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FAMOUS NAKED COMEDY “DISROBED” UNVEILED ONLINE December 11, 2020
project: disrobed - the virtual event
Surviving quarantine has forced people to take a variety of measures online to socialize. Surprisingly, it turns out, that even includes naturists (nudists!). More home time has led to more nude time with some naturist organizations reporting an increase in membership through events hosted on virtual...BREATHE. A NEW SOLO EXPERIENCE December 10, 2020
project: breathe.
With the recent political, racial, and global unrest occurring throughout 2020, the premiere of Breathe., a live-streamed multimedia form of art activism and interactive theater event fusing live performance, cinema, and artistic swimming in a hybridized narrative that could only be born during these...ROMEO AND JULIET BRAVE A PLAGUE AGAIN July 26, 2020
project: romeo & juliet; virtually - live!
While its highly likely that Shakespeare penned a pair of his most enduring plays while quarantined during the Bubonic Plague, and that his heartbreaking classic Romeo and Juliet is peppered with references to the infection and the well worn a plaque over both your houses, Shakespeare had to wai...ABC INTERACTIVE PRESENTS C(OVELL) IN THE C(LOUD) July 18, 2020
project: c(ovell) in the c(loud)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: ABC Interactive Presents, C(ovell) in the C(loud), an interactive Livestream event based on The ABC Project's critically acclaimed C(ovell). The show was originally a site-specific work performed at Los Angeles's Bar Covell. It will now be a high energy Livestream that allows...BRAD FORENZA'S SQUEAKY STREAMS VIA THE HOLLYWOOD FRINGE THIS SUNDAY (7/5) July 02, 2020
project: squeaky: old flames can really burn
**Originally published courtesy of Broadway World, via: https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/Brad-Forenzas-SQUEAKY-Streams-Via-The-Hollywood-Fringe-This-Sunday-20200629** ### Cyberspace Squeaky, written and directed by Brad Forenza, will stream for free as part of the (virtual) H...BRAD FORENZA'S "SQUEAKY" TO STREAM LIVE JULY 5TH AT 2020 HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL: A NEW TAKE ON MANSON CULT LEADER LYNETTE "SQUEAKY" FROMME DELIVERED IN A NEW KIND OF THEATER ENVIRONMENT June 24, 2020
project: squeaky: old flames can really burn
**Feature originally published courtesy of Suzanne Ordas Curry, via: https://www.suzeebehindthescenes.com/2020/06/brad-forenzas-squeaky-to-stream-live.html** ### The Fourth of July is a celebration of our Independence and the radical proclivities of our founding fathers. However, in Brad Forenz...PRESS RELEASE: June 13, 2020
project: black women dating white men
BLACK WOMEN DATING WHITE MEN At the Hollywood Fringe online Playwright: Somebody Jones Director: Khadifa Wong After a sold-out workshop at the Drayton Arms Theatre in London, BLACK WOMEN DATING WHITE MEN returns as a full Zoom production as a part of Hollywood Fringes Virtual Festival. Wh...JOHN LACEY DIRECTS WENDY GRAF’S AWARD WINNING ROMANTIC COMEDY UNEMPLOYED ELEPHANTS – A LOVE STORY FOR HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL 2020 May 26, 2020
project: unemployed elephants- a love story by wendy graf
A chance meeting in an airport lounge leads to a Burmese odyssey and a search for a missing monk... and maybe love. John Lacey directs the virtual premiere of Unemployed Elephants - A Love Story, a romantic comedy by Wendy Graf (No Word in Guyanese for Me, Exit Wounds). Performances are: (dates, li...GARDEL: THE TANGO SINGER BY JOHN R LACEY May 26, 2020
project: gardel the tango singer by john r lacey
On the 85th anniversary of Carlos Gardel's tragic death, Anibal Silveyra reprises his role as the French/ Argentine singer (most recently from "Gardel's Tango" production at the Zephyr Theatre), along with his lyricist/ screenwriter friend Alfredo Le Pera (aptly played by Agustin Coppola) whom he col...PASADENA WEEKLY: 'PASADENA RESIDENT DWAYNE COLBERT’S SKETCH COMEDY SHOW ‘SHADE’ TAKES A BITINGLY SATIRICAL LOOK AT RACE RELATIONS' February 09, 2020
project: shade: a colorful musical comedy
Pasadena resident Dwayne Colberts sketch comedy show Shade takes a bitingly satirical look at race relations The state of race relations in America is hardly a laughing matter under normal circumstances, with bitter divisiveness manifesting everywhere from the ugly white supremacist rallies of C...