{"id":2850,"date":"2010-09-22T18:44:30","date_gmt":"2010-09-22T18:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/"},"modified":"2022-12-07T22:20:03","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T22:20:03","slug":"joel-rooks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/client\/actors\/joel-rooks\/","title":{"rendered":"Joel Rooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3952\" title=\"JOEL ROOKS\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Rooks-Joel1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"180\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Broadway:<\/strong> <em>Fish in the Dark<\/em>, <em>The Royal Family<\/em>, <em>Say Goodnight Gracie<\/em>, <em>Taller Than A Dwarf<\/em>, <em>The Tenth Man<\/em>, <em>The<\/em> <em>Sisters<\/em> <em>Rosensweig <\/em>u\/s (also National Tour) and <em>Frankie and Johnnie in<\/em> t<em>he Clair de Lune<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Off-Broadway:<\/strong> <em>Iron<\/em>, <em>Comic Potential<\/em>, <em>Jewtopia<\/em>, <em>Rocket to the Moon<\/em>, <em>Under The Bed<\/em>, <em>The Secret Order<\/em>, <em>The Louis Slotin Sonata<\/em>, <em>Requiem for a Heavyweight<\/em>, <em>Richard II<\/em>, <em>School for Scandal<\/em>, <em>Carbondale Dreams<\/em>,<em> After The Rain<\/em>,\u00a0<em>I Can Get It For You Wholesale,<\/em>\u00a0The New York Theater Workshop\u201a&#8217;s Obie award winning production of <em>More Stately Mansion<\/em>s<em>, The Law of Return<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Regional:<\/strong> Older Ben in <em>Hi, My Name Is Ben<\/em> (Norma Terris Theatre), George Burns in <em>Say Goodnight, Gracie<\/em> (Bickford Theatre), Freud in <em>Freud&#8217;s Last Session<\/em> (Cape May Playhouse), George Burns in <em>Say Goodnight, Gracie<\/em> (Peterborough Players), <em>Say Goodnight Gracie<\/em> (The New Theater of Kansas City, The Gem Theater in Detroit, The Society Hill Playhouse in Philadelphia, The Lensic in Santa Fe and many others;\u00a0<em>Once In A Lifetime<\/em>, <em>Street Scene <\/em>and <em>God of Vengeance (<\/em>The Williamstown Theater Festival);<em> Bright Wings (<\/em>Long Wharf Theater); <em>Astapovo (<\/em>Yale Rep); <em>Sheer Boredom (<\/em>George Street Playhouse); <em>The Last Night of Ballyhoo<\/em>,<em> The Archbishop&#8217;s Ceiling (<\/em>The Vineyard Playhouse); <em>Slouching Toward Hollywood (<\/em>Penguin Rep);<em> The Great White Hope (<\/em>Arena Stage); <em>The Rainmaker <\/em>(Clarence Brown Theater); <em>A Thousand Clowns <\/em>(Dorset Theater Festival); <em>A Doll&#8217;s House<\/em>, <em>Brighton Beach Memoirs <\/em>(Pennsylvania Stage);<em> Goodbye Moscow<\/em> (<em>T<\/em>he Annenberg Center); <em>Three Sisters<\/em>, <em>Bus Stop<\/em>, <em>Soul of a Jew, A Streetcar Named Desire <\/em>(River Arts Repertory Company).<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Films:<\/strong> <em>Essential Ingredients, His and Hers, <\/em><em>It Runs In The Family<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Snatched<\/em>,<em> The Sightseer<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Why George?<\/em>,\u00a0<em>On The Run<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Grizzly Adams-Mark of The Bear<\/em>,<em> American Blue Note<\/em>,\u00a0<em>LBS<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The Gig, Emily &amp; Tim<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Bakery in Brooklyn,<\/em> and<em> Everyday Saturday. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>TV:<\/strong> <em>Ramy, <\/em><em>FBI: Most Wanted, <\/em><em>New Amsterdam,<\/em> <em>Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Ramy, <\/em><em>Deadbeat<\/em>,<em> Inside Amy Schumer<\/em>,<em> Copshop<\/em>, <em>Ed<\/em>,<em> The Beat<\/em>, <em>Winchell<\/em>,<em> Law &amp; Order <\/em>(2 episodes), <em>Law and Order-SVU<\/em> (2 episodes), <em>Law and Order-Criminal Intent<\/em> (2 episodes), <em>America&#8217;s Most Wanted<\/em>,<em> All My Children<\/em>, <em>As The World Turns, Moshe<\/em> (Hulu).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Video Games: <\/strong><em>Grand Theft Auto V <\/em>(Solomon Richards)<\/p>\n<p>Member of Ensemble Studio Theater, Circle East and New River Dramatists. 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