NEWS RELEASE ▪︎ THURSDAY 3/30 PERFORMANCE OF OPEN CIRCLE THEATRE COMPANY’S “WAITING FOR GODOT” WILL BENEFIT MY FRIEND’S PLACE

OPEN CIRCLE THEATRE COMPANY

ANNOUNCES SPECIAL PERFORMANCE OF

WAITING FOR GODOT

TO BENEFIT

MY FRIEND’S PLACE

HOMELESS YOUTH RESOURCE CENTER IN HOLLYWOOD

ON THURSDAY, MARCH 30 AT 8PM

 POST-PERFORMANCE DISCUSSION

WITH OPEN CIRCLE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

DANIEL J. WILNER

AND MY FRIEND’S PLACE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

HEATHER CARMICHAEL

The Open Circle Theatre Company has announced a special performance of its currently running production of Waiting for Godot on Thursday, March 30 at 8pm. A post-play discussion will follow and the evening will benefit My Friend’s Place, a non-profit homeless youth resource center in Hollywood.

The My Friend’s Place mission: to assist and inspire homeless youth to build self-sufficient lives. It is a professionally staffed drop-in resource center serving over 1,400 homeless youths ages 12 to 25 (and their children) each year. The primary goal is to lower traditional barriers to service and provide homeless youth with the opportunity to improve their psychological, intellectual, and physical capacity to reach their potential. The post-play discussion about home, empathy, and action will be led by Open Circle Theatre Company Founder and Artistic Director Daniel J. Wilner and My Friend’s Place Executive Director Heather Carmichael. 

Named “the most significant play of the 20^th century” in a poll of theatre professionals, Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot is a hilarious, moving, disquieting exploration of human existence. The play follows two tramps, Vladimir and Estragon, as they pass the time waiting for a mysterious figure who could save them from their troubles. This distinctive production will be staged in the round in a small black–box theatre, creating an intimacy between audience and performers that will offer a unique experience of the play’s empathy and humanity.

Directed by Daniel J. Wilner, the Open Circle Theatre Company production features (in alphabetical order) Tommy Day Carey, Joseph Culliton, Perry Powell, and Douglas Scott Sorenson.

Waiting for Godot is currently running through April 16 only on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 2pm and 7pm. General seating admission is $45. Lower–priced tickets ($30) are available for online purchases made in advance for performances through April 2 (discount will not be valid at the door). Use code ‘earlybird’ when ordering. Tickets for the benefit evening (discount not available) and all other performances are available online at http://godotla.bpt.me or by calling (888) 693-8507.

For more information about the services offered by My Friend’s Place: http://myfriendsplace.org/.

The Other Space @ The Actors Company is located at 916A N. Formosa Avenue in West Hollywood, 90046.

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 03-29-17

NEWS RELEASE — BRIMMER STREET THEATRE COMPANY PARTNERS WITH MY FRIEND’S PLACE FOR GENEROSITY.COM FUNDING CAMPAIGN

BRIMMER STREET THEATRE COMPANY
PARTNERS WITH
MY FRIEND’S PLACE
HOMELESS YOUTH RESOURCE CENTER IN HOLLYWOOD

LAUNCHING GENEROSITY.COM FUNDING CAMPAIGN
FOR BRIMMER STREET’S PRODUCTION OF
“AND THEN THEY FELL”
A NEW PLAY BY TIRA PALMQUIST

100% OF ALL TICKET SALES WILL BENEFIT
MY FRIEND’S PLACE

Brimmer Street Theatre Company has announced a unique partnership with My Friend’s Place, a non-profit homeless youth resource center in Hollywood. A Generosity.com fundraising campaign has been initiated for the production of a new play about homeless youth that will donate 100% of its ticket sales to health and wellness services for homeless youth in Los Angeles.

The Generosity.com campaign goal is $20,000. This money will complete the production budget for BSTC’s production of And Then They Fell, a new play by Tira Palmquist about two teenagers who find themselves without stable homes. Brimmer Street estimates it can bring in as much as $60,000 during the planned September run of the show at the Atwater Village Theatre, every penny of which will go to My Friend’s Place. In addition, funds that are raised in excess of the $20,000 production goal will also be donated to My Friend’s Place.

And Then They Fell tells the story of Jordan and Cal, two teenagers who find themselves without stable homes. Jordan has fled a home wrecked by alcoholism and sexual abuse while still trying to graduate high school with honors. Cal is a young transgender boy set adrift by his family’s intolerance and the failure of adults and institutions to help him through a severely vulnerable period of his young life. These two teens find each other, and for a while, they give each other the hope and security they so desperately need.

The My Friend’s Place mission: to assist and inspire homeless youth to build self-sufficient lives. It is a professionally staffed drop-in resource center serving over 1,400 homeless youths ages 12 to 25 (and their children) each year. The primary goal is to lower traditional barriers to service and provide homeless youth with the opportunity to improve their psychological, intellectual, and physical capacity to reach their potential.

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 information about the Brimmer Street/My Friend’s Place partnership:

For more information on BSTC: http://www.brimmerstreet.org/.

For more information about the services offered by My Friend’s Place: http://myfriendsplace.org/.

Direct access to the funding page: https://www.generosity.com/fundraisers/and-then-they-fell-a-benefit-for-my-friends-place.

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05-09-16