Asa Somers
Asa Somers is an American stage, film, and television actor.
Education
He is an alumnus of the Phillips Exeter Academy and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature and theatre studies at Yale University.Career
Stage work
Somers made his Broadway debut in The Rocky Horror Show as a Phantom and Narrator understudy, then went on to join the original Broadway casts of Dance of the Vampires as Herbert, Taboo as the fight captain and standby for Boy George, Grey Gardens as a standby for Joe and Jerry, and Next to Normal.He was also in the Off Broadway productions of Once Around The Sun as Kevin at the Zipper Theatre, the Playwrights Horizons production of The Burnt Part Boys as Miner Taylor, Hedwig and the Angry Inch as Hedwig at the Jane Street Theatre, and Next to Normal as Dr. Madden/Dr. Fine at the Second Stage Theatre.
Somers originated Dan in the U.S. national tour cast of Next to Normal, alongside
Alice Ripley, Emma Hunton, Curt Hansen, and Jeremy Kushnier and stayed with the production until its close on July 30, 2011.
Somers recently revived his role as Dan Goodman in Penn State's CentreStage production of Next to Normal, which played at the Pavilion Theatre from June 6 to 14, 2014.
As of December 2016, he is a standby for the role of Larry Murphy in Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway.
''Something As Big As This''
Somers' rock musical, Something As Big As This, had a closed developmental reading on July 2, 2012. The reading cast included former Next to Normal cast members, Brian d'Arcy James, Preston Sadleir, and Emma Hunton and was directed by Louis Hobson.The show will have a free public presentation at Seattle's Balagan Theatre on January 14, 2013. The workshop features a different cast than the 2012 closed reading but is directed by Louis Hobson, who also directed the reading.
Regional theatre
Somers appeared in the regional theatre productions of Kean as Edmund Kean at Yale University, We're All Dead as Oedipus Rex at the Blue Heron Arts Center, Hedwig and the Angry Inch as Hedwig at the Victoria Theatre in San Francisco, Hair as Berger at the Theatre Under The Stars in Houston, Man In The White Suit as Michael at New York Stage & Film, and Tallgrass Gothic as Daniel at the Actors Theatre of Louisville.Somers recently finished a run at Dallas Theater Center, where he played The Narrator in Fly By Night, April 26 to May 26, 2013.