Muse Of Fire
PRESS KIT
And let us, on your imaginary forces work….
War is brewing in and around a polarized England. From commoners to Kings, each must choose which truth to believe, and which cause to call their own. Muse of Fire re-explores the life affirming plays, Henry 4 (1 and 2) and Henry 5, through a freshly Foolish lens challenging our ideas of nationalism and leadership.
From rambunctious taverns to vast battlefields, witness the journey of Hal as he ascends from playboy to one of the greatest Kings England has ever seen. In this epic of Shakespearean proportions, 13 actors take on over 50 roles from Hotspur to Falstaff celebrating the versatility and imagination of theatre.
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed/Rescripted By Mikey Mulhearn
*Graphic by Kyle T Hester
PRESS CONTACT
Mikey Mulhearn mikey@foolishproductionco.org
PERFORMANCE INFO
Running Time 3 hours with two 15 minute intermissions
Doors Open 15 minutes prior to performance
Thu/Fri 7:30pm
Sat 7:00pm and 6:00pm*
Tickets $5-$25*
Part of our 5th Anniversary Celebration
Warning This event uses strobing/flashing and the simulation of drug use
Join the conversation #MuseOfFire | #TheFutureIsFoolish
*6pm (PST) performance on Mar 2 will be live streamed
Venue Information:
Studio/Stage
520 N Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90004
Parking is limited to meters and the local neighborhood. Please ensure that you read all posted signs to avoid a ticket/towing.
CAST
LIBBY WAHLMEIER (Ensemble/Falstaff)
FOR FOOLISH PRODUCTION CO: Titus Andronicus (2021); Measure For Measure (Virtual/2023); A Midsummer Night's Dream (2019/2018); Romeo and Juliet; Macbeth
OTHER THEATRE INCLUDES: Neon Apocalypse (Polite Cussing); What the Frack! (Citizen's Change Theater); Spike Heels (CP Theater)
TRAINING INCLUDES: B.A. Theater Arts (California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo); Conservatory Graduate (Second City, Hollywood)
NICK MOLARI (Ensemble/Henry)
FOR FOOLISH PRODUCTION CO: The Fairy Show; Twelfth Night; Measure for Measure; Titus Andronicus
OTHER THEATRE INCLUDES: Love Among the Ruins (Laguna Playhouse), ARCANE (Netflix/Secret Cinema), Closely Related Keys (ICT Long Beach), Secret in the Wings (Coeurage Theater Co.), Lear / Midsummer Night’s Dream (Theatricum Botanicum), Ruddigore (Sierra Madre Playhouse), Reasons to be Happy / Pretty (The Collective Studio), Bash (3 Seats Production)
TELEVISION/FILM INCLUDES: The Nowhere Inn (Hulu/ IFC), Ranchlands (Amazon Prime), Journey to Royal (Amazon Prime), Don’t Be Sorry, Somewhere East, It’s Not Just About A Film
TRAINING INCLUDES: B.A. in Acting (UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television)
SARAH HINCHCLIFF (Ensemble)
FOR FOOLISH PRODUCTION CO: The Fairy Show; Titus Andronicus; Measure for Measure; A Midsummer Night’s Dream (reprise); Macbeth; A Midsummer Night's Dream
OTHER THEATRE INCLUDES: A David Lynch Christmas Carol, Belle(Defiance Theatre Company); Rocky Horror Burlesque Show, “Janet” (Whitmore-Lindley Theatre); The Love of the Nightingale, “Philomele” (Elizabeth Swain/AMDA); An Evening of Shakespeare, “Various Featured” (Elizabeth Swain/AMDA); Grease, “Jan” (Mount Shasta Repertory Theatre); Sound of Music, “Louisa” (Mount Shasta Repertory Theatre)
TELEVISION/FILM INCLUDES: “Daughters of the Cult”; "Spaghetti Shakers"; "League of S-Heroes" (Foolish Productions); “Killer Kids” (Lifetime Movie Network); “Girlfriend Uncovered” (Visual Fire Productions); "10 Things Mixed People are Tired of Hearing" (The Social Renaissance Project); “Things Not to Say at a Holiday Party” (The Social Renaissance Project); "1,000 Subscribers" (Kid Cactus Comedy); “Couples Monopoly” (Kid Cactus Comedy)
TRAINING INCLUDES: Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Musical Theatre (AMDA: College and Conservatory of the Performing Arts)
KATHERINE LANDRETH (Ensemble/Hal)
FOR FOOLISH PRODUCTION CO: The Fairy Show; Measure For Measure (2023/Virtual); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2018/2019); Macbeth; Romeo and Juliet
OTHER THEATRE INCLUDES: Twelfth Night (Shakespeare Santa Monica); Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare Santa Monica); Orange Is The New Musical (LATC)
DANCE INCLUDES: The Nutcracker (Oakland Ballet Company); The Nutcracker (Ballet Petit)
TRAINING INCLUDES: Anthony Meindel Acting Workshop; Shakespeare Santa Monica Training Program; BA in Theatre Arts, Minor in Vocal Music from CSU Long Beach
AMANDA CHARNEY (Ensemble)
FOR FOOLISH PRODUCTION CO: The Fairy Show
OTHER THEATRE INCLUDES: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (House of Bards); Weed Shop the Musical (Art Time Presents); Casualties of Love (The Rockwell Table & Stage), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Domino One); Ongoing Vocalist with Jingle 5, The Harmony Dolls
TELEVISION/FILM INCLUDES: “Escape the Room” (Sandwich Prod.)
TRAINING INCLUDES: BA Dramatic Arts (USC), LA Slay Workshop 2024, Joe Anthony Studios, UCB
www.amandacharney.com @theamandacharney
KODI JACKMAN (Ensemble/Hotspur)
FOR FOOLISH PRODUCTION CO: Titus Andronicus; Measure for Measure
OTHER THEATRE INCLUDES: All’s Well That Ends Well (The Porters of Hellsgate), The Road to Mecca (Z Below), Much Ado About Nothing (A Noise Within), A Few Good Men (La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts), All’s Well That Ends Well (A Noise Within), The Wickhams (Ensemble Theatre Company), Antony + Cleopatra (Shakespeare Orange County), Woyzeck (New Orleans Fringe), Luna 1 (New Orleans Shakespeare Festival), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (New Orleans Shakespeare Festival)
TRAINING INCLUDES: Guildford School of Acting (2018/Acting/BA Honors)
MAIA LUER (Ensemble)
FOR FOOLISH PRODUCTION CO: Foolish Debut
OTHER THEATRE INCLUDES: Titus Kills (Day for Knight); Penthesilia (Loft Ensemble); Mrs. Dilber’s Christmas Carol (Loft Ensemble); Branwell & the Other Brontes (Loft Ensemble); Romeo & Juliet (Theatricum CE Program); Hamlet (Theatricum CE Program); Loves Labours Lost (Chase What Flies); Midsummer Night’s Dream (Theatricum Botanicum); Merchant of Venice (Theatricum Botanicum); Sonrisa del Coyote (UO Pocket Playhouse)
TELEVISION/FILM INCLUDES: “The Study” (Strangestuff Studios); “Christmas with the Pods (Strangestuff Studios); “Brood” (Klappback Productions)
TRAINING INCLUDES: BA in Theatre Arts (University of Oregon); Apprenticeship Program (Theatricum Botanicum)
@maia.saur
RIA GAUDIOSO (Ensemble)
FOR FOOLISH PRODUCTION CO: Tuesday Night, 3:30am
OTHER THEATRE INCLUDES: Tuesday Night 3:30am (Leo Rising); Romeo and Juliet (Elysium Conservatory Theatre); A Movie Star Has to Star in Black and White (American and Musical Dramatic Academy)
TELEVISION/FILM INCLUDES: “Dry Spell” (Terror Films.); “Moxie” (Netflix); “Teddy Bear” (Rujia Wang); “Space” (SeaWolf Cineman); “Rogue Tiger” (J-Bird Studios)
TRAINING INCLUDES: Bachelor’s Degree (AMDA: College and Conservatory of the Performing Arts)
TikTok/Twitch: apatheticlesbian
Instagram: thesleepykit
JAHEL CORBAN CALDERA (Ensemble)
FOR FOOLISH PRODUCTION CO: Angels In America: Millennium Approaches/Perestroika; The Fairy Show; Titus Andronicus
OTHER THEATRE INCLUDES: The Inheritance (Geffen Playhouse); As Is (Harold Clurman Lab Theater); Macbeth (Curtis Krick Prod); Delusion: His Crimson Queen (Haunted Play)
TELEVISION/FILM INCLUDES: “Aliens, Clowns & Geeks” (Elfmaniac Media); Better Off Zed” (Butcher Bird Studios); “Milagros de Navidad” (Univision)
TRAINING INCLUDES: STUDIO CONSERVATORY (AMDA Los Angeles); ACTOR COMBATANT (SAFD)
@jahelcorban
WILLIAM BREMER (Ensemble)
FOR FOOLISH PRODUCTION CO: Foolish Debut
OTHER THEATRE INCLUDES: A Bright New Boise (Momentum Theatre Co.), The Memory of Water (The Actor’s Company), Hamlet (Art of Acting Studio), Landscape of the Body (Art of Acting Studio), Romeo and Juliet (Art of Acting Studio)
TELEVISION/FILM INCLUDES: “Inside Oxide” (Gopher Digital), “True Story Don’t Drown” (Matt Law)
TRAINING INCLUDES: BA (Willamette University); Certificate (Art of Acting Studio Professional Conservatory)
@WilliamRBremer
ROBERTO WILLIAMS (Ensemble)
FOR FOOLISH PRODUCTION CO: Foolish Debut
OTHER THEATRE INCLUDES: The Winter’s Tale (Long Beach Shakespeare Co); Romeo & Juliet (LBSC); Othello (LBSC); DNA (CD Productions); 1984 (House of Bards); Romeo & Juliet (House of Bards); Julius Caesar (Actors Company of Natick); Henry VI Part 1 (Shakespeare by the Sea); The Agreement (Culver City Theatre Co); Henry VI Part 3 (The Phoenix Theatre); Hamlet (Theatre for a Small Space); The Tempest (Theatre for a Small Space); Macbeth (134 West); A Sad Tale’s Best for Winter (Beating of Wings Co); Twelve Angry Jurors (West Valley Playhouse); The OK Diaries (Blue Spruce Theatre Co); Macbeth (The Bard Brigade); Hamlet (Striving Artists Theatre Co)
TELEVISION/FILM INCLUDES: “Wild Kate” (Self); “Midsummer Night” (Self); “Birds and Beasts” (Screen|Play Productions); “Are You Awake?” (HMK Productions)
TRAINING INCLUDES: BFA Theatre & Performance (Emerson College)
@bertieonthewing
SHANNON WOO (Ensemble)
FOR FOOLISH PRODUCTION CO: Foolish Debut
OTHER THEATRE INCLUDES: Towards Zero (Theatre Palisades); The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Phantom Projects Theatre Group)
TRAINING INCLUDES: Cameron Watson Acting Studio & The Groundlings School
@heyshannonwoo
DARIA GOOD (Ensemble)
FOR FOOLISH PRODUCTION CO: Foolish Debut
OTHER THEATRE INCLUDES: A Christmas Carol (Zombie Joe’s Underground theater), Cherries Rare and Fair (Band of Thieves Productions/Hollywood Fringe), Regional Premier of Women of Zolongo (CSUF), Midsummer Night’s Dream (Wine and Revelry), Ascension Day (Hollywood Fringe/Gwydion Theater), Dancing at Lughnasa (Aada), The Great Unscripted Murder Mystery (Modjeska Playhouse) The Wolves (OCSA)
TELEVISION/FILM INCLUDES: Guts’n’bolts (OCSA)
TRAINING INCLUDES: Associative Arts (American Academy of Dramatic Arts), Acting Conservatory (Orange County School of the Arts)
@daria.is.good
CREATIVE TEAM
Writer William Shakespeare
Director/Adaptor Mikey Mulhearn (he/him)
Fight/Intimacy Director Celina Surniak (she/her)
Stage Manager Jesse Fiene (she/her)
Costume Designer Kat Landreth (she/her)
Lighting Designer Ray Jones (they/them)
Dialect/Accent Director Kit Gaudioso (she/he/they)
Rehearsal Photos
Talks and Events
Thirsty Thursdays
2-4-1 drinks at the bar
Friyay
Pre order your intermission bevie (before the show begins) and get a second one 1/2 off
20 Questions
Join us Saturdays (2nd intermission) for a quick and firey 20 questions with the creative team that you our audience will submit.
Press Night
Join us Saturday Feb 24th for our Press Night (tickets include a comp glass of Champs)
Live Stream
The 6pm (PST) performance on Mar 2 will be live streamed
ABOUT US
Inclusive. Revelatory. Experience Driven.
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 want to be the leading underground theatre company (the cool kids)- where artists come to develop and you come to share in some really incredible theatrical experiences.
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.
We are #foolish.