NEWS RELEASE ▪︎ JENNIE FAHN’S “UNDER THE JELLO MOLD” RETURNS SEPTEMBER 9 – NOVEMBER 12 ▪︎ WHITEFIRE THEATRE IN SHERMAN OAKS

2017 HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL
SOLO PERFORMANCE, PICK OF THE FRINGE
AND ENCORE! PRODUCERS’ AWARD-WINNER

UNDER THE JELLO MOLD
WRITTEN & PERFORMED BY JENNIE FAHN
DIRECTED BY TOM CAVANAUGH

SET TO RETURN
SEPTEMBER 9 – NOVEMBER 12
AT WHITEFIRE THEATRE IN SHERMAN OAKS

Five-time nominee and winner of the 2017 Hollywood Fringe Festival Solo Performance, Pick of the Fringe, and Encore! Producer’s Awards Under The Jello Mold, written and performed by Jennie Fahn, will return for an extended run beginning September 9 at the Whitefire Theatre in Sherman Oaks. Directed by Tom Cavanaugh, Under The Jello Mold will play on Saturdays at 8pm with two added performances on Sunday, November 12 at 3pm and 7pm.

Under The Jello Mold is Jennie Fahn’s solo show about how she dealt with her very colorful character of a mother during what turned out to be the final act of her mother’s life. Jennie’s mother was a force to be reckoned with — a former dancer never content to merely rehash her past, there was always a story to be embellished, always a name to drop, and always a lesson to teach. Told in anecdotes, characters, and song, the show is full of laughs and a lot of heart. Running time is 80 minutes.

Jennie Fahn is a writer, actor, and director. You Mutha!, her first solo show, ran for two years in Los Angeles and was featured in the 2005 New York Fringe Festival. She can be seen in the upcoming feature films Spinning Man, The Twin, and Muse. LA theatre appearances include Grow a Pair … of Wings (Lounge Theatre), Pride and Prejudice (Actors Co-op), Alice in One-Hit Wonderland 1 & 2 and Jackson Frost (Troubies), Andrew Lippa’s The Wild Party (Musical Theatre Guild), Anyone Can Whistle (Matrix), A New Brain (West Coast Ensemble), Wonderful Town (Reprise!), and Amadeus (with Neil Patrick Harris at the Hollywood Bowl). Television credits include The Middle, Heroes, Without A Trace, The Bernie Mac Show, My Name is Earl, Will & Grace, Becker, and I’m Dying Up Here (Showtime). Fahn recently wrote and directed a short film entitled Break and she is the writer/co-star (with Tippi Hedren) of the short Tea with Grandma.

Director Tom Cavanaugh received his MFA in Playwriting from the Actors Studio Drama School in 2000. His play Behold was a 2010 finalist in the New American Playwrights Program at the Utah Shakespearean Festival and also won a 2011 Pickering Award for Excellence in Playwriting. His play Adam & Yoshi was a finalist in the McKinney Repertory Theatre New Play Competition in Texas, a finalist at the 2013 New American Playwrights Program at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, and won the 2012 ‘Make the House Roar’ Prize for Comic Plays at the Lionheart Theater of Georgia. Cavanaugh’s play Inland Empress had its world premiere in 2016 at the Lounge Theatre in LA. This year, his play The Fiels was a finalist at the CTI Theatre Festival in Independence, Missouri. Recently, Cavanaugh’s Mr. Picman was part of the Short & Sweet Theater Festival in Hollywood and is set to be produced in Theatre of Note’s Late Night Short Play Series. He is a member of We Make Movies in Hollywood and La Strata Theatre Ensemble in New Jersey.

Under The Jello Mold, produced by Tom Cavanaugh and James Cavanaugh, is set to open on Saturday, September 9 at 8pm. The regular running schedule is Saturday at 8pm through November 12, and there will be additional performances on Sunday, November 12 at 3pm and 7pm. Admission is $25 and tickets are available now, online at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3053655 or by phone at (800) 838-3006. The Whitefire Theatre is located at 13500 Ventura Boulevard (on the corner of Sunnyslope, between Coldwater Canyon and Woodman), in Sherman Oaks.

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08-16-17

Announcing: “All Your Hard Work” Opens This Coming Saturday – Presented By Brimmer Street Theatre Company

BRIMMER STREET THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS
THE WORLD PREMIERE OF
ALL YOUR HARD WORK
PERFORMANCES BEGIN THURSDAY, JULY 19
AT THE LILLIAN THEATRE

Brimmer Street Theatre Company’s world premiere production of All Your Hard Work by Miles Brandman, directed by Michael Matthews, begins performances this coming Thursday, July 19, at 8pm, at the Lillian Theatre in Hollywood. Opening night is Saturday, July 21 at 8:00. All Your Hard Work will play a strictly limited engagement through August 25.

In All Your Hard Work, Mary-Ellen reconnects with Jim, a college boyfriend in town on business, and they end up back at her apartment. When Jim asks for a potentially dangerous favor, Mary-Ellen is forced to choose between her old affections and a long-simmering need for revenge.

The cast will feature (in alphabetical order) Amy K. Harmon and Michael Grant Terry. The set design for All Your Hard Work is by Stephen Gifford, lighting design is by Tim Swiss, costume design is by Christian Svenson, sound design is by Cricket Myers, Rebecca Eisenberg is stage manager, and All Your Hard Work is being co-produced for Brimmer Street Theatre Company by Ken Werther and Michael Bulger. The play was developed as part of the 2011 Brimmer Street ‘Blueprint Series,’ and is a guest production at the Lillian Theatre.

Brimmer Street Theatre Company creates and produces new works of theatre to cultivate artists and engage audiences in Los Angeles. By working from a select core of talented artists, the company is able to produce a unique brand of American theatre that is rooted in our common experience and driven by our commitment to building better theatre that is challenging, extraordinary, and inspiring. For more, visit www.BrimmerStreet.org.

The preview performances are on Thursday, July 19 and Friday, July 20 at 8pm, and the opening night performance is Saturday, July 21 at 8:00. The regular performance schedule will be Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8pm through August 25. All seats for regular performances are $20 (previews are $15). To purchase tickets, visit www.BrimmerStreet.org or call (213) 290-2782. The Lillian Theatre is located at 1076 N. Lillian Way (one block west of Vine, just off Santa Monica Boulevard), in Hollywood, 90038. Street parking is available.

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07-14-12

Announcing: The Good Boy Extends One Week at LATC through Sunday 5/29

THE GOOD BOY
WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY MICHAEL BONNABEL
DIRECTED BY DARIN ANTHONY
NOW PLAYING AT LOS ANGELES THEATRE CENTER
THROUGH MAY 29

The Latino Theater Company, in association with Ken Werther, has announced an extension of The Good Boy. This new solo show, written and performed by Michael Bonnabel and directed by Darin Anthony, is now running at the Los Angeles Theatre Center.

The Good Boy is set in Pasadena in the 1960s, telling the humorous and heartwarming tale of Michael Bonnabel’s struggle to gain independence from his large, loving, and complicated family, which also happened to be led by deaf parents. Told in sign, speech, and song, Bonnabel explores the weight of the adult responsibilities the young boy must face, as well as his yearning to bond with his emotionally distant father. An earlier version of The Good Boy ran at The Bootleg Theater during the later summer and early fall of 2010, garnering audience and critical acclaim.

Writer/Performer Michael Bonnabel is a Los Angeles based performance artist with a wide range of theatre, film and television credits, including award-winning performances in Philip Littell’s No Miracle: A Consolation at Playwrights’ Arena and the ADA Best Revival signed and spoken production of Edward Albee’s The Zoo Story at the Actor’s Workout Studio. He has appeared in Ken Roht’s 99¢ Only Calendar Girl Competition, Route 99: Orange Star Dinner Show, Peace Squad Goes 99, and in Robert Prior’s colorful adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, Project: Wonderland at The Bootleg Theater. Other local stage work include productions with Long Beach Opera, West Coast Ensemble, Tiffany Theaters, Highways, the Odyssey Theatre, the Colony Theatre and the Meta Theatre.

Director Darin Anthony has become one of LA’s most sought after stage directors. His ever-expanding list of credits includes the critically acclaimed productions of Heads, A Hole in the Dark, and The Book of Liz for The Blank Theatre Company, Talley’s Folly, My Thing of Love and Smudge for Syzygy Theatre Group, Lanford Wilson’s Burn This (Amalgam Theatre), The Boarding House by Ann Noble (Interact Theatre), and Richard Greenberg’s The Violet Hour (Hollywood Food Chain Productions at the Lillian Theatre). Specializing in new works, Anthony has also helmed premiere productions of Sidhe by Ann Noble at the Road Theatre and London’s Scars at the Odyssey Theatre. Other credits include Bach at Leipzig (Odyssey) and US Drag for the Furious Theatre Company, which garnered seven LA Weekly Award nominations, winning one for Production Design.

Scenic design for The Good Boy is by John Burton, lighting design is by Brandon Baruch, sound design is by Joseph “Sloe” Slawinski, Rita Cofield serves as production stage manager, and Flori Schutzer is production consultant. Early development of The Good Boy took place under the auspices of The Menander Theatre.

The performance schedule for The Good Boy is Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 2pm.  General admission is $30, with a discounted price of $20 available for students and seniors. Every Thursday night, all seats are $10. Tickets are available now by visiting www.thelatc.org or by calling (213) 489-0994. The Los Angeles Theatre Center is located at 514 S. Spring Street in downtown LA.

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05-18-11