Bartlett_(series)

<i>Bartlett</i> (TV series)

Bartlett (TV series)

American TV series or program


Bartlett is a comedy streaming series created by writer/director Martin Edwards and executive producer Chrissy Mazzeo. It was released on January 30, 2018 on Amazon Prime.[2] It is now also available on YouTube,[3] Tubi,[4] and Plex.

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The series is a satire of advertising and Silicon Valley culture, set in a failing San Francisco ad agency known as Agency SF. It revolves around a struggling creative director who is desperate to quit his job and become a full time musician, but feels compelled to right several wrongs first.

Bartlett was an official selection of the 2017 New York Television Festival.[5]

Cast

The cast:[6]

  • Anthony Veneziale as Roger Newhouse, a creative director ready to follow his musical passion, but held back by the need to “fix things” with all the people he’s wronged.
  • Chrissy Mazzeo as Maggie Knowland, Roger's former creative partner and lover who is asked by Bob to come back and fix the mess that her ex has wrought.
  • Don Reed as Bob Freeman, Roger's boss who is torn between firing his protege and proving his leadership to his own boss.
  • Eirinie Carson as Caitlin Bodley, the only account executive left at Agency SF, whose loyalty to Roger may be her Achilles heel.
  • Utkarsh Ambudkar as Sanjay Kahn, Maggie's talented and driven ad executive boyfriend who struggles with empathy.
  • Lin-Manuel Miranda as Jesus, a Shakespeare-quoting freelancer on a mission to help Roger win the pitch that could fix everything.
  • Irene Sofia Lucio as Mary, Jesus' over-enthusiastic collaborator.
  • Nate Duncan as Hans, Roger's German mechanic who literally holds the keys to one of Roger's last happy places—his vintage Porsche 911.
  • Michael X. Sommers as Mike the Plant Guy, a passionate horticulturalist who originally inspires Roger to follow his dream, and then gets fired.

Episodes

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Production

Bartlett is an independent production. It was produced by Rivkah Beth Medow and executive produced by Chrissy Mazzeo, Anthony Veneziale and Evan Shaprio, who previously worked with Veneziale, Utkarsh Ambudkar and Lin-Manuel Miranda on the Seeso comedy improv series Freestyle Love Supreme.[13]

The series was written and directed by Martin Edwards and based on his play, Pitch Perfect, which was developed at Berkeley Rep and produced by Central Works Theater in 2013.[14][15] Both projects were inspired by his time as a creative director at Grey Advertising in New York and San Francisco.[16]


References

  1. "BARTLETT Series - YouTube". YouTube.
  2. "BARTLETT Series - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  3. "Bartlett". Tubi. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  4. Variety Staff (2017-08-15). "New York Television Festival Sets Official Selections for Indie Pilot Competition". Variety. Retrieved 2018-06-03.
  5. Bartlett, Anthony Veneziale, Chrissy Mazzeo, Don Reed, retrieved 2018-06-03{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. Edwards, Martin (2018-01-30), Excuse Me While I Find My Pants, Anthony Veneziale, Chrissy Mazzeo, Don Reed, retrieved 2018-06-03
  7. Edwards, Martin (2018-01-30), The Awesome Wisdom of Sir Richard Branson, Anthony Veneziale, Chrissy Mazzeo, Don Reed, retrieved 2018-06-03
  8. Edwards, Martin (2018-01-30), Jesus Saves (Sinners and Ad People), Anthony Veneziale, Chrissy Mazzeo, Don Reed, retrieved 2018-06-03
  9. Edwards, Martin (2018-01-30), Epiphany with a Sunflower Butter Sandwich, Anthony Veneziale, Chrissy Mazzeo, Don Reed, retrieved 2018-06-03
  10. Edwards, Martin (2018-01-30), The Healing Power of Maggie's Underwear, Anthony Veneziale, Chrissy Mazzeo, Don Reed, retrieved 2018-06-03
  11. Edwards, Martin (2018-01-30), We Are All Enoch Bartlett-We Are All Liars, Anthony Veneziale, Chrissy Mazzeo, Don Reed, retrieved 2018-06-03
  12. California, Berkeley Daily Planet, Berkeley. "Theater Review: 'Pitch Perfect' at Central Works. Category: Arts & Events from The Berkeley Daily Planet". www.berkeleydailyplanet.com. Retrieved 2018-08-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  13. cheshiredave.com. "Central Works: Pitch Perfect". centralworks.org. Retrieved 2018-06-03.

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