Although he auditioned for his first play as a dare in 2001, Michael Iacovelli has been steadily building up his theater resume since then. A Plainsboro resident for five years, he can be seen in “Run for Your Wife” at Off Broadstreet Theater in Hopewell through July 21.##M:[more]##
“Run for Your Wife,” written by Ray Cooney, is a typical English farce focusing on the story of a London taxi driver with two wives and two lives. After a head injury his very precise schedule runs amok. It played on Broadway in 1989 for 47 performances.
According to Iacovelli, he plays “a very flamboyant upstairs neighbor who designs dresses with his partner, and through no fault of his own gets roped into the madness and mayhem of his downstairs neighbors.”
Born in Wayne, Iacovelli works for the State Department of Health and Senior Services in the indoor environments program. He has been attending college whenever possible and is just 10 credits short of a bachelor’s degree in business administration.
His father worked for NJ Transit for 30 years and his mother worked for First National Bank for 30 years. They are both retired now. He has a brother and two sisters. Iacovelli has been with his partner, Sean O’Dell, for one and a half years.
Iocovelli considers himself a “late bloomer” to the world of theater. With no training in acting, voice, or dance, he “just flies by the seat of his pants.” Previous roles include Peter in “The Heidi Chronicles, “ Uncle Max in “The Sound of Music,” Arnold in “The Boys Next Door,” the narrator in “The Good Doctor,” and many other ensemble roles. His favorite role was playing Arnold.
Since getting his start at the Nutley Little Theater in Nutley in 2001, he has performed at Playhouse 22 in East Brunswick, Villager’s Theater in Somerset, the DeBaun Center for Performing Arts in Hoboken, the Somerset Valley Playhouse in Hillsborough.
— Lynn Miller
Run for Your Wife, Off-Broadstreet Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell, 609-466-2766. www.off-broadstreet.com. Ray Cooney’s British farce about a taxi cab driver with two wives. Through July 21. $25.50 to $27.25.
