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–Albert Einstein
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Contact: Richard Henrich 202-248-0647
Spooky Action Theater and Dizzy Miss Lizzie’s Roadside Revue Rock the Capital Fringe Festival
Vaudeville. Burlesque. Greek tragedy. Rock and roll. History energized.
What: Dizzy Miss Lizzie’s Roadside Revue Presents The Oresteia. Music and Lyrics by Steve McWilliams and Debra Buonaccorsi. Book by Debra Buonaccorsi.
If the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus had gone on tour with Led Zeppelin, Woody Guthrie and a carnie troupe, this is what he would have written. A tale of blood, guts and vengeance – Aeschylus' Oresteia, re-charged. Rowdy, raucous, loud and literate: Dizzy Miss Lizzie’s Roadside Revue Presents The Oresteia.
Who: Spooky Action Theater and Dizzy Miss Lizzie’s Roadside Revue. Featuring: Debra Buonaccorsi, Felicia Curry, Maria Egler, Jon Jester, Laura Keena, Jake Koenig, Mike Kozemchak, Emily Levey, Steve McWilliams, Jennifer Richter and Lucy Savage. Directed by Debra Buonaccorsi. Musical Direction by Steve McWilliams. Choreography by Maria Rodgers. Costume Design by Maria Rodgers. Scenic and Prop Design by Lynn Sharp Spears. Sound and Lighting Design by Dan Martin.
Where: The Baldacchino located at Fort Fringe, 607 New York Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001. Located at the corner of New York Avenue and 6th Street. Look for the Tent Peaks. More information available at www.capitalfringe.org. Phone number 202.962.0037. Metro station : Mt. Vernon Square/Convention Center.
When: Friday, July 11th 7:00 PM
Saturday, July 12th 9:30 PM
Wednesday, July 16th 8:30 PM
Thursday, July 24th 6:30 PM
Friday, July 25th 7:00 PM
Saturday, July 26th 2:00 PM
Tickets: Tickets cost $15 and can be bought online at CapitalFringe.org .
Dizzy Miss Lizzie’s Roadside Revue Presents the Oresteia Publicist: Steve McWilliams stevemcwilliams@mac 703-508-2034
Fringe Festival Publicist: Laura Gross, 202-558-7240, c: 202-255-2054, laura@capfringe.org
About the Fringe Festival
The mission of Capital Fringe (CapitalFringe.org), a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, is to connect exploratory artists with adventurous audiences by creating outlets and spaces for creative, cutting-edge and contemporary performance in the District. Often the first opportunity for emerging artists to present their work, the Festival also challenges audiences to discover new, sometimes risk-taking performance art. The uniqueness, variety and accessibility of the performances build new audiences. Capital Fringe Festival presents a vibrant cultural experience, contributing to the city’s economic health, growth and possibilities by offering “cool” things to do. During the 2007 Fringe Festival 20,000 tickets were sold, and 508 individual performances happened in over 20 venues in and around the District.
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For Immediate Release: Monday, May 19, 2008
Contact: Richard Henrich, 202-248-0647
DURANG DERANGED
THE PLAY The Marriage of Bette and Boo by Christopher Durang runs June 5 – June 29 at Spooky Action Theater, in residence at The Black Box Theatre, Montgomery College, Takoma Park.
Durang mines his own memory à la Glass Menagerie – imagining, inventing, analyzing the history of his family and himself. Wicked and dazzling. Thirty years of divorce, alcoholism, madness and death in a wacky family world turned inside out. Wielding the sharp edge of farce, Durang strips an unlikely lode of irony and improbable laughter from the bone yard of his past.
THE PLAYWRIGHT The playwright sums himself up as follows, "Keywords: satire, dark comedy, parody, funny, absurdist. Other key words: winter, spring, fall. Also summer. More keywords: coffee, Yale School of Drama, zippers, age, lapsed Catholic, hiccups." Christopher Durang's plays, including Beyond Therapy, Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You, Baby with the Bathwater and Laughing Wild, have been produced on and off- Broadway, around the country and abroad. A graduate of Harvard and the Yale School of Drama, Durang is co-chair of the Playwriting Program at the Juilliard School in Manhattan.
THE PRODUCTION Director Perry T. Schwartz, Artistic Director of Montgomery College's Arts Alive program, returns to theater after several years focused on filmmaking in association with the American Film Institute. Designer Marie-Noelle Daigneault has created a set that echoes the irrationality and whimsy of the play. Jason Arnold's lighting designs have been seen at many local theatres, including Theatre J, Imagination Stage, Washington Shakespeare Company and Olney Theatre Center. The team includes costume designer Ellen Mansueto, sound designer Elisheba Ittoop, recipient of the 2008 USITT Rising Star Award, and video designer James Huckenpahler, whose scenic projections were integral to Spooky Action's Dark Rapture last fall.
THE CAST Katie Atkinson, Gerald B. Browning, William C. Cook, Joe Cronin, Mary C. Davis, Bill Gordon, Martha Karl, Ellen Mansueto, David Rothman and Mundy Spears
The Marriage of Bette and Boo is a co-production of Spooky Action Theater and Montgomery College Arts Alive
The Marriage of Bette and Boo by Christopher Durang
directed by Perry T. Schwartz
June 5 – 29 in The Black Box Theatre at Montgomery College
Corner of Philadelphia (East-West Hwy) & Chicago Ave, Takoma Park, MD 20912
Performances Thu – Sat at 8 PM and Sun at 7 PM
Pay What You Can June 5 – 8 | Regular Tickets $10 ($5 for students at the door)
Purchase Tickets: 1-800-494-TIXS or online at: www.spookyaction.org.