OFF THE TOP! Returning to the Duplex

The Duplex Cabaret presents OFF the TOP!, the completely improvised cabaret Starring Jason Kravits (Unbreakably Kimmy Schmidt, The Drowsy Chaperone, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Practice). With Jody Shelton on piano and Sean Dixon on drums. Special Guests: Robert Creighton and more!

OFF the TOP tells the story of... who knows? It's all made up! All patter songs, show-stoppers and ballads...All whimsical recollections, zany anecdotes and sob stories...All casually-dropped names, humble-brags and oversharing...

Made up. From scratch. On the spot. Based on audience suggestions.It's like no cabaret you'll ever see... or will ever see again. "It's a high-wire act of Musical proportions!"

JASON KRAVITS in "OFF the TOP!" plays The Duplex (61 Christopher Street) on Thursday, January 21st at 7:00pm. Cover charge $10 in advance, $15 at the door, with a two drink minimum. Tickets and information are available at www.purplepass.com/kravitsjan21

Jason has been fortunate enough to appear on stages and screens, large and small for over 30 years. He is probably best known for his long-running role as Richard Bay on ABC's The Practice, though he has amassed over 40 other television appearances. These include recurring roles on The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Madam Secretary, Smash, The Michael J. Fox Show, Royal Pains, and Dallas, as well as memorable appearances on Blindspot, The Blacklist, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Hot in Cleveland, Married, Masters of Sex, Raising Hope, 30 Rock, The Good Wife, Gilmore Girls and Everybody Loves Raymond. Film Credits include, Chinese Puzzle, The Stepford Wives, Sweet November, Morning Glory, and Are We There Yet. On Broadway, Jason is best know for his work in The Drowsy Chaperone. Other credits include Sly Fox and most recently, Relatively Speaking, three original one-acts by Ethan Coen, Elaine May and Woody Allen. In 1999, his two-man sketch show, Kravits and Jones, won the Jury Award at the US Comedy Festival in Aspen, Co. He is a founding member of The Rumble in the Red Room writing collective, as well as the improv troupe Erasable, Inc. As a writer, Jason has penned the 10-minute play Green Eggs and Hamlet, the holiday stories The Kvetch, and A Christmoose Story, as well as the acclaimed web-series Lords of the Playground (http://www.ora.tv/lordsoftheplayground). Jason is a native of the D.C. area, where he performed extensively at the Shakespeare Theatre, Round House Theatre and Woolly Mammoth Theatre Co. He is a member of the Actors Center Workshop Company.