NEWS RELEASE — CAST & DESIGNERS SET FOR “SONS OF THE PROPHET” AT THE BLANK THEATRE — OPENS FEBRUARY 7, 2015

CAST & DESIGNERS SET
FOR THE BLANK THEATRE’S
LOS ANGELES PREMIERE OF
SONS OF THE PROPHET
BY STEPHEN KARAM
DIRECTED BY MICHAEL MATTHEWS

PERFORMANCES BEGIN JANUARY 31
★ NOW EXTENDED THROUGH APRIL 26 ★
AT THE BLANK’S 2nd STAGE THEATRE

The cast and designers have been set for The Blank Theatre’s Los Angeles premiere of Sons of the Prophet by Stephen Karam, directed by Ovation Award-winner Michael Matthews. Performances begin January 31 with opening night set for Saturday, February 7.

In alphabetical order, the cast will feature Ellen Karsten, Jack Laufer, Braxton Molinaro, Erik Odom, Irene Roseen, Adam Silver, Mychal Thompson and Tamara Zook. Set design is by Rachel Watson, lighting design is by Luke Moyer, costume design is by Allison Dillard, and sound design is by Cricket S. Myers. The stage manager is Marcedes L. Clanton, and Sons of the Prophet is produced for The Blank Theatre by Daniel Henning, Noah Wyle, and Sarah A. Bauer.

Winner of the 2012 NY Drama Critics Circle, Outer Critics Circle, and Lucille Lortel Awards for Best Play and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Sons of the Prophet by Stephen Karam (Speech & Debate) is a refreshingly honest take on how we cope with wounds that just won’t heal. If to live is to suffer, then Joseph Douaihy is more alive than most. With unexplained chronic pain and the fate of his reeling family on his shoulders, Joseph’s health, sanity, and insurance premium are on the line. In an age when modern medicine has a cure for just about everything, Sons of the Prophet is the funniest play about human suffering you’re likely to see.

Preview performances begin on Saturday, January 31 at 8pm and continue on Sunday, February 1 at 2pm, and Wednesday through Friday, February 4—6 at 8pm. Opening is set for Saturday, February 7 at 8pm. The regular performance schedule will be Friday and Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 2pm through March 15 Extended Through March 29 Now Extended Through April 26. Tickets are $25 for previews and $30 for regular performances and may be purchased online at www.TheBlank.com or via phone at (323) 661-9827.

The Blank’s 2nd Stage Theatre is located at 6500 Santa Monica Boulevard (at Wilcox), in Hollywood.

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01-05-15

PRESS RELEASE — SIXTH AVENUE TOWN HALL READING SERIES PRESENTS “LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHANNUKAH” — TUESDAY 12/9 AT 8PM

SIXTH AVENUE TOWN HALL
BACK ROOM PLAY READING SERIES
ENDS ITS 2014 SEASON WITH
LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHANNUKAH
BY JOSHUA HARMON
DIRECTED BY LUKE KANTER
AT AKBAR IN SILVER LAKE
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9 AT 8PM

Sixth Avenue’s Town Hall Back Room Reading Series will end its 2014 season with Love in the Time of Channukah, written by Joshua Harmon and directed by Luke Kanter, it was announced today by Sixth Avenue producer Adam Silver. The play will be read one night only, Tuesday, December 9 at 8:00 at Akbar in Silver Lake.

The cast will feature (in alphabetical order) JD Barton, Will Branske, Dylan Chouinard, Pip Lilly, Chelsea London Lloyd, Alain Pierre, and Rick Shattuck. Love in the Time of Channukah tells the tale of Gayboi, a college freshman celebrating Channukah on his own for the very first time. With a motley crew by his side — funky bff, Neanderthal-lite homophobic roommate, studly str8 crush, flaming sidekick, and a fairy godperson — can Gayboi build a collegiate family of friends and find true love? A proper gay fantasia, sans Kushner. Joshua Harmon wrote last year’s NYC hit Bad Jews (which received both Outer Critics Circle Award and Lucille Lortel Award nominations) and which will have its West Coast premiere at the Geffen Playhouse in the summer of 2015.

Town Hall is Sixth Avenue’s monthly play reading series taking place on the second Tuesday of every month at Akbar. A slate of events for 2015 will be announced shortly.

Akbar, Silver Lake’s “neighborhood oasis,” is located at 4356 W. Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. Admission is free, but reservations are suggested at www.6avenue.org. For more information on Sixth Avenue and Town Hall, visit www.6avenue.org.

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12-02-14

PRESS RELEASE — SIXTH AVENUE TOWN HALL READING SERIES PRESENTS “ONCE MORE, WITH FEELING: THE BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER MUSICAL”

SIXTH AVENUE TOWN HALL
BACK ROOM PLAY READING SERIES
CONTINUES WITH
JOSS WHEDON’S
ONCE MORE, WITH FEELING:
THE BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER MUSICAL
DIRECTED BY TONY SOTO
MUSICAL DIRECTION BY DAN WESSELS
AT AKBAR IN SILVER LAKE
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 AT 8PM

Sixth Avenue’s Town Hall Back Room Reading Series continues with Joss Whedon’s Once More, With Feeling: The Buffy the Vampire Slayer Musical, directed by Tony Soto with musical direction by Dan Wessels, it was announced today by Sixth Avenue producer Adam Silver. The musical episode will be read one night only, Tuesday, November 11 at 8:00 at Akbar in Silver Lake.

Along with a live rock band, the cast will feature Nicci Claspell as Buffy along with (in alphabetical order) Tom DeTrinis, Jay Donnell, Geoffrey Going, Ashley Joyce, Natalie Lander, James Lynch, Kimberly Moore, Reagan Osborne, and Cailan Rose. In Once More, With Feeling, the classic episode from Season Six of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a mysterious force compels the Sunnydale residents to burst into musical numbers revealing their innermost secrets and desires.

Town Hall is Sixth Avenue’s monthly play reading series taking place on the second Tuesday of every month at Akbar. On December 9, Sixth Avenue will read Love in the Time of Chanukah by Joshua Harmon (Bad Jews) directed by Luke Kanter. A slate of events for 2015 will be announced shortly.

Akbar, Silver Lake’s “neighborhood oasis,” is located at 4356 W. Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. Admission is free, but reservations are suggested at www.6avenue.org. For more information on Sixth Avenue and Town Hall, visit www.6avenue.org.

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11-04-14