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Gus Mahoney

I’m a theatermaker based in Brooklyn by way of Cleveland, Ohio. The work I make parodies, celebrates, and dissects celebrity/pop culture, collective grief, communal rituals, the beauty in a midwestern strip mall and so much more. I am a co-founder of Parabasis Productions, a theater and film production ensemble based in Brooklyn. Recently, for Parabasis, I directed Chekhov's The Seagull and acted in Sarah Goldman and Nigel Berkeley's Bird Play at IRT. Additionally I developed and directed Mitchell Ashe'sThe Spaghetti Variable (next running at The Tank in November 2024, produced by Unwanted Productions) as well as worked with Smoke n’ Shake Theater, a Brooklyn-based cannabis Shakespeare theater-of-the-senses ensemble. My work in comedy has included writing, producing, and hosting The Wig Pageant Variety Hour, a “John Waters-meets-QVC-meets-Miss America Pageant” monthly character comedy pageant; devising and performing in the main stage residency show at Brooklyn Comedy Collective (BCC); and performing character/improv comedy at venues like BCC, The PIT, The Magnet Theater, Caveat, and others.

Personally passionate about revolutionary politics, reality television, the beautiful city of Cleveland, increasing economic accessibility to the arts, dinner parties, and, of course, actresses of a certain age.  

Graduate of University of Minnesota/ Guthrie Theater

BFA Acting Program.

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