Gary provided voice actor work for the film BUTTER about, what else, butter carving at the Iowa State Fair. This Weinstein film stars Jennifer Gardner, Hugh Jackman,Ty Burrell and Olivia Wilde.

Gary appeared with Brave New World in a rarely performed Arthur Miller play, The American Clock.

Gary shot an episode of The Onion Sport Network - for Comedy Central.

Gary went “inside” The Actors Studio for a reading of Maureen Burns Shannon’s new play THE BIG NOT KNOWING. Another reading: AFTER TENNESSEE by Judd Lear Silverman at Charles Mayran’s Workshop at The Neighborhood Playhouse.

Hurricane Katrina Comedy Festival extended/moved to Lortel and was awarded Best Production of a New Play.

W&M Alumni and Friends Team for AIDS Walk 2011:Briana Yacavone, David Johnston, Patrick Boyd, Peter Sentleben, Team Captain Gary Cowling & Karen Sokohl. Teammates not pictured: Sheri Holman, Matthew Wallace, Mireille Williams Sharp, Terry Wynne, Julia McLaughlin, Robin Wilner, Casey Webb, Alexandra Hubbard & Kate Cunningham. Photo by Rob Sutton

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NOV 23rd: DVD drops!

The award-winning indie feature (that Gary has a lead in) is being released by Celebrity Video

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“Gary Cowling’s turn as Buzz Hauser is hilariously pouty and also moving in the moments where McNally reveals the deep loneliness just below the surface.” – NYTheatre.com

“Sans stars you somehow feel you’re seeing a truer representation of the everyday humanity of the characters. The best example is the wickedly funny Gary Cowling ’s portrayal of AIDS-stricken show queen Buzz, whom Nathan Lane played on Broadway, Jason Alexander on film. While each of those star turns was rich and witty, Cowling, both in appearance and demeanor, comes across as a show queen you might personally know.” – HX

“A veritable contemporary gay masterpiece!” – Next

“The evocative true stories assembled are full of fear, courage and resilience. But they are also rich in the flavorful humor, inextinguishable identity and civic love that characterize the inhabitants of America’s most battered city.” “…the five accomplished actors onstage in Rob Florence’s affecting quasi-verbatim play… create an atmosphere of destabilization and panic.” – The New York Times By DAVID ROONEY

“For a show about one of the worst natural disasters in this country’s history, ‘The Hurricane Katrina Comedy Festival’ is awfully funny — as entertaining as it is moving… the ensemble delivers terrifically moving performances.” “There’s no shortage of horrific moments, such as the vivid descriptions of water slowly rising in houses and bodies floating in the flooded streets. But the playwright also captures the gallows humor that springs up in such circumstances (“So, I walk back into the incontinence room,” [Gary Cowling as Rodney] acidly says of senior citizens in his shelter), making the evening surprisingly uplifting.” NY Post 3 ½ stars By Frank Scheck

“I’ll be shocked if The Hurricane Katrina Comedy Festival doesn’t run off-Broadway or at least tour around the country after its successful run in the New York International Fringe Festival. It’s a polished, ready-for-prime-time look at Katrina through the stories of survivors portrayed by five talented actors.. the moment their stories begin, you’re utterly engrossed.” “Gary Cowling — a New York stage veteran like all of them — is usually Rodney, a bemused (and perhaps gay) man who somehow ends up on a plane with Al Gore. (Maybe I’m confusing Southern eccentricity with gay, but Cowling is very good and a stalwart participant in AIDS Walk NY, so what’s not to like?).” “You’ll also be moved and entertained.” The Huffington Post 3 1/2 Stars Out of 4By Michael Giltz

“Gary Cowling as Rodney, a son looking after his elderly mother will leave you in stitches.” – The Urbane Urbanite by Shydel James

“…documentary theater at its best…” “The stories are true, the actors play multiple roles expertly” “Viewed through their eyes, one begins to see the disaster not from the outside as a spectator or as a concerned citizen, but from the inside as a fellow human being. This is theater at its most relevant. It is a reminder…about the resiliency and beauty of the human spirit in the face of adversity.” Theatre Is Easy by Nancy Kelly

“another standout is Gary Cowling as the wry, witty Rodney. He has one hell of a time evacuating his elderly parents, but gets some unexpected help from Al Gore, one of several political and media figures who make cameo appearances in these stories, uniformly at the oddest times.” -Gay Socialites by Jonathan Warman

“Gary Cowling portrays a goofy-looking guy who quickly gets some gravitas in him.”
- TheaterMania by Peter Filichia

“The production’s chief pleasure is in the relaxed, precise performances of its five veteran actors. The script downplays the horror and outrage… politely amusing, occasionally moving, deliberately uplifting.” -Time Out NY**** by Adam Feldman