BroadwayWorld Webseries Partner THE RESIDUALS in Last Week of KickStarter

In the tradition of SUBMISSIONS ONLY, BroadwayWorld is proud to announce that Season 2 of the critically-acclaimed comedy webseries THE RESIDUALS will premiere exclusively on BWW in early 2015. THE RESIDUALS' team is now in pre-production for its second season, featuring guest stars Horatio Sanz (SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE), Jenna Leigh Green (SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH, Broadway's WICKED), and commercial acting legend Michael Torpey. They have just entered the final week of their KickStarter, and they need your help make Season 2 as incredible as possible.

So now is the perfect time to catch up with Pete, Valerie, and the gang at www.theresiduals.tv. Then, after you fall in love with the show, head over to their KickStarter page, and donate to make Season 2 the best it can be. Get a sneak peek at what THE RESIDUALS is all about in their KickStarter video. BroadwayWorld will also have exclusive content from THE RESIDUALS throughout their KickStarter campaign, so check out their BWW Home.

The hilarious New York City-based webseries set in the world of television commercials and auditions, was created by, and stars, husband-and-wife team Michael Paul Smith and Gillian Pensavalle. THE RESIDUALS is inspired by their experiences as actors auditioning for commercials in The Big Apple. Season One episodes average about seven minutes, and give viewers an inside view at the bizarre world of auditions, callbacks, costume fittings, and commercial shoots.

Luke Kelly-Clyne of Splitsider calls the series "fantastic," praising it for being "subtly brilliant" and "irresistibly shareable;" while BroadwayWorld's Matt Tamanini says, "THE RESIDUALS' has an unmistakable charm all its own."

Smith stars as aspiring actor Pete Hamilton, with Pensavalle cast as a softhearted casting associate named Valerie. Media guru Paul Levinson says, "The acting is outstanding," with the cast displaying "impressive comedic talent."

The principal cast also includes Nick Costa as Pete's character-actor roommate, Kelly Warne as a high-strung actress who is self-conscious about her age, Mark Gessner as a powerful casting director with ANGER MANAGEMENT issues, and James Tabeek as his loyal-to-a-fault assistant.

"THE RESIDUALS' is a comedy about surviving an environment of commercial actors who try way too hard to mask their nervousness with cockiness," says Smith, who wrote and directed the entire series. "When you put those personalities in the position of having to read a single pitch line as though it were Shakespeare, you have a very funny blend of reality and absurdity."

The cast of THE RESIDUALS has amassed numerous credits on TV, Film, Broadway, the Web and, of course, commercials. Featured in Season One are: Patrick Jones, Emily Tarver, Alisha B. Woods, Allison Levering Wong, Benjamin Hey, Mike O'Gorman, Missy O'Reilly, Cathryn Mudon, Kathy Searle, Rocco Chierichella, Jeremy Redleaf, Dave Hanson, Ted O'Gorman, David Crownson, Adam Mace, Joel Walker, Carrie Rachel-Dean and Desiree Care.

THE RESIDUALS is produced by Smith and Pensavalle through Take It Back Productions, and edited by Pensavalle. The director of photography is Emmy Award-winner Ed Caraballo. Script supervisor is Carrie Rachel-Dean. All episodes feature contemporary music from Rhymesayers Entertainment and Smalls Live.