pastime. Recent Buffalo credits on stage include Bug, The Exonerated, and Lysistrata. Special thanks to Michael for never forgetting about him, and for keeping him around all these years.
JEFF JOHNSON (Ensemble) is an actor, writer, director and general theatre fill-in-the-blank. Most recently, he worked with the Urban Theatrical Players, appearing as Iago in Othello and playing various roles in Riding the E. He is currently working on finishing his play Laurel's Wake, for which he hopes to have a reading in 2010. He would like to thank Eugenia, Amy, his family, and the whole cast and crew of Daddy.
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