About the Show

Rent Control is an award-winning, wild-but-true comic thriller written and performed by Evan Zes.

In a city gripped by a housing affordability crisis, a struggling actor lucks into a rent-controlled apartment—and turns it into a lucrative Airbnb scheme that spirals out of control. Zes brings 25 characters to life as tenants, tourists, scam artists, landlords, police, and gangsters close in on him in this cautionary tale of greed and redemption.

Production History

Most recently presented at Westport Country Playhouse, Rent Control earned an Overall Excellence Award at the New York International Fringe Festival and Best Solo Show at the Fringe Encore Series. The 75-minute play enjoyed sold-out Off-Broadway runs and multiple extensions at Soho Playhouse, with additional presentations at Hartford Stage, Cleveland Play House, Penguin Repertory Theatre, Mile Square Theatre, The Rye Arts Center, and venues in Greece and Costa Rica.

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About Evan Zes

Evan Zes is an award-winning actor, writer, director, and educator with more than 25 years of professional experience.

His New York credits include The Kite Runner on Broadway, Incident at Vichy at Signature Theatre, Days to Come at the Mint Theatre Company, and Rent Control, which he wrote and performed at Soho Playhouse. At Irish Repertory Theatre, he appeared in London Assurance, Freedom of the City, Man and Superman, White Woman Street, and Around the World in 80 Days. He also performed in American Dreams with the Acting Company.

His extensive regional work includes McCarter Theatre, Hartford Stage, Alley Theatre, Goodman Theatre, The Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, Arena Stage, Berkeley Rep, Westport Country Playhouse, Cleveland Play House, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Pittsburgh Public Theater, Pittsburgh CLO, St. Louis Repertory Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Studio Theatre, and New York Stage and Film.

International credits include Julie Taymor’s The King Stag at London’s Barbican, Dream Play at the Moscow Art Theatre, and Rent Control in Greece and Costa Rica.

Film and television credits include Only Murders in the Building, The Blacklist, FBI: Most Wanted, The Path, and The Sham, written and directed by Stephen Merchant.

Evan holds an MFA from the A.R.T./Moscow Art Theatre program at Harvard University. His teaching specialties include clown, mask, and solo performance.

Literary Representation
Michael Finkle
William Morris Endeavor
mfinkle@wmeentertainment.com

Theatrical Representation
Don Birge
Stewart Talent
(212) 315-5505
don@stewarttalent.com

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