NEWS RELEASE ▪︎ CHROMOLUME THEATRE AT THE ATTIC PRESENTS MICHAEL JOHN LaCHIUSA’S “HELLO AGAIN” ▪︎ MAY 5–28

CHROMOLUME THEATRE AT THE ATTIC

PRESENTS

HELLO AGAIN

BOOK, MUSIC & LYRICS BY MICHAEL JOHN LaCHIUSA

MUSICAL DIRECTION BY BRENDA VARDA

DIRECTED BY RICHARD VAN SLYKE

MAY 5 — 28 ONLY

Chromolume Theatre at the Attic has announced the second production of its 2017 Season of Musicals, Michael John LaChiusa’s Hello Again. Opening on Friday, May 5 at 8pm, the show will play a strictly limited engagement through May 28. The Chromolume production will feature musical direction by Brenda Varda and will be directed by Richard Van Slyke.

The cast will feature (in alphabetical order) Cesar Cipriano, Michael Corbett, Kevin Corsini, Tal Fox, Joe Hernandez–Kolski, Michelle Holmes, Sarah Randall Hunt, Allison Lind, Bretten Popiel,and Corey Rieger. Scenic design is by Lauren J. Peters, lighting design is by Richard Fong, costume design is by Ovation Award-winner Michael Mullen, and sound design is by James Esposito. The stage manager is Mara Aguilar.

Michael John LaChiusa’s Hello Again is based on the 1897 play La Ronde by Arthur Schnitzler. It focuses on a series of love affairs among 10 characters during the 10 different decades of the 20th century. LaChuisa’s musical adaptation follows the structure of Schnitzler’s original material closely, often replicating fragments of his dialogue, detailing a daisy chain of sexual encounters and love affairs. Unlike the book, each scene is set in a different decade of the 20th century and in non-chronological order, allowing for a large and varied pastiche of musical styles ranging from opera to 1970s disco. Hello Again was originally produced off-Broadway (at Lincoln Center) in 1993.

Hello Again opens on Friday, May 5 at 8pm. The regular performance schedule is Friday and Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 7pm through May 28. Tickets are $30 and may be purchased online atwww.crtheatre.com or by 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, visit www.crtheatre.com or call 323-510-2688.

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 04–03–17

NEWS RELEASE ▪︎ FOURTH ANNUAL CineArte LATINX QUEER ARTS FESTIVAL AT LGBT CENTER ▪︎ APRIL 21 – 23

Los Angeles LGBT Center

Announces Film, Art, and Performance Lineup

for Fourth Annual

 CineArte Latinx Queer Arts Festival,
April 21–23, 2017

The Los Angeles LGBT Center has announced CineArte, the Fourth Annual Arts Festival of the Queer Latinx community, at The Center’s Village at Ed Gould Plaza, located at 1125 N. McCadden Place in Hollywood. CineArte is dedicated to showcasing the stories of LGBTQ, two-spirited, Latinx, Chicanx, and indigenous identities through film and visual art in a space that builds on their rich and diverse cultural history. This year, the festival will run Friday, April 21 through Sunday, April 23.

The 2017 festival includes a short films program, feature length films, digital media, art installations, and musical performances that represent the intersections and complexities of Latina/o queerness through arts and culture. The three-day celebration will include red carpet events, receptions, music, and Q&A sessions with filmmakers and featured cast members. Food vendors and a bar will be onsite during the entire festival. Films selected to screen at CineArte will be shown out of competition.

Early Bird Festival passes are available for $25 (students and seniors $20); regular festival passes are $30 (students and seniors $25); and individual tickets for film screenings are $10 (students and seniors $8). Tickets are available online at www.lalgbtcenter.org/cinearte and by phone at (323) 860-7300.

NEWS RELEASE ▪︎ THURSDAY 3/30 PERFORMANCE OF OPEN CIRCLE THEATRE COMPANY’S “WAITING FOR GODOT” WILL BENEFIT MY FRIEND’S PLACE

OPEN CIRCLE THEATRE COMPANY

ANNOUNCES SPECIAL PERFORMANCE OF

WAITING FOR GODOT

TO BENEFIT

MY FRIEND’S PLACE

HOMELESS YOUTH RESOURCE CENTER IN HOLLYWOOD

ON THURSDAY, MARCH 30 AT 8PM

 POST-PERFORMANCE DISCUSSION

WITH OPEN CIRCLE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

DANIEL J. WILNER

AND MY FRIEND’S PLACE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

HEATHER CARMICHAEL

The Open Circle Theatre Company has announced a special performance of its currently running production of Waiting for Godot on Thursday, March 30 at 8pm. A post-play discussion will follow and the evening will benefit My Friend’s Place, a non-profit homeless youth resource center in Hollywood.

The My Friend’s Place mission: to assist and inspire homeless youth to build self-sufficient lives. It is a professionally staffed drop-in resource center serving over 1,400 homeless youths ages 12 to 25 (and their children) each year. The primary goal is to lower traditional barriers to service and provide homeless youth with the opportunity to improve their psychological, intellectual, and physical capacity to reach their potential. The post-play discussion about home, empathy, and action will be led by Open Circle Theatre Company Founder and Artistic Director Daniel J. Wilner and My Friend’s Place Executive Director Heather Carmichael. 

Named “the most significant play of the 20^th century” in a poll of theatre professionals, Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot is a hilarious, moving, disquieting exploration of human existence. The play follows two tramps, Vladimir and Estragon, as they pass the time waiting for a mysterious figure who could save them from their troubles. This distinctive production will be staged in the round in a small black–box theatre, creating an intimacy between audience and performers that will offer a unique experience of the play’s empathy and humanity.

Directed by Daniel J. Wilner, the Open Circle Theatre Company production features (in alphabetical order) Tommy Day Carey, Joseph Culliton, Perry Powell, and Douglas Scott Sorenson.

Waiting for Godot is currently running through April 16 only on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 2pm and 7pm. General seating admission is $45. Lower–priced tickets ($30) are available for online purchases made in advance for performances through April 2 (discount will not be valid at the door). Use code ‘earlybird’ when ordering. Tickets for the benefit evening (discount not available) and all other performances are available online at http://godotla.bpt.me or by calling (888) 693-8507.

For more information about the services offered by My Friend’s Place: http://myfriendsplace.org/.

The Other Space @ The Actors Company is located at 916A N. Formosa Avenue in West Hollywood, 90046.

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 03-29-17