Larry Owens is a performer, writer, director, and comedian residing in New York City. He stars in the upcoming Miramax feature, Silent Retreat, directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson (Isn’t It Romantic?). Owens is a Drama Desk Award winner for Outstanding Actor and a Lucille Lortel Award Winner for starring as the alter ego of writer/composer/lyricist Michael R. Jackson in the seminal, groundbreaking, Pulitzer prize-winning and critically acclaimed musical, A Strange Loop, at Playwrights Horizons, directed by Stephen Brackett, with choreography by Raja Feather Kelly. A Strange Loop was also named the number one theatrical production of 2019 by New York Magazine, Time Out NY, Theatre Mania & The Wrap. The cast album for A Strange Loop is available now, and it debuted at #2 on the iTunes Cast Album charts on the
Larry Owens is a performer, writer, director, and comedian residing in New York City. He stars in the upcoming Miramax feature, Silent Retreat, directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson (Isn’t It Romantic?). Owens is a Drama Desk Award winner for Outstanding Actor and a Lucille Lortel Award Winner for starring as the alter ego of writer/composer/lyricist Michael R. Jackson in the seminal, groundbreaking, Pulitzer prize-winning and critically acclaimed musical, A Strange Loop, at Playwrights Horizons, directed by Stephen Brackett, with choreography by Raja Feather Kelly. A Strange Loop was also named the number one theatrical production of 2019 by New York Magazine, Time Out NY, Theatre Mania & The Wrap. The cast album for A Strange Loop is available now, and it debuted at #2 on the iTunes Cast Album charts on the night of its release. Owens can also be seen on the season 4 premiere of High Maintenance (HBO), Search Party (HBO Max), Helpsters (Apple TV), Betty (HBO), Dash and Lily (Netflix), the upcoming season of Modern Love (Amazon) and the upcoming animated series Fairfax (Amazon).
Owens studied drama and improvisation at the School at Steppenwolf and has headlined sold-out venues like Caroline’s On Broadway and The Bell House.
