NEWS RELEASE — WEST COAST PREMIERE OF “ALLEN WILDER 2.0” ▪︎ WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY MATT MORILLO ▪︎ OPENS SATURDAY 4/29 at The Lounge Theatre

Generation X needs a hero … instead they have this guy.

KADM PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS

A WEST COAST PREMIERE

ALLEN WILDER 2.0

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY MATT MORILLO

FEATURING

FARIDA AMER, EILEEN GRUBBA AND TOM PILUTIK 

A NEW PLAY

BY THE AUTHOR OF THE AWARD-WINNING SMASH HITS

ALL ABOARD THE MARRIAGE HEARSE

AND

THE INVENTOR AND THE ESCORT

OPENS APRIL 29 AT THE LOUNGE THEATRE

FOR FOUR WEEKS ONLY

KADM Productions has announced the West Coast premiere of Allen Wilder 2.0, written and directed by Matt Morillo, at the Lounge Theatre in Hollywood for four weeks only beginning April 28. The cast will feature (in alphabetical order) Farida Amer, Eileen Grubba and Tom Pilutik. There will be one preview performance on Friday, April 28 and opening is set for Saturday, April 29 at 8pm. The limited engagement will run through May 21 only.

The set and lighting design are by Rene Parras, Jr., and the casting director is Michael Donovan, CSA.  Allen Wilder 2.0 is produced for KADM Productions by Joanne Hartstone.

In Allen Wilder 2.0, a director of softcore porn returns from Hollywood to his dead parents’ house in Levittown, Long Island, to sort through his belongings and re-examine his life. Can a chance meeting with his former babysitter and his estranged niece soothe the wounds of the failure he feels? Is it too late? His search for redemption gets comic treatment in this new play.

Matt Morillo’s first play, Angry Young Women in Low-Rise Jeans with High-Class Issues, was a runaway hit on two continents, packing houses and receiving rave reviews through three separate runs in New York City, and two separate runs in Sydney, Australia.  Of the 2008 Los Angeles production, Variety wrote, “Angry Young Women is a cheerfully raunchy show that boasts … hilarious writing and a sharp, fearless and funny cast.” Morillo’s other playwriting credits include the award-winners All Aboard the Marriage Hearse and The Inventor and The Escort. A screenwriter also, he made his debut at age 23 with the award-winning film The Pretenders (2000), and he has written several highly lauded and award-winning short films, includingMaid of Honor (2003).

Allen Wilder 2.0 will play one preview performance on Friday, April 28 at 8pm and opening is set for Saturday, April 29 at 8pm. The running schedule is Friday and Saturday at 8pm, and Sunday at 3pm, through May 21 only. General seating admission is $15 for the preview and $25 for regular performances. Tickets are on sale now, and may be purchased online atwww.kadm.com or by calling (323) 960-7792.

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

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