Archived entries for JC Gafford

NEWS RELEASE ▪︎ “THREE BLIND DATES: SEE HOW THEY RUN!” SET FOR HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL

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THREE BLIND DATES:

SEE HOW THEY RUN!

THREE ONE-ACT PLAYS

BY JOHN DOBLE

DIRECTED BY JC GAFFORD

 

2018 HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL

SIX PERFORMANCES ONLY

JUNE 2, 7, 17, 18, 21, 23

 

Three Blind Dates poster​11 West Productions has announced a Hollywood Fringe Festival production of Three Blind Dates: See How They Run!, three one-act plays written by John Doble and directed by JC Gafford at the Stephanie Feury Studio Theatre beginning June 2, at 2pm. The plays are A Serious Person, Tatyana and the CableMan, and Coffee House, Greenwich Village. The cast will feature (in alphabetical order) Nikk Alcaraz, Jessica Beligni, Eric Bettencourt, Brittany Gandy, Meghan Modrovsky, and Nick Moss.

 

​Performance dates and times are as follows — Saturday 6/2 at 2pm; Thursday 6/7 at 9pm; Sunday 6/17 at 12:30pm; Monday 6/18 at 7pm; Thursday 6/21at 5pm; and Saturday 6/23 at 4:30pm. Running time is 80 minutes.

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Three blind dates — no problem, right? A Navy vet meets a woman with convictions about everything from cannibalism to the crucifixion. Then East meets West as a beautiful Russian woman encounters a Fox-News-loving cable man. Finally, in a coffee house, a lonely man meets a femme fatale. 

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About Three Blind Dates: See How They Run! — These plays have won acclaim at the LaBute New Theater Festival in NYC and St. Louis, at the MidtownInternational Theatre Festival in NYC, the Eclectic Company Theatre in Los Angeles, the Nantucket Short Play Festival, the Segora One-Act Play Competition inFrance, and the One Festival in London as well as the Belper Best Play Prize.

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Director JC Gafford has been on the Los Angeles theatre scene since 1986. He has degrees from LA Valley College, Cal Arts, and New York University. He is an award-winning director, designer, and production stage manager as well as theatre generalist who over the last 20 years has worked with such acclaimed actors as RonnMoss, Michael T. Weiss, and Richard Kind and at such notable theatres as LATC and the Zephyr in LA, MerkinConcert Hall and Provincetown Playhouse in New York, and many others. He is co-founder of InfinitusTheatreworks, a theatre arts consultation, services, and design firm.

 

​John Doble’s plays include A Serious Person, Tatyana and the Cable Man, Coffee House, Greenwich Village, To Protect the Poets, Reunion Run, The Mayor Who Would Be Sondheim, Ten Commandments, and The Mortgage. In addition to NYC and LA, his plays have been produced in Nantucket MA; Burlington WI; Binghamton NY; Hudson, NY; Sonora, CA; and in London, Arundel, Westcliff-on-Sea, and Belper, UK. Hisplays have received acclaim in numerous national competitions. His short stories have appeared in various literary magazines and a collection, Lefty and Other Stories, was published by Clemson University and nominated for the Southern Book Award. 

​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 Three Blind Dates: See How They Run! are $12 and may be purchased online at www.HFF18.org/5078 or by phone at (323) 455-4585. The Stephanie Feury Studio Theatre is located at 5636 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, 90038.        

 

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05/14/18


Announcing: “Aftershocks” by Doug Haverty Opens at Lyric Theatre on Friday, May 11

THE LYRIC THEATRE FOUNDATION PRESENTS
AFTERSHOCKS BY DOUG HAVERTY
DIRECTED BY JC GAFFORD
OPENING SET FOR FRIDAY, MAY 11

Aftershocks PosterThe Lyric Theatre Foundation concludes its 2012 season with a newly revised version of Aftershocks, written by Doug Haverty, and directed by JC Gafford. There will be two preview performances on Wednesday, May 9 and Thursday, May 10, and opening night is set for Friday, May 11 at 8:00. The limited engagement will continue through June 16.

In Aftershocks, two escaped housewives from Ohio are having the time of their lives residing in a Valencia trailer park, and being extras in the movies. Everything is great until someone’s past shows up on their aluminum doorstep. Doug Haverty’s award-winning plays and musicals have been presented around the world. Several of his plays are published, including Could I Have This Dance? (chosen by the American Theatre Critics Association as Best New Play to be produced outside NYC). His musical (co-written with Adryan Russ) iGhost had its world premiere at the Lyric Theatre in the spring of 2011.

The cast of Aftershocks will feature (in alphabetical order) Dorrie Braun, Summer Harlow, and Julia Silverman. The lighting design is by Ryan Schull, costume design is by Hunter Wells, and sound design is by Craig Jessen. The stage manager is Holly Wolfstein, and Dorrie Braun produces for the Lyric Theatre Foundation.

Aftershocks will play two preview performances on Wednesday, May 9 and Thursday, May 10, at 8pm. Opening night is set for Friday, May 11 at 8:00, and the engagement will continue through June 16 only. The running schedule is Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:00. Aftershocks tickets are on sale now ($20 for general admission), and may be purchased by visiting www.plays411.com/aftershocks, www.Goldstar.com, www.LAStageAlliance.com, or by calling (323) 960-1055.

The Lyric Theatre is located at 520 N. La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles, 90036. Street parking is available. For more information on Aftershocks, and the Lyric Theatre, visit www.LyricTheatreLA.com.

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04-17-12

Announcing: “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf”

THE LYRIC THEATRE ON LA BREA PRESENTS
FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE
WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF
BY NTOZAKE SHANGE
DIRECTED BY JC GAFFORD

OPENING SET FOR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10
12 PERFORMANCES ONLY

For Colored Girls Lyric posterThe Lyric Theatre on N. La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles will kick off its 2012 season of plays with a revival of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf, directed by Lyric Artistic Director JC Gafford. There will be two preview performances on Wednesday, February 8 and Thursday, February 9, and opening night is set for Friday, February 10 at 8:00. The limited run of 12 performances only will continue through March 17.

Written by Ntozake Shange, the Tony Award-nominated and Obie Award-winning play weaves lush movement and graceful verse into a truly stirring portrait of seven amazing black women trapped in their sex, color and consciousness. Each woman’s journey is unique, yet each seamlessly blends with the stories of the other six women to form one, united voice of pride and power. The play, which premiered on Broadway in 1976, was the inspiration for Tyler Perry’s recent film For Colored Girls.

The cast will feature (in alphabetical order) Darlene Bel Grayson, Michelle Campbell, Mystie Galloway, Monica Quinn, Derf Recklaw, Yvette Saunders, Samiyah Swann, and Nia Witts. The set design is by Nicole Dietel, the lighting design is by Krystle Smith, and sound design is by JC Gafford. The choreographer is Fernando Christopher, and the stage manager is Janette Jara. Dorrie Braun produces for the Lyric Theatre.

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf will play two preview performances on Wednesday, February 8 and Thursday, February 9, at 8pm. Opening night is set for Friday, February 10 at 8:00, and the 12 performance only engagement will continue through March 17. The running schedule is Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:00. For Colored Girls … tickets are on sale now ($20 for general admission), and may be purchased by visiting www.plays411.com/forcoloredgirls, www.Goldstar.com, www.LAStageAlliance.com, or by calling (323) 960-1055.

The Lyric Theatre is located at 520 N. La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles, 90036. Street parking is available. For more information on For Colored Girls … , the Lyric Theatre, and the 2012 season of plays, visit www.LyricTheatreLA.com.

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01-20-12

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