NEWS RELEASE — MISS BARBIE Q IN “RUMOR HAS IT I’M NOT THE MARRYING KIND …” — ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY AT HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL — FRIDAY 6/26 at 8PM

NOW THAT IT’S LEGAL FOR GAYS TO GET MARRIED
MISS BARBIE Q IS ELATED … OR IS SHE?

MISS BARBIE Q
IN
RUMOR HAS IT I’M NOT
THE MARRYING KIND …
WRITTEN BY NATHAN BEASON
DIRECTED BY JIM FALL

ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY
AT THE
2015 HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL
FRIDAY, JUNE 26 AT 8PM

THE OTHER SPACE AT THE ACTORS COMPANY
ADMISSION IS FREE!

Now that it is legal for gays to get married, Miss Barbie Q is elated! Or is she? As she ponders the joys of marriage, she begins to wonder if she has what it takes to even be proposed to, let alone marriage. Follow her on her journey as she dives into what makes a marriage and what factors she possesses. Rumor Has It I’m Not The Marrying Kind … comes to the 2015 Hollywood Fringe Festival for one performance only on Friday, June 26 at 8pm, and admission is free. Running time is one hour.

Miss Barbie Q (transformer/writer/entertainer) was voted one of 2011’s Hot 25 (Frontiers LA) and 2012’s Best Downtown Personality by WehoConfidential.com. She can be heard Mondays at 7pm on the LGBTQI newsmagazine IMRU on public radio 90.7 KPFK. Recently Miss Barbie Q appeared in the music video “Girl Gotta Gun” by the German based band Tokio Motel, worked on the Amazon hit “Transparent,” appeared in the TV pilot “The Call,” and in the talk show pilot “1 Gay, 5 Queens.” She has worked with Lady Gaga, Margaret Cho, Kristina Wong, Zachary Drucker, Rhys Ernst, Jonny McGovern, Phyllis Navidad, Shokra, Wendy Ho, Critter Control, Mario Diaz, Peter Zias, Jose Promis, Jackie Beat, Raja, Venus Delite, Shangela, Kelly Mantle, Austin Young, Tammie Brown, Purple Crush, DJ Josh Peace, DJ Sol, Busdriver, and Jack Plotnick. Television credits include the drama “Get Thee Behind Me,” a segment on Tosh.0, and an episode of “The Cho Show.” Film credits include “Bruno and Earlene Go To Vegas,” “Leave It on the Floor,” and “Hollywood Ja’Taime.” Miss Barbie Q’s first solo show Rumor Has It… premiered as part of the 2013 Highways Behold Series and One City One Pride: West Hollywood Queer Arts Festival. Following the premiere of Rumor Has It I’m Not The Marrying Kind …, Miss Barbie Q will continue working on music, directing, writing, performances, vocals, and looking to develop and produce more performance art from her personal experiences.

This event (produced by Casey Kringlen/Queer Classics) is presented as part of the City of West Hollywood’s One City One Pride LGBTQ Arts Festival which this year celebrates the 30th Anniversary of Cityhood with the theme ‘WeHo@30, Life@30.’ Events take place from Harvey Milk Day, May 22, to the end of June with a special full day of theatre in Plummer Park on June 27. For more info and to see a full roster of events visit www.weho.org/pride.

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 theatres, parks, clubs, churches, restaurants, and other unexpected places host hundreds of productions by local, national, and international arts companies and independent performers.

Tickets for Miss Barbie Q—Rumor Has It I’m Not The Marrying Kind … on Friday, June 26 at 8pm are free but reservations are suggested at http://hff15.org/2348. The Other Space at the Actors Company is located at 916 N. Formosa Avenue in Los Angeles, 90036. Street and lot parking are available.

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05-28-15

^{Photo courtesy of Queer Classics/Ken Werther Publicity}

NEWS RELEASE — QUEER CLASSICS PRESENTS “THE TAMING OF THE SHREW” (AN EXPLORATION OF GENDER EXPRESSION) AT 2015 HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL

QUEER CLASSICS PRESENTS

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
(AN EXPLORATION OF GENDER EXPRESSION)
CONCEIVED & DIRECTED BY CASEY KRINGLEN

AT 2015 HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL
SIX PERFORMANCES ONLY
THE OTHER SPACE AT THE ACTORS COMPANY

Following last year’s critically acclaimed sold-out production of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, Queer Classics will re-imagine William Shakespeare’s controversial and often polarizing commedia dell’arte comedy, The Taming of the Shrew (An Exploration of Gender Expression). Conceived and directed by Casey Kringlen, this unique exploration of gender expression in the comedic style of I Love Lucy comes to the 2015 Hollywood Fringe Festival for six performances only.

In the Queer Classics version of modern times, Kate and Petruchio might identify as trans, but the 1950s are a completely different world. In this new and sexy adaptation, the lead lovers explore their expression of gender in a time before there were labels to define it.

Performance dates and times are as follows — Saturday 6/6 at 7pm (press preview); Thursday 6/11 at 10:30pm; Saturday 6/20 at 2pm; Sunday 6/21 at 3:30pm; Friday 6/26 at 9:30pm; and Sunday 6/28 at 10am. Running time will be 80 minutes.

This production of The Taming of the Shrew (An Exploration of Gender Expression) is part of the City of West Hollywood’s One City One Pride LGBTQ Arts Festival. For more information, visit www.weho.org/pride.

Queer Classics is dedicated to sharing classic stories re-imagined through a queer lens — art for the LGBTQ community and its supporters. Visit www.queerclassics.com.

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04-09-15

PRESS RELEASE: “THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST” WINS HOLLYWOOD FRINGE PRODUCER’S ENCORE AWARD — 3 PERFS ADDED

2014 HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL
PRODUCER’S ENCORE AWARD!

QUEER CLASSICS PRESENTS
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
BY OSCAR WILDE
DIRECTED BY CASEY KRINGLEN

THREE PERFORMANCES ONLY
JULY 12, 13 &14
LET LIVE THEATRE AT THE ACTORS COMPANY

Queer Classics re-imagines one of the most popular comedic plays ever written — Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, by presenting the four lovers in the story as dashing gay men. Winner of a 2014 Hollywood Fringe Festival Producer’s Encore Award, Earnest will play three additional performances only on Saturday, July 12 at 9pm; Sunday, July 13 at 7pm; and Monday, July 14 at 8pm.

Two couples fight for the right to be engaged in this masterful satire written by Oscar Wilde, arrested in 1895 for “gross indecency with men.” This timeless story galavants through a world obsessed with appearances, money and social-status. By presenting the four lovers as gay men, the parallels with today’s Hollywood and American culture make for searing fun. Running time is 90 minutes.

“Each of these talented actors mined new meaning into the script, creating more laughter throughout the play than I have ever experienced before,” raves Shari Barrett at BroadwayWorld.com. Rob Stevens of HainesHisWay.com calls the production “… delirious fun,” and Toby Jacobs at NeonTommy.com says, “… everyone seems to have a real blast onstage, and it shows in their performances. It is hard to recall a version of Earnest that was quite this much fun.”

Directed by Casey Kringlen, the cast features (in alphabetical order) Eric DeLoretta, Jeff Elam, Grant Jordan, Nancy La Scala, Mason McCulley, Philip Orazio, Boone Platt, and Megan Soule. Lighting design is by Dan Weingarten and stage manager is Caitlin Leong.

Queer Classics is dedicated to sharing classic stories re-imagined through a queer lens — art for the LGBTQ community and its supporters. This production of Earnest was part of the City of West Hollywood’s One City One Pride LGBTQ Arts Festival, which this year celebrated marriage equality. For more, visit www.weho.org/pride.

Seats for the Producer’s Encore Award performances of The Importance of Being Earnest are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. Tickets may be obtained online at www.hollywoodfringe.org or by phone at (323) 455-4585.

The Let Live Theatre at the Actors Company is located at 916 N. Formosa Avenue in Los Angeles, 90036. Street and lot parking are available.

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06-30-14

Photo 1: L to R — Mason McCulley, Boone Platt.

Photo 2: Front to back — Mason McCulley, Casey Kringlen, Philip Orazio, Boone Platt.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF QUEER CLASSICS.