The Understudy

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Shorts 4: Revealing Laughter
Theater 3 Mon, Apr 7, 2025 7:10 PM
Film Info
Premiere Status:Minnesota Premiere
Festival Programs:Revealing Laughter
Release Year:2024
Runtime:14 min
Country/Region:Canada
Language:English
Website:Official Website
Tags:Comedy
Drama
Cast/Crew
Director:Peter Pasyk
Producer:Paolo Mancini
Genna Dixon
Cinematographer:Christian Bielz
Editor:Kris Von Kleist
Composer:Richard Feren
Principal Cast:Tom Rooney
Mia SwamiNathan
Maria Vacratsis
André Sills
Filmography:Peter Pasyk is a film and theatre director
working in Canada and Poland. Peter co-wrote one of Poland’s highest grossing feature films: Planeta
which launched a film and TV franchise. Recently he directed the pilot of a new TV comedy series
Simon & Magda for Poland’s Polsat network. Peter’s short film Pole
was shortlisted for TIFF's Top Ten Short Films. As a theatre director Peter has worked at Canada’s t
Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre and Tarragon Theatre. His career highlights include directing the crit
North America’s largest repertory theatre.

Description

An understudy actor receives a call that he must go on last-minute to replace the star of a major stage production of Shakespeare's The Tempest.