Work

Grover has written, performed in, and produced works across the country at (Le) Poisson Rouge, The Tank, Dixon Place, The Parkside Lounge, Lyric Hyperion, the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, Patch Works, The PIT, The Brick Theater, Kimball Studios, Manhattan Repertory Theater, The Reckless Theatre, and more. His films have won awards at the Tisch 48 Hour Film Festival and he has been featured in a widely-lauded narrative podcast.

Showboat: The James Comey Story, as told through the music of The Chainsmokers

Book and lyrics co-written with Anderson Cook
Directed by Duncan Gregory
Produced by Kathleen Yates
Starring Tirosh Schneider, Kelly Krauter, Larry Saperstein, Carlos Chavez, Isabella Gerasole, and Emma Factor

Lyric Hyperion (Los Angeles)
October 24, 2024 - 9:30pm
October 26, 2024 - 9:30pm
November 2, 2024 - 7:30pm

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SHOWBOAT follows the tragedy of top cop James Comey, former director of the FBI, tracing his many triumphs and foibles as he attempts to survive the Trump administration and please his toughest critic – his daughter, Betsy Ross Eisenhower Comey. But as pressures build up at work, and his daughter becomes involved in an illicit tap-dancing affair with Barron Trump, Comey finds himself drawn ever more to the spotlight. He must decide whether he’s America’s hero – or his daughter’s father. SHOWBOAT is a grotesque and absurd vaudevillian jukebox musical – an explosion of our media circus and the art of tap dancing, as told through the music (with new lyrics) of America’s EDM sweethearts: the Chainsmokers.

Previously:
Patchworks (NYC)
(Reading)
December 30, 2019

We Left Our Love In Dallas

Playwright
Actor (Barnaby)

The Tank
(Reading)
January 16, 2019

A Western-Romance play set in New York City. Barnaby, a proud Texan and last child of the Lone Star State, is the muse of world renowned pastel artist Gerard. Barnaby enjoys their exclusive status as the gallery's sole artistic subject until one day they discover the visage of an imposter adorning its hallowed walls. Enter Lusitania, a dashing French expatriate with a love for New York and what seems to be an even deeper love for Gerard. Assisted by the otherworldly guidance of Big Tex (a 55-foot tall statue overlooking the State Fair of Texas), Barnaby quests to win back Gerard’s love and fend off this mysterious newcomer, one whose intentions may be more nefarious than they appear.

Directed by Stephanie Wurster

Pop Punk High

Actor (Pop Punk Principle/Richard (previous production))

(Le) Poisson Rouge
September, 2018 - October, 2018

The Parkside Lounge
October, 2017 - February, 2018

The PIT Loft
March-May, 2017

In a world where it’s perennially 2006, in a high school where everyone is pop punk, Derek’s life sucks. He sucks at skating, he doesn’t even own a guitar, and the hottest girl in school doesn’t even know he’s alive. But when he finds a magical lamp in his attic with the ghost of Avril Lavigne inside, it looks like Derek just might get to fulfill his three biggest dreams.

"Set in 2003, the show follows the life of Derek, a teenager who just wants to shred on his board, date the hottest girl in school, win the battle of the bands and escape the overbearing nature of his mom and stepdad, Richard (played by Jacob Grover, who arguably steals the entire show)." -Natasha Van Duser, Alternative Press

"For a show about teenagers, there is a lot of talent packed into the parents.  Derek’s step-father (Jacob Grover) is the best actor in the bunch — his rage-fueled meltdown about whether he has to sing (he doesn’t) is highly reminiscent of a young Nicholas Cage." -Cameron Page, New York Theatre Review

Written by Anderson Cook & Ben Lapidus
Directed by Turner Barrett Law (The Pit Loft)/Felicia Lobo (The Parkside Lounge)

Hook Line Sinker

Playwright
Actor (Fergus)

Dixon Place
(Reading)
February, 2018

Employees of a clickbait website attempt to generate viral content, until the flexible morality of the internet becomes too much for some to bear.

Directed By Stephanie Wurster

Blatantly Blaine

Actor (Dan Theman)

The PIT
October, 2016-November, 2016

When a washed-up reality TV producer is fresh out of ideas to get back in the game, he decides to reunite the horrible reality TV family that originally brought him fame, and to extract the secret that split them all apart years ago.

Written By Anderson Cook & Amanda D'Archangelis
Directed by Joel Kirk

The Disembodied Hand That Fisted Everyone to Death - The Musical

Actor (Narrator/Thad/Registrar)

The PIT/The Reckless Theatre
October, 2015-July, 2016

The year is 1953. When a scientist with an inferiority complex to Jonas Salk (curer of polio, savior of mankind) decides to reanimate a disembodied hand to prove his worth, he doesn't consider that it might go on a fisting spree at the local fraternity house. Along the way, we learn lessons about love, acceptance, friendship, and most importantly, fisting. (Run Time: 35 minutes).

Written by Anderson Cook & Amanda D'Archangelis
Directed by Anderson Cook (The PIT) / Stephanie Wurster (The Reckless Theatre)
 

Culinary Wands

Starring Cosmo Carlson, Jacob Grover, Susannah Perkins and Asher Farkas

Directed by Jacob Grover, Cosmo Carlson, Brendan Hall
Written by Jacob Grover, Cosmo Carlson, Brendan Hall, Anderson Cook
Cinematography/Sound/Editing by Brendan Hall

Winner of Best Picture at NYU's Tisch 48 Hour Film Festival

Mars - The Next Frontier

Starring Cosmo Carlson, Andy Colburn, Susannah Perkins, Jacob Grover

Directed by Jacob Grover, Cosmo Carlson, Brendan Hall
Written by Jacob Grover, Cosmo Carlson, Brendan Hall, Duncan Gregory
Cinematography/Editing/Graphics by Brendan Hall

Winner for Best Poster at Tisch 48 Hour Film Festival

MTV GOD

Other Acting

The State of Heaven v. David G. Babcock
St. Peter
The PIT
Written by Julian Rosenthal-Erickson
Directed by Stephanie Wurster

Customer Service
Sam/Man/Teen Boy 
Manhattan Repertory Theatre
Written by Mary Elizabeth
Directed by Joel Kirk