By Gianmarco Soresi
Directed by Jen Wineman
With Gianmarco Soresi and Hannah Hale
Actor and stand-up comedian Gianmarco Soresi stars in this smart and witty unromantic comedy.

Based on true events about marriage, millennials, and navigating through it all, it’s armed with a shifting fourth wall and stand-up comedy which could change at a moment’s notice

However, underneath the humor lies a serious issue. How do children of divorce find their way to love and commitment?

Stand-up comic Gianmarco Soresi’s original unromantic comedy Less Than 50%, directed by Jen Wineman, is a play within a play (and perhaps within another play) about rehearsing a play with a scene partner who is also an ex. Less Than 50% (referring to the success rate of new first marriages in modern times) shows Soresi, starring as a version of himself with his real name, rehearsing with his scene partner Laura Catalano (played by Hannah Hale) in his college dorm. Soon art mirrors life as they hook up, date, break up, and stay friends in the way those who have hooked up are never actually friends. Soresi decides to write a play about all of this for the New York Fringe Festival and believes Laura can star as herself in it with absolutely no problem at all. This is a completely relatable situation in modern-day New York, and Soresi infuses a familiar tale with his unique humor and plot twists so it stays interesting. He is self-aware about getting reviewed “by a lot of publications that end with dot-com” while acknowledging that he needs those reviews. Also prevalent is his and Laura’s fascination with Chris and Maddy (college friends we never see but whose romance took a more succe …Read more