Announcing: Brimmer Street Theatre Company Announces Two Public Staged Readings

BRIMMER STREET THEATRE COMPANY
ANNOUNCES PUBLIC STAGED READINGS
OF TWO NEW PLAYS AS PART OF ITS
BREAKING GROUND PLAY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

NOBLE/BIRTH BY BRADEN LuBELL
AND
THE BRIDGE BY RON BURCH

As part of its 2014 Breaking Ground play development program, Brimmer Street Theatre Company has announced public staged readings of two new plays. Noble/Birth by Braden LuBell will be presented on Friday, April 4 at 8pm and Saturday, April 5 at 1pm and The Bridge by Ron Burch will be presented on Saturday, April 12 at 7pm and Sunday, April 13 at 1pm. All presentations will be at 2nd Stage Theatre in Hollywood. Admission is free and no reservations are required. Following each reading, audiences will be invited to engage in brief discussions with the playwrights and participating artists.

Breaking Ground is Brimmer Street Theatre Company’s newest initiative dedicated to collaborative new play development. Over the course of the six-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. Noble/Birth and The Bridge were chosen by the BSTC ensemble from dozens of submissions.

Braden LuBell’s Noble/Birth is a romantic/family drama set in two interweaving eras. Should we hold fast to our vision of the lives we want or allow life to take its own course? The play examines what makes a family, the perils of always doing the honorable thing, and the overwhelming nature of love. Directed by David Jette, the reading will feature (in alphabetical order) Ben Fuller, Amy K. Harmon, Emilia Richeson, Barry Saltzman, Ian Sollenberger, Jaquita Ta’le, and Lisa Temple. Audience members who would like to read Noble/Birth in advance can email jbyrd@brimmerstreet.org for a copy of the play.

Ron Burch’s The Bridge is a comedy/drama about a woman who finds her ex-husband homeless on the street and feels compelled to bring him home where she lives happily with her new husband — or at least she did. Directed by Christina Cigala, the reading will feature (in alphabetical order) Celeste Busa, Dan Gordon, Tyler Jenich, Marie Lively, and Joseph L. Roberts.

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.

The 2nd Stage Theatre is located at 6500 Santa Monica Boulevard (at Wilcox) in Hollywood, 90038.

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03-24-14

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

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: Brimmer Street Theatre Company Announces 2013 Fringe Festival Events

BRIMMER STREET THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS
THREE HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL EVENTS
PERFORMED BACK-TO-BACK ON THREE FRIDAY NIGHTS

TRUE HUSTLE,
I COULD’VE BEEN DANCING: A MAGICAL EVENING OF SONG AND LAUGHS,
AND HUMAN PUPPET

Brimmer Street Theatre Company has announced three events set to be part of the 2013 Fringe Festival, all to be performed on three Friday nights, June 14, 21, and 28 at the Lounge Theatre in Hollywood.

First up on each Friday at 7:45pm is True Hustle, a solo show in which BSTC company member Marie Lively shares the true story of how a naive Christian temp became a corporate smut queen for one of the most famous (and infamous) pornographers in town. Next at 9:15pm is I Could’ve Been Dancing … A Magical Evening of Song and Laughs, in which BSTC company member Ben Fuller along with Sara Collins ask the age-old question, do you believe in magic? Do you ever find yourself gazing into the mirror, hopelessly searching for your spirit song? Audiences will need look no further, as Ben and Sara woo your wants and slap your senses as they serenade with a selection of songs and duets, filled with sharp banter and tongue-in-cheek interpretations. This isn’t your grandmother’s lounge act.

At 10:30 there is Human Puppet — an experiment in interactive theatre that puts spectators in control of the performers and the action. Via radio remote, an audience member can guide the words and motions of a single actor, (David Jette and/or Jon Prescott) interacting with the environment and with the other performer, saying and doing things that no playwright could have imagined.

All three shows will be performed on Fridays, June 14, 21, and 28. Tickets for True Hustle and I Could’ve Been Dancing … are available at hollywoodfringe.org for $15 each, or a three-show package (including Human Puppet, which if seen by itself is free) is available at BrimmerStreet.org for $20. The Lounge Theatre is located at 6201 Santa Monica Boulevard (at El Centro) in Hollywood. Street parking is available.

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06-05-13