Archived entries for Amy K. Harmon

Announcing: Brimmer Street Theatre Company’s World Premiere of ‘Pack Up The Moon’ by Christina Cigala, Opens July 13 EXTENDED THROUGH AUGUST 17

BRIMMER STREET THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS
THE WORLD PREMIERE OF
PACK UP THE MOON BY CHRISTINA CIGALA
DIRECTED BY AMY K. HARMON

OPENS JULY 13 AT THE LOUNGE THEATRE

3 PERFORMANCES ADDED
NOW ENDS AUGUST 17

Pack Up The Moon

Brimmer Street Theatre Company has announced it will present its seventh world premiere, Pack Up The Moon by Christina Cigala (developed with members of BSTC), directed by Amy K. Harmon, at the Lounge Theatre in Hollywood. Preview performances begin on Saturday, July 6. Opening is set for Saturday, July 13 at 8pm. Pack Up The Moon will play a limited engagement through August 10 August 17.

In Pack Up The Moon, a gay couple gets a second chance at fatherhood when a relative shows up at the door. A play about grief, love, sex, and moving on, Pack Up The Moon reminds us that families come in all kinds these days. All kinds.

The cast will feature (in alphabetical order) Ben Fuller, Brad Harris, David Jette, and Emilia Richeson. The scenic design is by Alex Pletcher, lighting design is by Haylee Freeman, costume design is by Amy Sobotta, and sound design is by Cricket Myers. The stage manager is Kathryn Eipl, and the show is produced for Brimmer Street Theatre Company by Jenny Byrd and Jefferson Byrd.

Playwright Christina Cigala is an LA-based writer, producer, and BSTC company member. Pack Up The Moon is her second play to be produced by Brimmer Street, following 2010’s Flower to Flower. Other theatre credits include: Oink! (Off-Broadway), Hard Candy Christmas (Dallas/NYC), Topping from Below: A Musical (Actors Studio), and Once More, With Feeling, which was produced in New York, Dallas, Houston, and in the Hollywood Fringe Festival. Cigala just finished her first book proposal for Dupree Miller and Associates. She produces reality and semi-scripted TV for Syfy, TruTV, HGTV, BIO, and the Speed Network.

Director Amy K. Harmon is a founding member of Brimmer Street Theatre Company. Past directing credits include A Poster of The Cosmos by Lanford Wilson (Equity Fights Aids, Boston), and Scenes from Our Marriage by Michael Rex (The Ivy Substation). Past BSTC acting credits include All Your Hard Work, Summer in Hell, <3, Leiris/Picasso, and Flower to Flower. Film and television credits include Scandal (ABC), Suit Up (FOX), Castle (ABC), Private Practice (ABC), The West Wing (NBC), and American Splendor (HBO). Additionally, Harmon has been a guest professor of movement theory and scene study at Culver City’s Advanced Academy of Visual and Performing Arts. Pack Up The Moon marks Harmon’s debut as a director with Brimmer Street Theatre Company.

There will be two ‘Pay What You Can’ preview performances of Pack Up The Moon on Saturday, July 6 and Sunday, July 7 at 8pm, with an additional preview on Friday, July 12 at 8pm for which tickets are $15. Opening is set for Saturday, July 13 at 8pm. The regular performance schedule will be Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 8pm through August 10 August 17. All seats for regular performances are $20. To purchase tickets, visit www.BrimmerStreet.org or call (213) 290-2782.

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

Brimmer Street Theatre Company is a non-profit Los Angeles-based performance company with a commitment to develop original theatre and welcome artists whose work challenges established forms and expectations. BSTC strives to form a close ensemble with these artists, craftsmen, students, and benefactors to produce work of exceptional innovation and character. For more info, visit www.BrimmerStreet.org.

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06-17-13

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

All Your Hard Work CastBrimmer 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: Brimmer Street Theatre Company Presents World Premiere of “All Your Hard Work” by Miles Brandman – Opens July 21

BRIMMER STREET THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS
THE WORLD PREMIERE OF
ALL YOUR HARD WORK BY MILES BRANDMAN
DIRECTED BY MICHAEL MATTHEWS

OPENS JULY 21 AT THE LILLIAN THEATRE

All Your Hard Work - Brimmer Street posterBrimmer Street Theatre Company has announced it will present the world premiere of All Your Hard Work by Miles Brandman, directed by Michael Matthews, at the Lillian Theatre in Hollywood, with performances beginning on Thursday, July 19. Opening night is set for 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. Playwright Miles Brandman is a writer and director for film and theatre. In the fall of 2010, Brimmer Street Theatre Company produced the world premiere of his play Summer in Hell at studio|stage in Hollywood. Brandman also wrote and directed the independent feature film Sex and Breakfast starring Macaulay Culkin and Eliza Dushku. His other plays produced in Los Angeles include Ladies of the State at Working Stage in Hollywood, and An Old Problem at Casa 0101 in Boyle Heights.

The cast will feature (in alphabetical order) Amy K. Harmon and Michael Grant Terry. Amy K. Harmon is a founding member of Brimmer Street Theatre Company. She can be seen this fall co-starring on the new FOX comedy Knights of Glory.  Past BSTC credits include Summer in Hell, <3, Leiris/Picasso, and Flower to Flower. Other TV credits include Scandal (ABC), Kings by Night (Comedy Central), Private Practice (ABC), The West Wing (NBC), and American Splendor. Michael Grant Terry is perhaps best known for his recurring role as Wendell Bray on the FOX television series Bones. His LA stage credits include Lobster Alice as well as many appearances in the Young Playwrights Festival at The Blank Theatre, and Stupid Kids at Celebration Theatre. Michael’s other TV credits include The Closer, CSI, Criminal Minds, and Castle.

Director Michael Matthews most recently helmed the smash hit production of The Color Purple for Celebration Theatre, as well as the West Coast premiere of Steve Yockey’s Very Still and Hard to See at The Production Company. Matthews is the winner of two 2011 NAACP Image Awards for his direction of The Women of Brewster Place and Take Me Out, both at Celebration Theatre. For The Blank Theatre, he has directed The Jazz Age, The Temperamentals, and The Santaland Diaries. Matthews also served as assistant director on Dead End at the Ahmanson Theatre and The Cherry Orchard (starring Annette Bening and Alfred Molina) at the Mark Taper Forum.

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.

There will be two lower-priced preview performances of All Your Hard Work on Thursday, July 19 and Friday, July 20 at 8pm, and opening night is set for Saturday, July 21 at 8:00. The regular performance schedule will be Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8pm through August 25 only. 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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06-25-12