NEWS UPDATES
March 2020
Yiddish Off-Broadway postponed
I was scheduled to start rehearsals next week for Paddy Chayefsky's The Tenth Man, which will be performed (entirely in Yiddish!) with the award-winning National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene. However, in the interest of everyone's health and safety during the COVID-19 crisis, this production has been postponed until 2021. Visit NYTF.org for updates and more information.
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June 2018
New Victory LabWorks
Another wonderful week of development with the FOUNTAIN team!
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Written and Conceived by Christopher Anselmo and Jared Corak
Directed by Dana Greenfield
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Staged Readings June 22nd & 23rd at New 42nd St Studios
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July 2018
New Play Development at Dartmouth!
I spent a week at Dartmouth College workshopping a new play as part of VoxFest, an annual alumni theatre festival dedicated to the development of new work.
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MAIDS
Written by Carol Brown
Directed by Max Hunter
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Visit here for more information about the festival and play.
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September 2018
Fall in VT
I'm appearing in OSLO at Northern Stage through October 21st!
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Come check out one of the first regional productions of JT Rogers' Tony Award-winning political thriller.
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Click here for tickets and more information.
January 2019
Wilde in Portland
I am currently making my Portland Stage debut as Jack in
The Importance of Being Earnest
Brave the Maine winter to experience this delightful Oscar Wilde classic through February 17th!
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For tickets and more information, click here.
Pictured (L-R): Ross Cowan, Allie Freed, Tonya Ingerson, and Max
Photo by Aaron Flacke
June 2019
Summer in NH
I am returning to the New London Barn Playhouse to play Lord Leonard Aster in Peter and the Starcatcher!
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Performances June 26th - July 7th
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Visit nlbarn.org for more information
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December 2019
Reading at Urban Stages
A one-night only reading of Christian Elder's new play, #NWORD
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Wednesday, December 4th, at 7pm
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Visit Broadway World for more information
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November 2017
Check out Amazon's new hit!
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is now available on Amazon Prime!
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When you get to the season finale, you may see a familiar face on your screen...
May 2018
Netflix It!
Check out Episode 3 of the new season of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
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Available now on Netflix!
June 2018
This Weekend:
A reading of a new musical
Come by the Musical Theatre Factory to see a workshop performance of FOUNTAIN, an adventure musical conceived and written by Christopher Anselmo & Jared Corak
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Directed by Emi Lirman
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Performances June 2nd & 3rd!
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Click here for more info and tickets
September 2017
Heading back to
Guild Hall!
I will be appearing in a staged reading of Eric Bentley's ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN
Saturday, September 9th at Guild Hall in East Hampton
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Directed by Harris Yulin, the play will feature James Earl Jones, Matthew Broderick, Paul Hecht, Richard Kind, Mercedes Ruehl, Barry Scheck, and Harris Yulin, among others!
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Tickets on sale here. Hope to see you there!
September 2017
Up Next:
A Fresh Adaptation of Ibsen's Classic
I will be appearing as Tesman in The Bridge Production Group's world premiere adaptation of Ibsen's 'Hedda Gabler.'
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Performances September 29th - October 25th
at the Robert Moss Theatre
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For tickets and more information, click here
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August 2017
The Marvelous
Mrs. Maisel
I recently finished shooting my first co-star role.
You'll find me on Amazon Prime, performing beat poetry in a 1950s night club, when the entire season becomes available later this year.
Stay tuned for more info!
June 2017
Angry Young Man
(round 2!)
After a successful run at Urban Stages, the band is back together for another run of the show — this time in The Hamptons! We’re performing at Guild Hall in East Hampton June 3rd through June 18th.
Visit www.guildhall.org for more info.
Hope to see you out east!
March 2017
Angry Young Man
Performances have begun for my Off-Broadway debut! I’m appearing in the American Premiere of Ben Woolf’s hit comedy, ‘Angry Young Man’.
We run through April 9th at Urban Stages.
Visit urbanstages.org for more info.
December 2016
A Christmas Carol
I just finished a run of 'A Christmas Carol'
at Northern Stage!
"Max Samuels was full of youthful charm as Scrooge’s nephew Fred, and, keeping the family resemblance, a severe younger Scrooge."
— Barre-Montpelier Times Argus
Pictured (from L to R): Susan Haefner, Irene Green, Bill Kux, and me
Photo: Rob Strong