Mr Guy has suffered terribly in over 75 professional productions ranging from Shakespeare to tap dancing (sometimes both at once) and everything in between.
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He was poisoned (as Hamlet) and beaten (Malvolio) with the National Shakespeare Co.; he was betrayed (Brutus) and beheaded (Buckingham) throughout two seasons at the American Shakespeare Center’s Blackfriars Playhouse; and he was then flogged (twice) as both Dromios by the Hamptons Shakespeare Festival.
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Not content with just two roles, Jason played all the male characters in "Turn of the Screw" at Tri-State Actor's Theatre (in which he was, incidentally, smothered to death).
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Seeking solace in plays by living authors, Mr Guy lost his faith (“Doubt”), his friends (“Art”), his wife (“Time Stands Still"), and finally a finger (in Arkansas Rep’s “The 39 Steps”). Immediately thereafter he was vomited on in “God of Carnage” (at the otherwise beautiful Cape May Stage).
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Fearing scene partners were to blame, Jason performed every role in Cortland Rep’s “I Am My Own Wife”: it was the loneliest thing he’s ever done. Addicted to horror, he cavorted with Munchkins (and a dog) in Northern Stage's "The Wizard of Oz". But it was as Lloyd (the Director) in "Noises Off” that he weathered the worst abuse known to man: Actors.
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Convinced that familiarity had indeed bred contempt, Mr Guy has premiered three plays: at Bridge Street Theater, "The Official Adventures of Kieron & Jade" and "Casse Noisette" - he was jilted and committed suicide, respectively - but then in a blissfully welcome turn of events, he beat, pummeled, and tortured someone else in the Flea Theater's long-running "Back of the Throat", Directed by Jim Simpson.
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Turning to musicals in hopes of lighter fare, he was punched repeatedly ("West Side Story"), soaked nightly (on the National Tour of "Singin' in the Rain" as Don Lockwood), and fired daily (on National and European Tours of "42nd Street"). Oh, and he survived children in the Korean Tour of "Annie" ...
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Always willing to stretch and grow, Jason persevered through six wretched months aboard the Norwegian Cruise Line’s Getaway in “The Illusionarium”, a magical spectacular that sailed from the Caribbean to the Olympics in Rio de Janiero and back: it was Hell. |
In all, this litany of maltreatment has traversed all 50 of the United States and fifteen countries across four continents. Mr Guy was born on the pinky of Michigan, grew up on the coast of Maine, and lives in New York City.
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