Complete Works (web series)

Complete Works is a comedy web series first aired on the subscription website Hulu in 2014.

Complete Works
GenreComedy
Created byJoe Sofranko
Adam North
Written byJoe Sofranko
Adam North
Directed byJoe Sofranko
Adam North
StarringJoe Sofranko
Lili Fuller
Kevin Quinn
Vicki Lewis
Chase Williamson
Ben Sidell
Lizzie Fabie
Alex Skinner
Michael Keenan
Laurie O'Brien
Daniel Montgomery
Robert Merrill
Jason Greene
Jessica Pennington
ComposerMike Kramer
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes5 episodes
Production
Executive producersJoe Sofranko
Adam North
Lili Fuller
ProducersGiancarlo Balarezo
ETC Theatre Company
Production locationLos Angeles, California
EditorsBen Baudhuin
Cassandra Chowdhury
Q. Heinrichs
James Lee Hernandez
Nadav Itzkowitz
Joe Sofranko
Camera setupBen Winchell
Running time22–24 minutes
Production companyKingdom For a Horse Productions
Original release
ReleaseApril 23, 2014 (2014-04-23) – present

Background

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Complete Works was written, produced and directed by Joe Sofranko and Adam North. It starred Joe Sofranko, Lili Fuller, Kevin Quinn, Vicki Lewis, Chase Williamson, Ben Sidell, Lizzie Fabie, Alex Skinner, Michael Keenan, Laurie O'Brien, Daniel Montgomery, Robert Merrill, Jason Greene and Jessica Pennington.[1] The series aired on Hulu and is available to Hulu Plus subscribers. The series premiered on Hulu on William Shakespeare's 450th birthday.[2] The competition is modeled after the English-Speaking Union's National Shakespeare Competition, won by Sofranko in 2004.[3]

The entire series was shot in 20 days[3] and originally created to be a 14-episode webseries and was later re-edited into five 30-minute episodes.[4]

Plot

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Complete Works is a half-hour comedy series set in the world of a collegiate Shakespeare competition. Hal, a naive Midwesterner attending community college, has been obsessed with Shakespeare since his Henry the Fourth birthday party. Winning the American Shakespeare Competition could pull him out of his boring life and give him the performing career he has always dreamed of. The only problem: he has never done an arts competition before. As he deals with the crazy challenges and the challenging crazies, Hal discovers that the road to victory is often paved with douchebag-ery.[5]

Cast

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Main cast

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  • Joe Sofranko as Hal Evans
  • Lili Fuller as Pauline Williams
  • Kevin Quinn as James
  • Vicki Lewis as Ashley Spitzer
  • Chase Williamson as Oliver Belrose
  • Ben Sidell as Ian Greenblatt
  • Lizzie Fabie as Regan Conrad
  • Alex Skinner as Leo Wood
  • Michael Keenan as Damien George
  • Laurie O'Brien as Deborah Hunterschmidt
  • Daniel Montgomery as Loren Dalton
  • Robert Merrill as Jonathan Taylor Turner

Recurring cast

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  • Jason Greene as Giorgio
  • Jessica Pennington as Maria

Episodes

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No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date
1"A Round Unvarnish'd Tale"Joe Sofranko &
Adam North
Joe Sofranko &
Adam North
April 23, 2014 (2014-04-23)
2"Vaulting Ambition"Joe Sofranko &
Adam North
Joe Sofranko &
Adam North
May 6, 2014 (2014-05-06)
3"The Green-Eyed Monster"Joe Sofranko &
Adam North
Joe Sofranko &
Adam North
June 3, 2014 (2014-06-03)
4"My Offense Is Rank"Joe Sofranko &
Adam North
Joe Sofranko &
Adam North
June 17, 2014 (2014-06-17)
5"Now Might I Do It Pat"Joe Sofranko &
Adam North
Joe Sofranko &
Adam North
July 1, 2014 (2014-07-01)

References

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  1. ^ "Complete Works". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
  2. ^ "Huli Premiers Shakespeare-Inspired TV Series, 15-Minute Romeo and Juliet, and Lego Shakespeare". The Shakespeare Standard. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
  3. ^ a b Watts, Marina (2014-06-11). "Shakespeare Comes to Hulu with 'Complete Works'". The Daily Beast. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  4. ^ "Complete Works' Journey to the Small Screen'". Movie Maker. 2014-05-12. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  5. ^ "Hulu". Hulu. Archived from the original on May 31, 2014. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
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