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Celebrity gossip has NEVER been juicer than this.
Like, literally. It’s the 1660s. We just invented celebrities last week.
Pepys and Valentino attend the opening night performance of The Maiden Queen at the King's Theatre Company, on invite by actress Nell Gwyn. After the show, they encounter many major players in the Restoration Era theatre scene – including King Charles II himself. Rivalries are exposed, old lovers are scorned, and Valentino begins to realize the intricacies of these proto-celebrities' lives are more complicated than he could have ever imagined...
S1 of The Peek Stars:
Samuel Pepys – Ethan Peña Mock
The Stranger / Valentino – Charlie B. Foster
Jane Birch – Melissa Bautista
This episode also guest stars:
Francesca Pinilla as Nell Gwyn
Matthew Cubillos as Charles Hart
James Kenna as Sir Thomas Killigrew
Aaron Dorelien as Sir William Davenant
Eunan Cannon as The Stagehand
James Carlos Lacey as King Charles II
Jacqueline McKenna as Mary Knep
Alex Ramirez Cannon as Thomas Betterton
Jason Maina as George Villiers
Major Curda as Edward Kynaston
with additional voices provided by the above ensemble, Lee Melillo, and Melissa Bautista.
Also featured in S1 of The Peek are:
Anna Mayo, Kana Seiki, Celeste Samson, & Zachary Harrison Poli
Written and Directed by Lee Melillo
Additional Script Edits by Charlie B. Foster
Executive Produced by Anna Mayo & Lee Melillo
Associate Produced by Adeline Blue
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