Stage work Somers made his
Broadway debut in
The Rocky Horror Show as a Phantom and Narrator understudy, then went on to join the original Broadway casts of
Dance of the Vampires as Herbert,
Taboo as the fight captain and standby for Boy George,
Grey Gardens as a standby for Joe and Jerry, and
Next to Normal. He was also in the
Off Broadway productions of
Once Around The Sun as Kevin at the Zipper Theatre, the
Playwrights Horizons production of
The Burnt Part Boys as Miner Taylor,
Hedwig and the Angry Inch as Hedwig at the
Jane Street Theatre, and
Next to Normal as Dr. Madden/Dr. Fine at the
Second Stage Theatre. Somers originated Dan in the U.S. national tour cast of
Next to Normal, alongside
Alice Ripley, Emma Hunton,
Curt Hansen, and
Jeremy Kushnier and stayed with the production until its close on July 30, 2011. Somers recently revived his role as Dan Goodman in
Penn State's CentreStage production of
Next to Normal, which played at the Pavilion Theatre from June 6 to 14, 2014. As of December 2016, he is a standby for the role of Larry Murphy in
Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway.
Something As Big As This Somers' rock musical,
Something As Big As This, had a closed developmental reading on July 2, 2012. The reading cast included former
Next to Normal cast members,
Brian d'Arcy James, Preston Sadleir, and Emma Hunton and was directed by
Louis Hobson. The show will have a free public presentation at
Seattle's Balagan Theatre on January 14, 2013. The workshop features a different cast than the 2012 closed reading but is directed by Louis Hobson, who also directed the reading.
Regional theatre Somers appeared in the
regional theatre productions of
Kean as Edmund Kean at
Yale University, ''We're All Dead
as Oedipus Rex at the Blue Heron Arts Center, Hedwig and the Angry Inch as Hedwig at the Victoria Theatre in San Francisco, Hair as Berger at the Theatre Under The Stars in Houston, Man In The White Suit
as Michael at New York Stage & Film, and Tallgrass Gothic'' as Daniel at the
Actors Theatre of Louisville. Somers recently finished a run at
Dallas Theater Center, where he played The Narrator in Fly By Night, April 26 to May 26, 2013.
Television work In 2000, Somers appeared as Blaine Richardson in
The Sopranos episode "D-Girl." In 2003, he played the paramedic in
Whoopi in the episode "Once Bitten." He appears as Chaz in the pilot episode of
The Wedding Album. In 2007, Somers plays Mike Conneally in the
Law & Order episode "Over Here." He has appeared twice in
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Craig Vattic in the episode "Game" and as Colin Andrews in the episode "Smut." Somers is also a restaurant customer in the 2009
Ugly Betty episode "Blue on Blue" and plays Mr. Harper in
The Good Wife episode "Heart." He recently appeared in
Royal Pains and in
Gossip Girl as Richard Wellings in the episode "It's a Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad World." In 2012, Somers played a Doctor in the second episode of
Elementary, "While You Were Sleeping."
Film work Somers co-stars as Kyle Cassimer in the 2009 independent film
Clear Blue Tuesday, a rock musical revolving around the
September 11 attacks, which opened at the
Quad Cinema in
Greenwich Village. He is featured in the independent films
Never Forever as Rich, which was shown at the 2007
Sundance Film Festival, and
Ira & Abby as Gus. Somers also appears in the shorts
A Change of Climate as Eddie,
When Stars Fall as Capella, and
No, No Now as Adrian Lanes. ==Filmography==