Angels in America

 

PRESS KIT

 

Foolish Production Co, and director Mikey Mulhearn are proud to present an epically intimate take on Tony Kushner’s award winning Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, Part One: Millennium Approaches and Part Two: Perestroika. It’s mid 80s America. In the shadow of a conservative administration and a sweeping epidemic- eight people navigate love, loss, race, identity, and the future of America. Epic, yet intimate, Angels In America places us face to face with the questions, “Can we change?” and “Are we doomed?” Both parts of Angels In America will be presented in rotating repertory at The Broadwater Black Box in Hollywood.

April 22nd-May 8th

Fridays 7:30pm, Saturdays 1:00pm and 6:30pm, and Sundays 3:00pm

Written by Tony Kushner

Directed by Mikey Mulhearn

Poster Design by Brendan Haley


PRESS CONTACT

Mikey Mulhearn mikey@foolishproductionco.org

DOWNLOADABLES

Press Release

Cast Release

Info Sheet (Includes Repertory Schedule)

Poster

Banner

Rehearsal Photo (Mikey Mulhearn/Credit: Kodi Jackman)

Rehearsal Photo (Dane Larsen and Nathan Frizzell/Credit: Kodi Jackman)

Rehearsal Photo (Dane Larsen and Emma Maltby/Credit: Kodi Jackman)


PERFORMANCE INFO

Talks And Events:

Talkback with Production Team April 30th 5pm

Talk back with Cast Members May 7th 5pm

Run Times:

Millennium Approaches is 3 hours including two 15 minute intermissions

Perestroika is 3.5 hours with two 15 minute intermissions

Repertory Schedule:

Friday April 22nd at 7:30 p.m. Millennium Approaches

Saturday April 23rd at 1 p.m. Millennium Approaches (Press Night)

Saturday April 23rd at 6:30 p.m. Perestroika (Press Night)

Sunday April 24th at 3 p.m. Perestroika

Friday April 29th at 7:30 p.m. Millennium Approaches

Saturday April 30th at 1 p.m. Millennium Approaches

Saturday April 30th at 6:30 p.m. Perestroika

Sunday May 1st at 3 p.m. Perestroika

Friday May 6th at 7:30 p.m. Millennium Approaches

Saturday May 7th at 1 p.m. Millennium Approaches

Saturday May 7th at 6:30 p.m. Perestroika

Sunday May 8th at 3 p.m. Perestroika

Venue Information:

The Broadwater Black Box

6322 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90038

Parking is limited to meters and the local neighborhood. Please ensure that you read all posted signs to avoid a ticket/towing.

There is a parking lot/garage located at Gold’s gym 2 blocks from the venue. The address is 1016 Cole Ave, Hollywood, CA 90038

COVID Guidelines:

Proof of vaccination is required to attend and will be checked at the door.

Audience members will be required to wear a mask throughout the duration of the performance.

Tickets:

$25 per part

Ticket Link:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/angels-in-america-millennium-approaches-and-perestroika-tickets-221513762627?aff=ebdssbdestsearch


CAST

JOE PITT

FOR FOOLISH PRODUCTION CO: Debut.

OTHER THEATRE INCLUDES: A View From The Bridge, “Marco” (Luther Burbank Center); The Every 28 Hours Plays, “Various” (Stanford Arts Program).

TELEVISION/FILM INCLUDES: “The Martial Artist” (Odysseys Entertainment); “Ballbuster” (Make the Movie); “You Can’t Say No” (Half Moon Films); “Love Kills” (Discovery ID).

TRAINING INCLUDES: American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco (Studio A.C.T.); Margie Haber Studio; UCB (Los Angeles); Caryn’s Space For Actors.

www.daneclarsen.com

BELIZE

FOR FOOLISH PRODUCTION CO: Debut.

OTHER THEATRE INCLUDES: In the Blood, “Reverend D” (Illyrian Players); Fucking A, “Butcher” (Illyrian Players); Bang Bang, “Paul” (Highways Performance Space); Scales of Justice, “Arthur” (Long Beach Playhouse); Head Games, “Eddie” (Lillian Theatre); Nikki and Bobby, “Nikki” (The Coast Playhouse); The Colored Museum, “Ms. Roj, The Kid” (Live Oak Theatre); The Blacks:  A Clown Show, “Valet” (Capitol City Playhouse)

TELEVISION/FILM INCLUDES: “Helen and Grace” (W.C. Tovey/Ryan Lagod, directors); “Adventures of Nicky and Michael” (Cole Murray/Michael Matts, directors); “Half and Half” (Ellen Gittelsohn, director); “It’s All Relative” (Bob Koherr, director); “For the People” (David Jackson, director); “The John Larroquette Show” (John Whitesell, director)

TRAINING INCLUDES: University of Texas at Austin (B.S. Broadcast Journalism); Stan Zimmerman, Steve Hanneman, Colette Duval, Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter, Deloss Brown, University of Texas at Austin, Bill Gile (acting); Marki Costello (Hosting)

ROY COHN

FOR FOOLISH PRODUCTION CO: Debut.

OTHER THEATRE INCLUDES: Six Degrees of Separation (Santa Monica Theatre Guild); Working (The Attic Theatre); Sylvia (The Morgan/Wixon Theatre); Durang/Durang (The Actors Collective); Queen Christina Goes Roman (Halsted Street Productions).

TELEVISION/FILM INCLUDES: “Love That Girl!” (TVOne); “Escape the Night” (YouTubeRed); "Ooga Booga” (Full Moon Pictures); “Garden Party Massacre” (Pix/See Productions); “Look Back” (QK Productions); “Fang” (388 Pictures).

TRAINING INCLUDES: UCLA, School of Theater, Film and Television; Stan Zimmerman, Deran Sarafian; David H. Lawrence XVII; Clark Lindsley; Sam Christianson.

LOUIS IRONSON

FOR FOOLISH PRODUCTION CO: Debut.

OTHER THEATRE CREDITS INCLUDE: The Exceptional Childhood Center (The Blank);YPF); Noises Off (Swine Palace Theatre); West Side Story (The Hudson Theatre); Beautiful Thing (Celebration Theatre); Four (Celebration Theatre); Stupid Kids (Celebration Theatre, LA Weekly Award); Shakespeare In Briefs! (Colorado Shakespeare Festival); and The Bacchae (Edinburgh Fringe Festival).

TELEVISION/FILM CREDITS INCLUDE: Twin Peaks: The Return (Showtime); Alexa & Katie (Netflix); Hot In Cleveland (TV Land); CSI (CBS); and Veronica Mars (The CW).

TRAINING INCLUDES: LSU School of Music & Dramatic Arts (B.A. Theatre Performance); IO West (sketch writing/performance); Second City (improv/sketch); The Groundlings (improv). AMDG.

HARPER PITT*

FOR FOOLISH PRODUCTION CO: Debut.

OTHER THEATRE INCLUDES: Circle of Leaf, “Maple”; Electric Harvest, “Laura”; and Dracula, “Bride” (Actors Theatre of Louisville); Clearing, “Jess” (Commission Theatre); The Wolves, “u/s #11 & #25” (Goodman Theatre); I Saw My Neighbor on the Train and I Didn’t Even Smile; “Sadie” (Redtwist Theatre).

TELEVISION/FILM INCLUDES: “Hobbies” (Gramma Studios); “Intake” (AFI); “Model UN” (Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema); “Man in My Basement” (Means Of Productions); “Truths” (Means Of Productions); 50K Baby (Fire Escape Films).

TRAINING INCLUDES: Acting Apprentice (Actors Theatre of Louisville Professional Training Company); B.A. Theater and Performance (University of Chicago).

www.emmamaltby.com     

*Appearing through an Agreement between this theatre, Foolish Production Co, and Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.  

HANNAH PITT

FOR FOOLISH PRODUCTION CO: Debut.

OTHER THEATRE INCLUDES: The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, “Henrietta Iscariot/Mother Theresa” (Leo Rising Theatre Co); Village Wooing, “X” (Five Husbands Productions); Oh, The Innocents, “Betsy” (HB Playwrights Foundation); Broken English, “Karen” (Judith Anderson Theatre); Moonlight and Valentino, “Lucy” (Azenburg Productions); Abingdon Square, “Mary” (Studio Arena Theatre); On the Verge, “Alex” (Wilma Theatre); Noises Off, “Poppy” (Olney Theatre); The Birthday Party, “Lulu” (The Guthrie Theatre); Rhinoceros, “Daisy" (The Guthrie Theatre); The Merry Wives of Windsor, “Ann Page” (The Guthrie Theatre).

TELEVISION/INCLUDES: “Law and Order” (Universal Studios); “After Diff’rent Strokes (Fox); “Loving” (ABC); “Ask Me Again” (American Playhouse).

TRAINING INCLUDES: B.F.A. (NYU Grad Acting Program); Gregory Berger-Sobeck; Uta Hagen; Wynne Handman; Susan Batson; Kim Stanley.

THE ANGEL

FOR FOOLISH PRODUCTION CO: Titus Andronicus (2019/21)

OTHER THEATRE INCLUDES: Delusion: His Crimson Queen “Cain” and Delusion: The Blue Blade “Mayan Guard” (Haunted Play); Macbeth “Witch/Young Siward” (Curtis Krick Production); Electra “Hermes” (Archway Studio Theater); Part of the Theatre Company Force of Nature Productions.   

TELEVISION/FILM INCLUDES: Richard Elfman’s Hipsters, Gangsters, Aliens and Geeks. Better Off Zed. Milagros de Navidad (Univision). 

TRAINING INCLUDES: AMDA Los Angeles (Conservatory Program). SAFD (Advance Actor Combatant/Certified).

PRIOR WALTER

FOR FOOLISH PRODUCTION CO: Measure For Measure; A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2019).

OTHER THEATRE INCLUDES: Some F*cking Advice (The Second City LA); Just Being Honest (The Second City Chicago); Measure For Measure (Trashcan Shakespeare); The Merry Wives Of Windsor (First Folio Theatre); Much Ado About Nothing (Globe Ed.); Clara And The Nutcracker (Piccolo Theatre); Tapped: A New Musical (Theatre Wit); How Can You Run With A Shell On Your Back (JPAC); Flat Stanley (Northbrook TYA). 

TELEVISION/FILM INCLUDES: Buzz Kill (Webseries); Envelope (Foolish Production Co); Life Sucks (Independent Short); Two Singles (Webseries); Bruno (Documentary); An Adventure Through Bowling And Time Travel (Independent Short); XYXY (Independent Feature); Stalked (Independent Short). 

TRANING INCLUDES: Millikin University (BFA Acting); The Second City Musical Improv Conservatory (Chicago); Shakespeare’s Globe (London); Susan Hart and Jeffrey Carlson (First Folio); Margolis Center; Margie Haber Studio.

www.mikeymulhearn.com

CREATIVE TEAM

Writer Tony Kushner

Director Mikey Mulhearn (he/him)

Intimacy Choreographer/Fight Director Celina Surniak (she/her)

Associate Director Amy Slothower (she/her)

Stage Manager Jesse Fiene (she/her)

Composer Alec de Kevor (he/him)

Make Up/SFX Designer Kristin Andersson (she/her)

Costume Designer Libby Wahlmeier (she/her/them)

Dialect Coach Ria Gaudioso (she/her)

Lighting Designer Ray Jones (they/them)

Sound Designer Stephanie Yackovesty (she/her)

Movement Director Kodi Jackman (she/her)

Kaddish Teaching Jeremy Lowenstein (he/him)

Medical Advisor Kellie Knabe (she/her)


REHEARSAL PHOTOS By Kodi Jackman

Dane Larsen and Nathan Frizzell

Mikey Mulhearn

Sarah Fleming

Gregory Blair

Michael Matts and Mikey Mulhearn

Dane Larsen, Gregory Blair, and Emma Maltby


PRODUCTION PHOTOS By Kodi Jackman

Coming Soon.


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About Foolish Production Co….

Our Mission at Foolish Production Co. is to celebrate, enhance, and challenge our understanding of self and others through affordable, communal, and innovative experiences of theatre and film. 

We began as a one night experiment on the sundeck of a hotel, by a group of artists who wanted to challenge the norms of modern theatrical practice. A practice that overproduces a story, charges a high ticket price, isolates an audience, and dominated by the white/cis/and male. 

At Foolish we are committed to truthful, engaging, and simplistic storytelling . We don’t believe Shakespeare, or any performance for that matter, is for the elite, nor that it should bore you. If it does, then we aren’t doing our job. Through the revisitation of original practices such as communal lighting, nontraditional seating, conscious casting, minimal production elements, and a focus on language- we hope to bridge the divide between audience and actor to revel in our shared humanity.

Young. Scrappy. Brash. We are #foolish.


MILLENNIUM APPROACHES was first performed in a workshop production presented by Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum, May 1990

The world premiere was presented by The Eureka Theatre Company, May 1991

Opened in London at the Royal National Theatre of Great Britain, January 1992

Opened in New York at the Walter Kerr Theatre in April 1993

The first production of ANGELS IN AMERICA, Parts One and Two was presented at the Mark Taper Forum

PERESTROIKA was first performed as a staged reading by the Eureka Theatre Company in May 1991

The World Premiere was presented by the Mark Taper Forum in November 1992

The play was presented by New York University/Tisch School of the Arts in April 1993

The play opened in London at the Royal National Theatre of Great Britain in November 1993

Opened in New York at the Walter Kerr Theatre in November 1993

ANGELS IN AMERICA, PART ONE: MILLENNIUM APPROACHES is produced by special arrangement with Broadway Play Publishing Inc, NYC www.broadwayplaypub.com

ANGELS IN AMERICA, PART TWO: PERESTROIKA is produced by special arrangement with Broadway Play Publishing Inc, NYC www.broadwayplaypub.com