Announcing: ‘Hollywood On Tap’ Benefits Hollywood’s Blank Theatre, Saturday 10/20

HOLLYWOOD ON TAP
SET TO BENEFIT THE BLANK THEATRE

CRAFT BEER FESTIVAL WILL FEATURE
OVER 40 CRAFT BREWS, LA’S BEST FOOD TRUCKS,
AND LIVE MUSIC
AT PARAMOUNT STUDIOS ‘STREETS OF NEW YORK’ BACKLOT ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20

The Blank Theatre, a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts organization, has announced Hollywood On Tap, a craft beer festival to be held on the ‘Streets of New York’ backlot at Paramount Studios on Saturday, October 20 from 2-5pm. Hollywood On Tap will feature over 40 popular craft brews, live music from emerging talent, and many of LA’s best food trucks. All proceeds will benefit The Blank Theatre.

Participating brewers (to date, in alphabetical order) include Abita Beer, Ace Premium Hard Cider, Beechwood BBQ Brewing, Belmont Brewing Company, Bonaventure Brewing Company, Bootleggers Brewery, Brew Bakers, The Brewery at Abigaile, Cosmic Ales, Craft Brew Company, Crispin Cider, El Segundo Brewing Company, Evans Premium Lager, Figueroa Mountain Brewing, Firestone Walker Brewing Company, Full Sail Brewing Company, Golden Road Brewing, Great Head Brews, Hangar 24 Brewery, High Water Brewing, Kinetic Brewing Company, Lagunitas Brewing Company, Legit Lager, Mad River Brewing Company, Monkish Brewing Company, New Belgium Brewing, Packinghouse Brewing Company, Primo Lager, Rock Bottom Brewery, Rogue Ales, Ruhstaller Beer, JT Schmid’s, Session Lager, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, SoCal Brewing Company, South Bay Brewing Company, Stone Brewing Company, Strand Brewing Company, Surf Brewing, Tap It Brewing, Vermont Hard Cider, and Woodchuck Hard Cider.

Some of LA’s most popular food trucks will also be onsite, including Coolhaus, No Jodas, The Bun Truck, India Jones Chow Truck, Germany’s Famous Bratwurst, Mossie Lee’s Southern Cuisine, Vchos Truck, Green Truck, Trailer Park Truck, and Yalla Truck.

Started in 1990 by Founding Artistic Director Daniel Henning, The Blank Theatre is Hollywood’s regional theatre, consistently offering some of the most high quality and entertaining productions in the area. In its 22-year history, The Blank has won hundreds of awards including every major award in Los Angeles for Outstanding Production (LA Drama Critics Circle, Ovation, LA Weekly, NAACP, and Back Stage Garlands). The Blank has been at the forefront of providing high quality productions with a risk-taking sensibility and entertaining experiences. With programs such as its Living Room Series and its annual nationwide Young Playwrights Festival, The Blank Theatre is committed to developing excellence in artistic talent and providing the opportunity for artists to take bold risks. For more info, please visit www.TheBlank.com.

Hollywood On Tap will take place on Saturday, October 20, from 2-5pm, on the iconic ‘Streets of New York’ backlot at Paramount Studios. General admission is $40, and VIP admission (which includes early festival entry at 1pm) is available for $50. To purchase tickets, go to www.hollywoodontap.com, or call (323) 661-9827. Paramount is located at 5555 Melrose Avenue, in Hollywood, 90038.

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10-12-12

Announcing: Mutineer Theatre Company Presents “Conk and Bone” – World Premiere Play at Carrie Hamilton Theatre Oct 19 – Nov 4

MUTINEER THEATRE COMPANY
PRESENTS
CONK AND BONE
A WORLD PREMIERE PLAY BY JOE MUSSO
DIRECTED BY KAPPY KILBURN

OPENS AT CARRIE HAMILTON THEATRE
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20 FOR NINE PERFORMANCES ONLY

Conk and Bone, a new play by Joe Musso, has been set for a limited engagement at the Carrie Hamilton Theatre (upstairs at The Pasadena Playhouse) in Pasadena. Directed by Kappy Kilburn, the darkly comic Conk and Bone will play one preview performance on Friday, October 19 at 8pm, with opening night set for Saturday, October 20 at 8:00. The strictly limited engagement will continue through November 4 only.

In this new dark comedy, Conk and Bone are once again hired by Death to prepare a soul for the ferry ride across the River Styx. But tonight is different and all goes awry when two souls are delivered instead of one. Confined to an abandoned house on a moonless night in Louisiana, Conk and Bone must confront a tortured tattooed girl, a furious fallen hero, and Death himself – but not before they have to face each other. Conk and Bone is the winner of a 2012 New Voices Award at the Fifth Annual Northern Writes New Play Festival in Bangor, Maine, and has received readings at The Great Plains Theatre Conference in Omaha, Nebraska, at Nicu’s Spoon Theatre Company in New York, and at Ruckus Theatre in Chicago.

Playwright Joe Musso lives in Birmingham, Alabama. Zombie Joe’s Underground in Los Angeles produced his play Blood Water earlier this year, and AlleyStage in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, produced his play Voodoo Today Here Now 5 in July 2011. Musso’s play Absinthe won the MTWorks 2012 Excellence in Playwriting Award, and received a reading at its National Newborn Festival in New York. Absinthe also won HRC Showcase Theatre’s 2011 W. Keith Hedrick Playwriting Award.

Director Kappy Kilburn served for four years as the Associate Director of Artistic Development at The Pasadena Playhouse, where she created and produced their new play development program “Hothouse at the Playhouse.” During her tenure, Hothouse launched numerous projects which have gone on to successful runs around the world, including Ray Charles Live!, Sister Act – The Musical, Looped (starring Valerie Harper), Night is a Child, Hollywood Arms (co-developed with Carol Burnett), and Number of People (starring Ed Asner). Kilburn has an extensive directing resume in regional theatre, and is a founder and co-producer of Directors Lab West, a spin-off of Lincoln Center Theater’s Directors Lab in NYC, of which she is an alumna.

The cast of Conk and Bone will feature (in alphabetical order) Jennifer Daley, Bruce A. Lemon, Ryan Mulkay, Doug Power, and Paul Vroom. The scenic design is by David T. Offner, lighting design is by Brandon Baruch, costume design is by Karla Contreras, sound design is by Cricket S. Myers, and the stage manager is Liz Brown. Conk and Bone is produced by Jon Cohn and Stephanie Wu for Mutineer Theatre Company.

Mutineer Theatre Company is a nomadic theatre company that performs in and around the Los Angeles area. The mission of the company is to create, develop, and produce diverse original material through an explorative and experimental collaborative effort. The company is comprised of actors, visual artists, composers, writers, dancers, photographers, sculptors, filmmakers, directors, and designers working collaboratively to conceive unique and inspired work. It is Mutineer’s goal to establish themselves as a resource for the development of new works.

Conk and Bone will play one preview performance on Friday, October 19 at 8pm, and opening night is set for Saturday, October 20 at 8:00. The nine-performance only engagement will continue through November 4. The running schedule is Friday and Saturday at 8pm, and Sunday at 2pm and 7pm. There will be no performance on Sunday 10/21, and no 7pm performance on Sunday 11/4. Tickets are $15 for the preview, and $22 for regular performances ($17 if purchased in advance). All seating is general admission, and tickets may be purchased online at www.mutineertheatre.com, or by calling (323) 871-5826.

The Carrie Hamilton Theatre is located upstairs at The Pasadena Playhouse, 39 S. El Molino Avenue, in Pasadena, 91101.

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10-05-12

Announcing: LA Stage Alliance Announced 2012 Ovation Award Nominee Revisions

LA STAGE ALLIANCE ANNOUNCES

2012 OVATION AWARD NOMINEE REVISIONS

On Tuesday, September 11, 2012, the Ovation Award nominees and Ovation Honors recipients were announced for the 2011/2012 season. LA STAGE Alliance deeply regrets that after the nominees were announced, it was discovered that a few of the nominees were ineligible, per the Ovation Awards Rules. The integrity of the Ovation Awards are of the utmost importance to LA STAGE Alliance, the Ovation Rules Committee, and the Ovation Awards tabulators (Green Hasson Janks). Immediate action has been taken to rectify the situation. The following information outlines the ineligible nominees, and announces additional nominees for the 2011/2012 season.

First, nominee for COSTUME DESIGN, LARGE THEATRE Alvin Colt (Forbidden Broadway: Greatest Hits, Part Two at Musical Theatre West), who passed away in 2008, created the costumes for a previous production a number of years ago. As a result, those costumes are not eligible for Ovation Awards consideration. Respecting Mr. Colt’s excellent work, he will remain a nominee in this category, but will no longer be eligible to receive the award at this year’s ceremony on November 12.

Official Rule Language: All Ovation Award categories (except for Presented Production) shall be recognized to be for ‘original’ work only. For the purposes of this rule, ‘original’ means that the creative choices made by the director/designer/etc must have been made for the purposes of this particular production.

Second, the production of American Night: The Ballad of Juan Jose should have been considered a Presented Production, because it had been previously produced with almost the same production team at Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 2010. As a result of this clarification, the individual nominees for American Night will, in recognition of their excellent work, remain nominees in their category, but will no longer be eligible to receive awards at this year’s ceremony. These nominees are: ESosa (COSTUME DESIGN, LARGE THEATRE), David Weiner (LIGHTING DESIGN, LARGE THEATRE), and Darron West (SOUND DESIGN, LARGE THEATRE).

Official Rule Language: PRESENTED PRODUCTION – This category includes any registered production that was previously produced at any point in time prior to the current season, in Los Angeles or in any other geographic area. For purposes of the Ovation Awards, the “same production” is defined as a combination of script (regardless of revisions) and any TWO of the following elements:

• Venue
• Any producer or producing organization
• Director
• Any Lead or Featured Actor or Actress
• Any Designer, Choreographer or Musical Director

Productions which are considered in the Presented Production category are not eligible in individual artist categories (Actor, Director, etc). The Presented Production award is presented to the producers of the production.

In addition, OVATION HONORS IN VIDEO DESIGN recipient Shawn Sagady will no longer receive the Ovation Honors in that category, but will receive a Certificate of Achievement from the Ovation Awards, will be invited to the Ovation Awards events and be treated as a nominee.

LA STAGE Alliance and the Ovation Awards wish to specifically acknowledge the excellent work of Mr. Colt, ESosa, Mr. Weiner, Mr. West and Mr. Sagady. Although their work on these productions is not eligible to win an Ovation Award, their status as nominees reflects the high quality of their work, which deserves to be lauded by the Los Angeles theater community.

Due to the adjustments outlined here, additional nominees and Honors recipients are now added to the nominee list, and recognized officially by the Ovation Awards:

Additional Nominees for
COSTUME DESIGN, LARGE THEATRE

Kim DeShazo
Southern Comforts
Falcon Theatre

Christopher Acebo
Waiting for Godot
Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

Additional Nominee for
LIGHTING DESIGN, LARGE THEATRE

Brian Gale
A Wrinkle in Time
MainStreet Theatre Company

Additional Nominee for
SOUND DESIGN, LARGE THEATRE

Jon Gottlieb
Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie
Geffen Playhouse

And Ovation Honors for Video Design now go to:
Brian Gale
Waiting for Godot
Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

A complete, revised nominee list, and a revised numerical breakdown of nominees, can be found at LASTAGEOvations.com.

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10-03-12