Stuart
Hershkowitz has been seen in professional, regional and local venues
since the age of seventeen. His recent professional credits include appearances with Charneco Productions in their original musical revue “Patriotic Moment,” with NY Dinner Theater in “The Soapranos” and “The Godfather’s Meshugginah Wedding,” with Perennial Productions in “The Fantasticks,” at the Bickford Theatre in “The Odd Couple” and “Pigeons on the Walk,” at the Union County Arts Center in “Man of La Mancha,” “Fiddler on the Roof” and “Phantom,” and at the Harry Warren Theatre in “The Brooklyn Revue,” “The Locket,” “A Broadway Story,” “Shuberts' Alley,” “The Melody Lingers On,” “Godspell,” “Gemini,” “Plaza Suite” and “Same Time Next Year.” Recently, Stuart also appeared as Joe, the Lazy Dad in the HBO Actual Joke “Ten-to-One,” in the trailer “Fixation” for the book Henry's List of Wrongs, and in the infomercial for DiFeo Certified Pre-Owned Lexus appearing on the Cablevision network. Stuart will soon be seen in the Folksbiene Yiddish Theatre's Off-Broadway production of Yentl", in the independent films “The Therapy Mound,” “The Poker Game” and “Strigoi,” and as background in the new Steven Spielberg film, “Catch Me If You Can.”
Stuart has performed locally at Villagers Theater in
Somerset, NJ (File in “The Rainmaker” —Schultz in “Not About Nightingales” —Max
Prince in “Laughter on the 23rd Floor” —Dom in “Burkie”), Playhouse
22 in East Brunswick, NJ (Mayer Rothschild in “The Rothschilds” —Narrator in “A
Christmas Carol” —Henry Drummond in “Inherit the Wind” —Tevye in “Fiddler on
the Roof”), Circle Playhouse (Voice of Audrey II in “Little Shop of
Horrors”—Nat Moyer in “I’m Not Rappaport”), Westfield Community Players (Nat
Moyer in “I’m Not Rappaport”—Mort Hollander in “California Suite”—Patrick
O’Reilly in “The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940”), and the Philathalians of
Fanwood NJ (Lawrence Garfinkle in “Other People’s Money”—Al Shields in
“Cahoots”—Simon Able in “Sly Fox”). Stuart also directed "Fuddy Meers" for the Black Box Series at Villagers Theatre.
When Stuart is not on stage, he is Development Director of the Off-Off Broadway troupe, the Ryan Repertory Company at the Harry Warren Theatre in New York, and is the owner/operator of TTW Reproduction Services, supplying headshot reproduction and photo business card production sevices to the theatrical community.
Production/Role | Where | Opening Night |
The Rainmaker ......Ensemble | Villagers Theatre | 10/26/2001 |
The Rothschilds ......Meyer Rothschild | East Brunswick Community Players | 6/8/2001 |
Not About Nightingales ......Schultz | Villagers Theatre | 1/12/2001 |
A Christmas Carol ......Narrator | East Brunswick Community Players | 12/15/2000 |
All in the Timing ......Milton, Mark | Villagers Theatre | 5/12/2000 |
Gypsy ......Herbie | Mystic Vision Players | 7/28/1999 |
Laughter on the 23rd Floor ......Max Prince | Villagers Theatre | 1/8/1999 |