Archived entries for Hollywood Fringe Festival

NEWS RELEASE ▪︎ EMILY GOGLIA’S “STAGES: GIRL MEETS BOY, BOY MEETS BOY, GIRL MEETS DRINK” ▪︎ HFF ENCORE! PRODUCERS’ PERFORMANCE on FRIDAY 6/29 at 9pm

HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL
ENCORE! PRODUCERS’ AWARD
PERFORMANCE
STAGES:
Girl Meets Boy, Boy Meets Boy, Girl Meets Drink

WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY
EMILY GOGLIA
FRIDAY, JUNE 29, AT 9PM

Writer/performer Emily Goglia is set for one Hollywood Fringe Festival Encore! Producers’ Award performance of her acclaimed solo show STAGES: Girl Meets Boy, Boy Meets Boy, Girl Meets Drink on Friday, June 29, at 9pm at Three Clubs Lounge on Vine Street.

Join Emily on her hilarious quest to re-calibrate her fractured psyche after being face-slammed by a previously hidden closet door – suddenly thrown open by her boyfriend! STAGES is a bittersweet journey through the five stages of a break-up, complete with song, dance, and a whole lot of coping mechanisms. Music direction is by Emily Rosenfield. Running time is 75 minutes.

Said LAMusicCritic.com, “Emily Goglia is one of the most gifted voices and talents we have ever experienced in eight years of Fringe. Stages is a work of art and beauty, capturing the essence of the five stages of grief with a powerhouse performance that has literally taken Los Angeles by storm.  You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll drink plenty of alcohol, and anxiously await the chance to do it all again. By any means necessary, don’t miss her next show.”

Emily Goglia is a singer, actor, and dancer raised in Los Angeles. She recently sang with Christina Aguilera in her MasterClass online video, was seen in FOX’s Grease, Live! and on NBC’s The Sing Off, leading the fierce female powerhouse group ELEMENT. Theatre credits include Maureen in Rent, Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods, Carrie in Carousel, and Maria in West Side Story. STAGES has been performed at New York’s hottest supper clubs including Feinstein’s/54 Below and The Metropolitan Room as well as at LA’s Rockwell Table & Stage. Throughout the year, Goglia travels the world with the USO Show troupe performing for the military and their families.

Tickets for the Encore! Producers’ Award performance of STAGES: Girl Meets Boy, Boy Meets Boy, Girl Meets Drink on Friday, June 29, at 9pm are $15 and may be purchased online at www.hff18.org/5288. Three Clubs Cocktail Lounge is located at 1123 N. Vine Street in Hollywood, 90038.

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06/27/18

NEWS RELEASE ▪︎ AMY WALLER’S “GLORIA” SET FOR HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL

VINTAGE COLLECTIVE PRESENTS

GLORIA

WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY 

AMY WALLER

IN THE

2018 HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL

FIVE PERFORMANCES ONLY

JUNE 3, 9, 16, 17, 21

  

GLORIA.jpegVintage Collective announced today that following an acclaimed run in New Zealand, writer/performer Amy Waller will bring her acclaimed solo show Gloria to the Hollywood Fringe Festival for five performances only at the Lounge Theatre beginning June 3 at 8pm.

Performance dates and times are as follows — Sunday 6/3 at 8pm; Saturday 6/9 at 10pm; Saturday 6/16 at 8pm; Sunday 6/17 at 4pm; and Thursday 6/21 at 10pm.

Gloria follows the heartache, secrets, and bravery of New Zealand war bride Gloria Schmidt, whose marriage to an American serviceman made waves when she stood against the tide regardless of social disapproval. A fascinating and fearless solo show that leaps into flickering war-time romances, swing time dance halls, and sons lost to foreign fields. Based on a true story. Running time is 60 minutes.

Said Keeping Up with New Zealand, “Waller’s subtlety in portraying such a strong character shines through … visually and stylistically this production is extremely engaging and fascinating … a truly inspiring story.” 

Amy Waller was born and raised in New Zealand by her Cincinnati-born parents. She received her acting training at Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School and then worked as a series regular on the NZ dramedy Amazing Extraordinary Friends along with a variety of other leading roles in NZ and Australian television, film, and theatre. She successfully toured two shows around NZ which she wrote and performed in. Her three-woman comedy show Death by Cheerleader was nominated for and won several comedy awards. She is now based in LA where she continues to train in an all-female advanced comedy class, as well as improv, scene study, and dance. Her recent US acting credits include working alongside Jason Jones as the Christian sister pop group member Kylie Lee on TBS’s The Detour (created by Samantha Bee), and Lisbeth on ABC’s new Marvel series, Runaways.

The Hollywood Fringe Festival is an annual, open-access, community-derived event celebrating freedom of expression and collaboration in the performing arts community. Each June during the Hollywood Fringe, the arts infiltrate the Hollywood neighborhood: fully equipped theaters, parks, clubs, churches, restaurants and other unexpected places host hundreds of productions by local, national, and international arts companies and independent performers.

Tickets for Gloria are $15 and may be purchased online at www.hff18.org/5317 or by phone at (323) 455-4585. The Lounge Theatre is located at 6201 Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood, 90038.

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05/29/18

NEWS RELEASE ▪︎ “THE STORY OF MY LIFE” SET FOR FIVE PERFORMANCES IN HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL

CHROMOLUME THEATRE PRESENTS

THE STORY OF MY LIFE

MUSIC AND LYRICS BY NEIL BARTRAM

BOOK BY BRIAN HILL

MUSIC DIRECTION BY RICHARD BERENT

DIRECTED BY MICHAEL MARCHAK 

2018 HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL

FIVE PERFORMANCES ONLY

JUNE 3, 9, 12, 16, 23

 

Chromolume Theatre will present the Neil Bartram/Brian Hill musical The Story of My Life in the 2018 Hollywood Fringe Festival, it was announced today. Under the direction of Michael Marchak, the cast will feature (in alphabetical order) Daniel Koh and Andrew Schufman. Music direction is by Richard Berent. The show will run for five performances only at the Hobgoblin Playhouse beginning June 3 at 7:30pm.

Performance dates and times are as follows — Sunday 6/3 at 7:30pm; Saturday 6/9 at 4:30pm; Tuesday 6/12 at 7pm; Saturday 6/16 at 10pm; Saturday 6/23 at 7:30pm.

The Story of My Life is an intimate one-act musical that candidly explores the simplicity of human need and the complexity of emotions under which it lies. Lifelong friends Alvin and Thomas embark on a journey of remembrance following Thomas’s death. Through music and song, the men recount their adventures, explore their past dissonance, and ultimately discover what’s at the base of every strong friendship … love. Running time is 90 minutes.

After runs at Canadian Stage Company (2006) and the Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut (2008), The Story of My Life made its Broadway debut in 2009. Amazon.com describes the musical as, “an authentic and affecting work, told through a series of songs in turn playful, touching, and dramatic.” One New York critic predicted, “When the original cast recording comes out, see if you don’t find yourself moved to Google the name of some long-lost friend with whom you simply lost touch. The Story of My Life inspires us to reconnect with those who were part of the earliest chapters of our own life stories.”The Hollywood Fringe Festival is an annual, open-access, community-derived event celebrating freedom of expression and collaboration in the performing arts community. Each June during the Hollywood Fringe, the arts infiltrate the Hollywood neighborhood: fully equipped theaters, parks, clubs, churches, restaurants and other unexpected places host hundreds of productions by local, national, and international arts companies and independent performers.

Tickets forThe Story of My Life are $15 and may be purchased online at www.crtheatre.com/story.html or by phone at (323) 205-1617. The Hobgoblin Playhouse is located at 6520 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, 90028.

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05/23/18