:Complete Works (web series)
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{{Infobox television
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| genre = Comedy
| location = Los Angeles, California
| creator = Joe Sofranko
Adam North
| starring = Joe Sofranko
Lili Fuller
Kevin Quinn
Vicki Lewis
Chase Williamson
Ben Sidell
Lizzie Fabie
Alex Skinner
Michael Keenan
Laurie O'Brien
Daniel Montgomery
Robert Merrill
Jason Greene
Jessica Pennington
| opentheme =
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| composer = Mike Kramer
| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 5 episodes
| list_episodes =
| executive_producer = Joe Sofranko
Adam North
Lili Fuller
| producer = Giancarlo Balarezo
ETC Theatre Company
| director = Joe Sofranko
Adam North
| writer = Joe Sofranko
Adam North
| editor = Ben Baudhuin
Cassandra Chowdhury
Q. Heinrichs
James Lee Hernandez
Nadav Itzkowitz
Joe Sofranko
| camera = Ben Winchell
| runtime = 22–24 minutes
| company = Kingdom For a Horse Productions
| channel =
| first_aired = {{start date|2014|04|23}} – present
| last_aired =
| related =
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Complete Works is a comedy web series first aired on the subscription website Hulu in 2014.
Background
Complete Works was written, produced and directed by Joe Sofranko and Adam North. It starred Joe Sofranko, Lili Fuller, Kevin Quinn, Vicki Lewis, Chase Williamson, Ben Sidell, Lizzie Fabie, Alex Skinner, Michael Keenan, Laurie O'Brien, Daniel Montgomery, Robert Merrill, Jason Greene and Jessica Pennington.{{cite web|title=Complete Works|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3439236/|publisher=Internet Movie Database|access-date=April 4, 2014}} The series aired on Hulu and is available to Hulu Plus subscribers. The series premiered on Hulu on William Shakespeare's 450th birthday.{{cite web|title=Huli Premiers Shakespeare-Inspired TV Series, 15-Minute Romeo and Juliet, and Lego Shakespeare|url=http://www.theshakespearestandard.com/hulu-premieres-shakespeare-inspired-tv-series-15-minute-romeo-juliet-lego-shakespeare-bard-multimedia|publisher=The Shakespeare Standard|access-date=April 21, 2014}} The competition is modeled after the English-Speaking Union's National Shakespeare Competition, won by Sofranko in 2004.{{cite news|title=Shakespeare Comes to Hulu with 'Complete Works'|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/11/shakespeare-comes-to-hulu-with-complete-works.html|newspaper=The Daily Beast|access-date=June 13, 2014|date=2014-06-11|last1=Watts|first1=Marina}}
The entire series was shot in 20 days and originally created to be a 14-episode webseries and was later re-edited into five 30-minute episodes.{{cite web|title=Complete Works' Journey to the Small Screen'|url=http://www.moviemaker.com/articles/diy-monday-complete-works-journey-to-the-small-screen/|publisher=Movie Maker|access-date=June 13, 2014|date=2014-05-12}}
Plot
Complete Works is a half-hour comedy series set in the world of a collegiate Shakespeare competition. Hal, a naive Midwesterner attending community college, has been obsessed with Shakespeare since his Henry the Fourth birthday party. Winning the American Shakespeare Competition could pull him out of his boring life and give him the performing career he has always dreamed of. The only problem: he has never done an arts competition before. As he deals with the crazy challenges and the challenging crazies, Hal discovers that the road to victory is often paved with douchebag-ery.{{cite web|title=Hulu|url=http://www.hulu.com/complete-works|publisher=Hulu|access-date=April 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531072953/http://www.hulu.com/complete-works|archive-date=May 31, 2014|url-status=dead}}
Cast
= Main cast =
- Joe Sofranko as Hal Evans
- Lili Fuller as Pauline Williams
- Kevin Quinn as James
- Vicki Lewis as Ashley Spitzer
- Chase Williamson as Oliver Belrose
- Ben Sidell as Ian Greenblatt
- Lizzie Fabie as Regan Conrad
- Alex Skinner as Leo Wood
- Michael Keenan as Damien George
- Laurie O'Brien as Deborah Hunterschmidt
- Daniel Montgomery as Loren Dalton
- Robert Merrill as Jonathan Taylor Turner
= Recurring cast =
- Jason Greene as Giorgio
- Jessica Pennington as Maria
Episodes
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References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140531072953/http://www.hulu.com/complete-works Complete Works on Hulu]
- {{IMDb title|3439236|Complete Works}}
- [http://Completeworks.tv Complete Works]
Category:2010s American comedy television series
Category:2014 American television series debuts