Drama ·Thriller · 2026 · 8m

The Understudy

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Director

Cast

Michael Kysylyczyn as Buster Banks Julian Klein as Thomas Guess Simon Luckow as Wes Crunch Alexander Folz as James Brooks Will Gaspar as Plato Carter Lambert as Director

Crew

Isaiah Johnson — Editor Isaiah Johnson — Writer Cora Tsang-Johnson — Producer

Tagline

All the world is a stage.

Synopsis

Buster Banks, a struggling stage actor, takes an unethical risk to get the lead role in a new play.

Key Collaborators

Isaiah Johnson Director Isaiah Johnson Editor Isaiah Johnson Writer Cora Tsang-Johnson Producer

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