A culinary comedy hybridA web comedy series created by Constance Zaytoun & Marc Stuart Weitz.
Constance has a BA, MA, and PhD and an offer to teach Feminist Art at the University of Saskatchewan at Regina. But this 40-something has a cooking problem. Rather than move to the Great White North to find stability (and universal healthcare), she slings cocktails and dreams of hosting a cooking show from her tiny New York City studio apartment featuring the local artist/writers/actors she enlists as guests/sous chefs. Will Constance’s culinary quest lead to a recipe for a happy life, or will she fall flat on her face like a failed soufflé
No Ordinary Show!
Constance Cooks is a single camera comedy hybrid crossed with a cooking show, where, at the end of each narrative episode, Constance shares an actual recipe from the show with the audience. Some episodes will involve Constance stalking known artists IRL to be on her show, so she can interview them and cook their favorite foods. Some episodes involve Constance trying to chase down the newest fad or the latest craze, only to discover that her age and experience give her an understanding of the classic and the timeless that better serves her situation.
Constance Zaytoun — Originally from North Carolina, Constance Zaytoun is a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill (BA), New York University (MA), and CUNY Graduate Center, where she earned her Ph.D. A powerhouse actress, the New York Times touted, “Ms. Zaytoun indulges in a comic tour de force!” for her recent performance in the Off-Broadway production of Paula Vogel’s And Baby Makes Seven.
Marc Stuart Weitz — Marc Stuart Weitz is currently the Producing Director for the Obie Award-winning New Ohio Theatre and founder of the NY Indie Theatre Film Festival. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, before earning an MFA in Acting at the American Conservatory Theater.
Constance Cooks is not the first outing for this creative couple. Together with their theatre company, Purpleman, Zaytoun and Weitz have presented new works by Carson Kreitzer, Jon Marans, Deb Margolin, Moby Pomerance and others.
