Film

Standby (2025)

• 28. September 2025
• 25 Min.

Übersicht

Jerry, a quiet and dispirited middle-aged gay actor, works as a standby for the hit off-Broadway show, "The Con Artiste!" Facing financial woes, loneliness, and questioning his art, he spends the day in rehearsal with a flirty young actor, the stage manager, and his bored fellow-understudies. At curtain time, when the lead actor calls in sick, Jerry is thrust into the star's dressing room and a whirlwind of last minute preparations. The curtain rises and, on cue, he walks onstage into the blazing lights to face not only an expectant audience, but also the possibility of a personal and artistic triumph - or failure.

Regisseur

Robert Gomes

Drehbuchautoren

Robert Gomes

Besetzung

Reed Birney, Pat Nesbit, Kelly Bishop