News Release – Boys with Guitars 3 Comes to Oil Can Harry’s in Studio City

GABRIEL GREEN
(MR. LA LEATHER BEAR 2014 )
PRESENTS
BOYS WITH GUITARS 3
FEATURING
SINGER / SONGWRITERS
SEAN WOLF GALUSZKA
COLIN DEANE
SEAN FITZPATRICK
AND
jACE
WITH SPECIAL GUEST
DON MIKE
ONE NIGHT ONLY
WEDNESDAY, MAY 25 AT 8PM
AT OIL CAN HARRY’S IN STUDIO CITY

Gabriel Green (Mr. LA Leather Bear 2014) has announced BOYS WITH GUITARS 3 featuring singer/songwriters SEAN WOLF GALUSZKA, COLIN DEANE, SEAN FITZPATRICK, and jACE at Oil Can Harry’s in Studio City for one show only on Wednesday, May 25 at 8pm. BOYS WITH GUITARS 3 will also welcome special guest DON MIKE.

Sean Wolf Galuszka is an actor and ASCAP Award-winning singer/songwriter/actor from Central NY. He recently returned from Ashland, OR, where he received rave reviews for his performance in Ring Of Fire: The Music Of Johnny Cash at the Oregon Cabaret Theatre. He appeared in the critically acclaimed PBS American Playhouse presentation of Miss Julie and appeared on ABC’s Miracles. His Los Angeles stage work includes The Complete Works of William Shakespeare and An Appalachian Twelfth Night, among others. Galuszka’s irreverent country song, “Zombie Apocalypse Gay Bear Country Western Christmas Love Song” has garnered fans as far away as Australia and prompted him to record “Songs for Lonesome Gay Cowboys” — traditional country western music written for the gay community.

Colin Deane is a native Californian who started singing in preschool and never stopped. He has studied many genres of music including opera and theatre. He continues to seek his own sound in the world of pop and works tirelessly to hone his skills. Deane is preparing to release some of his original music this year. Quite often he can be found at the local coffee shop — with his guitar, singing.

Sean Fitzpatrick is best known for his explorations in electronic music, classical, jazz, and rock ‘n roll styles. Since the age of three he has been playing melodies in his head on multiple instruments. Current electronic band Creature is bringing him back to his piano roots, challenging sound and synth theory and being his primary musical focus.

jACE is a Hip-Hop/R&B singer-songwriter from Suitland, MD. Born in the 90s stylings of Seal, Eminem, and Linkin Park he was raised through marching bands and the growing local hip-hop scene. After the inception of electronica and acoustic sounds for his demo EP ‘Coals’ he turned to the glitch-hop scene. As an LGBT advocate and active participant in the Leather community, the lyricism in his work reflects the balance of being honest and present. jACE also writes and produces for other artists.

BOYS WITH GUITARS 3, featuring Sean Wolf Galuszka, Colin Deane, Sean Fitzpatrick, jACE, and special guest Don Mike, will play one show only on Wednesday, May 25 at 8pm, and there is no cover charge. Oil Can Harry’s is located at 11052 Ventura Boulevard in Studio City, 91604.

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05-20-16

NEWS RELEASE — BRIMMER STREET THEATRE CO. ANNOUNCES PUBLIC STAGED READINGS OF “COMMUNION” BY CHRISTINA CIGALA

BRIMMER STREET THEATRE COMPANY
ANNOUNCES PUBLIC STAGED READINGS OF
COMMUNION
A PLAY BY CHRISTINA CIGALA
AS PART OF ITS
BREAKING GROUND PLAY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

As part of its 2016 Breaking Ground play development program, Brimmer Street Theatre Company has announced two public staged readings of Communion by Christina Cigala. The readings will be presented on Sunday, May 22 at 2pm and 4:30pm at Moving Arts, 1822 Hyperion Avenue, in Silver Lake. Running time is 70 minutes with no intermission; admission is free and no reservations are required. Following each reading, audiences will be invited to engage in a brief discussion with the playwright and participating artists.

Brimmer Street Theatre Company’s Breaking Ground play development initiative is dedicated to collaborative new play development. Over the course of the seven-week project, BSTC’s ensemble works with local playwrights to move drafts of original plays to finalized scripts through the discovery and collaboration of an abbreviated rehearsal process, design consultation, and finally a staged reading. Communion was chosen by the BSTC ensemble from dozens of submissions.

Christina Cigala’s Communion: to get married at the beautiful St. Valentine’s Cathedral in Malibu, three couples of varying devotion must join Father Chad on a Catholic engagement retreat to learn what it means to be be faithfully married. When it’s revealed that only one couple will get the coveted available date for their nuptials, all hell breaks loose in this dark comedy about faith, marriage, and the church. Directed by Toby Meuli, the reading will feature (in alphabetical order) Lizzie Adelman, Kate Amis, Doug Burch, Katharine Everett, Kendall Foote, Kim Imafidon, David Jette, and Jon Prescott. Audience members who would like to read the play in advance may email djette@brimmerstreet.org for a script.

Brimmer Street Theatre Company is a non-profit ensemble theatre that creates and produces new works of theatre in order to cultivate artists and engage audiences in Los Angeles. By working from a select core of talented artists, BSTC aims to produce a unique brand of American theatre that is rooted in a common experience and driven by their commitment to building better theatre that is challenging, extraordinary, and inspiring.

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05-12-16

NEWS RELEASE — LOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER PRESENTS “FOOL FOR LOVE” AT PART OF 2016 HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL

Los Angeles LGBT Center’s
Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center
Presents
As Part of the 2016 Hollywood Fringe Festival
FOOL FOR LOVE
By Sam Shepard
Directed by Will Bradley & Cecilia Fairchild
Featuring
Bradley Fisher, Burt Grinstead,
Charlotte Gulezian, and Roland Ruiz

Los Angeles LGBT Center has announced a new production of Fool for Love by Sam Shepard as part of the 2016 Hollywood Fringe Festival. There will be 11 performances only, beginning June 3 and running through June 26 in The Center’s Davidson/Valentini Theatre. [The complete performance schedule is at the end of this release.] This story of twisted lives and tormented loves will be directed by Will Bradley and Cecilia Fairchild, and the cast will feature (in alphabetical order) Bradley Fisher (In Bed with Roy Cohn, Aftermath), Burt Grinstead, (Hit the Wall, The Sexual Life of Savages), Charlotte Gulezian (Hit the Wall, Stupid Fucking Bird), and Roland Ruiz (Hit the Wall and the Oscar-nominated film Boyhood).

Fool for Love, winner of the 1984 Obie Award for Best New American Play and a Pulitzer Prize finalist, finds two former lovers holed up in a seedy motel on the edge of the Mojave Desert where they unpack the deep secrets and dark desires of their tangled relationship, passionately tearing each other apart. Beaten down by ill-fated love and a struggle for identity, they must decide whether it is ultimately possible to live with, or without, each other. The New York Times called it a “gut-clutching … full throttle cliffhanger.” Run time is 75 minutes.

The scenic design is by Burt Grinstead, lighting and sound design are by Matt Richter and costume design is by Brooke Gerson. The stage manager is Maggie Marx.

There will be four previews and seven regular performances of Fool for Love, beginning on June 3 and running through June 24. The complete schedule:

PREVIEWS
• Friday 6/3 at 8pm
• Saturday 6/4 at 8pm
• Sunday 6/5 at 7pm
• Tuesday 6/7 at 8pm

REGULAR
• Saturday 6/11 at 8pm [OPENING NIGHT]
• Sundays 6/19 & 6/26 at 7pm
• Wednesdays 6/15 & 6/22 at 8pm
• Thursday 6/16 at 8pm
• Friday 6/24 at 8pm

Preview seats are $10 and admission for regular performances is $15. Tickets are available online at http://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/3751, or by phone at (323) 455-4585.

Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Davidson/Valentini Theatre is located at the 1125 N. McCadden Place (one block east of Highland, just north of Santa Monica Boulevard), in Hollywood, 90038. Free onsite parking is available.

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05-10-16

 
^{L to R — Charlotte Gulezian, Burt Grinstead. Photo by Stan Mayer.}