PRESS RELEASE — MORE THAN 35 ACTORS SET TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BLANK THEATRE’S YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL

SARA GILBERT, SCOTT LOWELL,
MICHAEL GRANT TERRY, ANGEL PARKER,
ELLEN D. WILLIAMS, CURT HANSEN,
JESSY SCHRAM, AND MORE
SET TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BLANK THEATRE’S
22ND ANNUAL YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL
JUNE 5—29

More than 35 actors are set to participate in The Blank Theatre’s 22nd Annual Young Playwrights Festival, including Sara Gilbert (Roseanne, The Talk, The Big Bang Theory), Curt Hansen (A Snow White Christmas, Wicked), Scott Lowell (Queer As Folk), Michael Grant Terry (Bones), Angel Parker (Lab Rats), Ellen D. Williams (How I Met Your Mother), and Jessy Schram (Falling Skies, Mad Men). Twelve winning plays by young playwrights aged 16 -19 from seven different states will be presented during this year’s festival at the Stella Adler Theatre in Hollywood, running from June 5—29.

Other notable performers appearing in the Festival are (in alphabetical order) Sarah Allyn Bauer, Tim Cummings, Shaan Dasani, Aaron Fors, Alberto Frezza, Frank Gingerich, Zena Grey, Arjun Gupta, Paul Hodge, Juanita Jennings, Sophie Kargman, Caroline Lindy, Kayla Madison, Minni Jo Mazzola, Tyler Merna, Matthew Scott Montgomery, Larry Poindexter, John Posey, Romy Rosemont, Maite Schwartz, Patrick Stafford, David Starzyk, Liam Starzyk, Ben Stillwell, Jennifer Stone, Mandy Turpin, Mat Vairo, Tessa Williams, and Ellen Wong.

The Blank Theatre’s 22nd Annual Young Playwrights Festival plays Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 2pm, beginning June 5 and running through June 29 at the Stella Adler Theatre, 6773 Hollywood Boulevard (at Highland), in Hollywood. Each week’s program includes three plays. Tickets are $20 for adults and $14 for students. Festival Passes, which include one ticket for each week, are $68 for adults and $48 for students. Tickets may be purchased at www.theblank.com.

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05-27-14

PRESS RELEASE — BRIMMER STREET THEATRE CO. PRESENTS “THE PERFECT GAME” AT HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL

BRIMMER STREET THEATRE COMPANY
PRESENTS
THE PERFECT GAME
AN ENSEMBLE THEATRE EVENT
FOR THE 2014 HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL

SUNDAY, JUNE 15 AT 1PM
SUNDAY, JUNE 22 AT 5PM

Brimmer Street Theatre Company has announced The Perfect Game, a special ensemble event for the 2014 Hollywood Fringe Festival. The game will take place two times only on Sunday, June 15 at 1pm and Sunday, June 22 at 5pm on Cole Field at the Hollywood Recreation Center, 1122 Cole Avenue in Hollywood. Admission to the game is free.

A project ten years in the making and inspired in part by an essay by David Mamet from his book “Three Uses of the Knife,” The Perfect Game seeks to blur the line between sport and theatre and to provide an immersive, authentic, nine-inning baseball game – but with no ball. All of the plays are rehearsed, the action is staged, and the outcome predetermined. Spectators are welcome to come and go or stay to watch the whole game and cheer for their favorite team. Hot dogs, popcorn, and other classic baseball game food and drink will be available from local food trucks. On Sunday 6/15, special guest Terence McFarland (LA STAGE Alliance CEO) will pretend to throw out the first pitch, and on Sunday 6/22, Colin Mitchell (Bitter-Lemons.com Editor) will do the same.

The Hollywood Fringe Festival is an annual, open-access, community-derived event celebrating freedom of expression and collaboration in the performing arts community. Each June during the Hollywood Fringe, the arts infiltrate the Hollywood neighborhood: fully equipped theaters, parks, clubs, churches, restaurants and other unexpected places host hundreds of productions by local, national, and international arts companies and independent performers.

The Perfect Game will take place only twice — Sunday, June 15 at 1pm and Sunday, June 22 at 5pm. Admission is free. For more information, visit brimmerstreet.org/perfectgame.

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05-22-14

PRESS RELEASE — SUSANNAH BLINKOFF BRINGS “DAUGHTER OF …” TO HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL

DAUGHTER OF …
WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY
SUSANNAH BLINKOFF
DIRECTED BY STAN ZIMMERMAN
AT 2014 HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL
FIVE PERFORMANCES ONLY
JUNE 7, 12, 17, 23, 29

Multi-talented singer/songwriter Susannah Blinkoff will bring her solo show Daughter of … , directed by Stan Zimmerman, to the Hollywood Fringe Festival for five performances only at Three Clubs Cocktail Lounge beginning June 7 at 9pm.

Daughter of … is Blinkoff’s tale of growing up backstage in Manhattan as the daughter of a successful songwriter. This musical memoir features songs written by her mother Carol Hall (The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Free to Be You and Me) as well as her own pop-rock tunes. With an up close view of Whorehouse as it developed from workshop to long-running Broadway show to major Hollywood film, Blinkoff experienced firsthand the privileges and pitfalls of being the daughter of an accomplished artist. Daughter of … bursts showbiz bubbles and celebrates Blinkoff’s creative heritage.

Performance dates and times are as follows — Saturday 6/7 at 9pm (press preview); Thursday 6/12 at 6pm; Tuesday 6/17 at 6pm; Monday 6/23 at 8pm; and Sunday 6/29 at 6pm.

As a singer/songwriter, Susannah Blinkoff has played Hotel Cafe, Genghis Cohen, Spaceland, The Mint, M Bar, and more. Her songs have been heard on MTV, in the feature films My Super Ex-Girlfriend and Bellyfruit, on more than 200 college radio stations across the country, and most recently topping the charts on FM radio in Hawaii and Nebraska. Born and raised in New York City, Blinkoff began singing professionally at the age of 12. As an actress, she has appeared on Broadway and in numerous TV movies, sitcoms, and plays on both coasts. She is also a published playwright and screenwriter.

Stan Zimmerman is a writer, producer, and director. With his writing partner James Berg, Zimmerman worked on such classic series as The Golden Girls and Roseanne (penning the now infamous ‘lesbian kiss’ episode), both of which received WGA Award nominations for Best Comedy Writing. Other television writing credits include The Gilmore Girls, the Lifetime sitcom Rita Rocks (which he and Berg also created), and both Brady Bunch movies. Zimmerman has written for Emmy Magazine and starred in Situation: Comedy, a Bravo series produced by Sean Hayes. His stage directing credits include the 30th anniversary revival of Gemini at Celebration Theatre, A Tuna Christmas (Theatre Asylum), Blink & You Might Miss Me (Hollywood Fringe and SF Fringe), and Entertaining Mr. Sloane (Actors Company). Zimmerman is also directing his original comedy play Meet & Greet for this year’s Hollywood Fringe Festival.

The Hollywood Fringe Festival is an annual, open-access, community-derived event celebrating freedom of expression and collaboration in the performing arts community. Each June during the Hollywood Fringe, the arts infiltrate the Hollywood neighborhood: fully equipped theaters, parks, clubs, churches, restaurants and other unexpected places host hundreds of productions by local, national, and international arts companies and independent performers.

Tickets for Daughter of … are now on sale and may be obtained online at www.hollywoodfringe.org or by phone at (323) 455-4585.

Three Clubs Cocktail Lounge is located at 1123 Vine Street in Hollywood (NW corner of Santa Monica Boulevard), 90038. Street and lot parking are available.

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05-19-14