Announcing: Brimmer Street Theatre Company’s World Premiere of ‘Pack Up The Moon’ by Christina Cigala, Opens July 13 EXTENDED THROUGH AUGUST 17

BRIMMER STREET THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS
THE WORLD PREMIERE OF
PACK UP THE MOON BY CHRISTINA CIGALA
DIRECTED BY AMY K. HARMON

OPENS JULY 13 AT THE LOUNGE THEATRE

Brimmer Street Theatre Company has announced it will present its seventh world premiere, Pack Up The Moon by Christina Cigala (developed with members of BSTC), directed by Amy K. Harmon, at the Lounge Theatre in Hollywood. Preview performances begin on Saturday, July 6. Opening is set for Saturday, July 13 at 8pm. Pack Up The Moon will play a limited engagement through August 10 August 17.

In Pack Up The Moon, a gay couple gets a second chance at fatherhood when a relative shows up at the door. A play about grief, love, sex, and moving on, Pack Up The Moon reminds us that families come in all kinds these days. All kinds.

The cast will feature (in alphabetical order) Ben Fuller, Brad Harris, David Jette, and Emilia Richeson. The scenic design is by Alex Pletcher, lighting design is by Haylee Freeman, costume design is by Amy Sobotta, and sound design is by Cricket Myers. The stage manager is Kathryn Eipl, and the show is produced for Brimmer Street Theatre Company by Jenny Byrd and Jefferson Byrd.

Playwright Christina Cigala is an LA-based writer, producer, and BSTC company member. Pack Up The Moon is her second play to be produced by Brimmer Street, following 2010’s Flower to Flower. Other theatre credits include: Oink! (Off-Broadway), Hard Candy Christmas (Dallas/NYC), Topping from Below: A Musical (Actors Studio), and Once More, With Feeling, which was produced in New York, Dallas, Houston, and in the Hollywood Fringe Festival. Cigala just finished her first book proposal for Dupree Miller and Associates. She produces reality and semi-scripted TV for Syfy, TruTV, HGTV, BIO, and the Speed Network.

Director Amy K. Harmon is a founding member of Brimmer Street Theatre Company. Past directing credits include A Poster of The Cosmos by Lanford Wilson (Equity Fights Aids, Boston), and Scenes from Our Marriage by Michael Rex (The Ivy Substation). Past BSTC acting credits include All Your Hard Work, Summer in Hell, <3, Leiris/Picasso, and Flower to Flower. Film and television credits include Scandal (ABC), Suit Up (FOX), Castle (ABC), Private Practice (ABC), The West Wing (NBC), and American Splendor (HBO). Additionally, Harmon has been a guest professor of movement theory and scene study at Culver City’s Advanced Academy of Visual and Performing Arts. Pack Up The Moon marks Harmon’s debut as a director with Brimmer Street Theatre Company.

There will be two ‘Pay What You Can’ preview performances of Pack Up The Moon on Saturday, July 6 and Sunday, July 7 at 8pm, with an additional preview on Friday, July 12 at 8pm for which tickets are $15. Opening is set for Saturday, July 13 at 8pm. The regular performance schedule will be Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 8pm through August 10 August 17. All seats for regular performances are $20. To purchase tickets, visit www.BrimmerStreet.org or call (213) 290-2782.

The Lounge Theatre is located at 6201 Santa Monica Boulevard (at El Centro), in Hollywood, 90038. Street parking is available.

Brimmer Street Theatre Company is a non-profit Los Angeles-based performance company with a commitment to develop original theatre and welcome artists whose work challenges established forms and expectations. BSTC strives to form a close ensemble with these artists, craftsmen, students, and benefactors to produce work of exceptional innovation and character. For more info, visit www.BrimmerStreet.org.

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06-17-13

Announcing: Brimmer Street Theatre Company Announces 2013 Fringe Festival Events

BRIMMER STREET THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS
THREE HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL EVENTS
PERFORMED BACK-TO-BACK ON THREE FRIDAY NIGHTS

TRUE HUSTLE,
I COULD’VE BEEN DANCING: A MAGICAL EVENING OF SONG AND LAUGHS,
AND HUMAN PUPPET

Brimmer Street Theatre Company has announced three events set to be part of the 2013 Fringe Festival, all to be performed on three Friday nights, June 14, 21, and 28 at the Lounge Theatre in Hollywood.

First up on each Friday at 7:45pm is True Hustle, a solo show in which BSTC company member Marie Lively shares the true story of how a naive Christian temp became a corporate smut queen for one of the most famous (and infamous) pornographers in town. Next at 9:15pm is I Could’ve Been Dancing … A Magical Evening of Song and Laughs, in which BSTC company member Ben Fuller along with Sara Collins ask the age-old question, do you believe in magic? Do you ever find yourself gazing into the mirror, hopelessly searching for your spirit song? Audiences will need look no further, as Ben and Sara woo your wants and slap your senses as they serenade with a selection of songs and duets, filled with sharp banter and tongue-in-cheek interpretations. This isn’t your grandmother’s lounge act.

At 10:30 there is Human Puppet — an experiment in interactive theatre that puts spectators in control of the performers and the action. Via radio remote, an audience member can guide the words and motions of a single actor, (David Jette and/or Jon Prescott) interacting with the environment and with the other performer, saying and doing things that no playwright could have imagined.

All three shows will be performed on Fridays, June 14, 21, and 28. Tickets for True Hustle and I Could’ve Been Dancing … are available at hollywoodfringe.org for $15 each, or a three-show package (including Human Puppet, which if seen by itself is free) is available at BrimmerStreet.org for $20. The Lounge Theatre is located at 6201 Santa Monica Boulevard (at El Centro) in Hollywood. Street parking is available.

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06-05-13

Announcing: Chromolume Theatre Presents Steven Cagan’s ‘LOVE SONGS — A Musical,’ Directed by Kay Cole, June 22-July 28

CHROMOLUME THEATRE AT THE ATTIC
PRESENTS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF
LOVE SONGS — A Musical
BOOK, MUSIC & LYRICS BY STEVEN CAGAN
DIRECTED BY KAY COLE

JUNE 22 – JULY 28, 2013

Chromolume Theatre has announced its next production, the world premiere of LOVE SONGS — A Musical with book, music and lyrics by Steven Cagan, and directed by Kay Cole. Featuring orchestrations and arrangements by Doug Walter and music direction by Richard Berent, there will be one preview performance on June 21, and opening is set for Saturday, June 22 at 8pm. LOVE SONGS — A Musical will play a limited engagement through July 28 only.

Filled with gorgeous songs and a timeless story, LOVE SONGS — A Musical follows the journey of six friends and colleagues through the vagaries of love and marriage. Jeremy is out of town, trying to get home in time for his nuptials to Gaby. Sarah, engaged to Ben for six years, can’t get him to commit. Longtime lovers Roy and Rose are happy just the way they are. The unexpected ways in which the three couples act and interact combine to achieve the the all too often, all too elusive, happy ending.

Composer and book writer Steven Cagan has served as composer, arranger, and conductor for Melissa Manchester, Bette Midler, Diahann Carroll, and Georgia Brown, and has worked with Michael Bennett, Lester Wilson, Michael Peters, Bob Avian, and Joe Layton, among others. Cagan is a classically trained musician, and has studied with Elie Seigmeister, David Diamond, Lukas Foss, George Rochberg, Kermit Levinsky and Tommy Newsom. He wrote and arranged popular jingles for Chevrolet, Ford, State Farm Insurance, Coppertone, and many others; he composed a number of ballet scores for Tony Award-winning choreographer/director Lynne Taylor-Corbett’s Theatre Dance Collection. Cagan has scored countless films, television series and specials and he appeared as guest musical director on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson numerous times. He has been guest conductor for the Atlanta, San Francisco, Dallas and Honolulu Symphony Orchestras, the Ravinia Festival Orchestra, the Houston Pops, and others.

As a director/choreographer, Kay Cole’s credits include No Strings, And The World Goes ‘Round, BARK!, Judy’s Scary Little Christmas, A Year with Frog and Toad, A Chorus Line, I’m Getting My Act Together And Taking It On The Road, The Robber Bridegroom, The Grass Harp, and many more. Her choreography and staging credits include Assassins, The Pirates Of Penzance, Cabaret, South Pacific, Triumph of Love, Dancing at Lughnasa, Take Me Along and The Baker’s Wife. Cole has brought her considerable experience and talents to productions at The Pasadena Playhouse, the Hollywood Bowl, Reprise!, the Geffen Playhouse, the Kirk Douglas Theatre, the Falcon Theatre, Antaeus Theatre Company, Playwrights Arena, Shakespeare LA, London’s West End, and Broadway. Cole recently moved into television and film, and her most recent assignment was choreographing the film of Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks which is scheduled for a Christmas 2013 release.

The cast of LOVE SONGS — A Musical will feature (in alphabetical order) Eduardo Enrikez, Kurt Andrew Hansen, Jean Kauffman, Craig McEldowney, Jean Altadel Ruiz, and Sara J. Stuckey. The scenic and sound design are by James Esposito, lighting design is by Lynn Downey, and costume design is by Darby Gray. The production stage manager is Chad Parker, and James Esposito produces for Chromolume Theatre.

There will be one preview performance on Friday, June 21 at 8pm, and LOVE SONGS — A Musical opens on Saturday, June 22 at 8pm. The regular performance schedule is Friday and Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 2pm, through July 28. Tickets are $34, with discounts for students and seniors ($31) and children 12 and under ($29), and may be purchased online at www.crtheatre.com, or via telephone at 323-205-1617. Chromolume Theatre at the Attic is located at 5429 W. Washington Boulevard (between the 10 freeway and Hauser Boulevard), in Los Angeles, 90016. Ample street parking is available.

For more information on LOVE SONGS — A Musical visit www.crtheatre.com/lovesongs.html or call 323-510-2688.

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