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Originally built by and named Elephant Theatre Asylum. It has been owned, operated and re-named Theatre Asylum since 2007 by Combined Artform,who starting in Jan 2010 also runs the joining Lab space.
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Social Media Boot-Camps
Starting Jan 19th, choose from a selection of workshops designed for self-producers to hone the art of marketing their work. With bi-monthly Social Media Boot-Camps, learn how to turn your team into effective promoters, hone your pitch to the press, write a marketing strategy using your talents and create brand ambassadors to increase word-of-mouth. Cindy Marie Jenkins will run the interactive workshops, giving useful takeaways regardless of your budget or manpower.
HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL 2013
NOW PLAYING
Based on the renowned book by Irvine Welsh, this stage adaptation by Harry Gibson, follows a group of Scottish heroin addicts. Junkie Mark Renton (Justin Zachary), his mates Tommy (David Agranov), Sick Boy (Jonathan Roumie), Begbie (Matt Tully), Alison (Alison Walter), and other unforgettable characters, take audiences on a tour of their lives in Edinburgh. The stage version of "Trainspotting" is a 'smack-in-your-face' tale about heroin junkies that is as jolting as the movie.
TICKETS
RETURNING APRIL 28 - JUNE 5
The Los Angeles premiere of
“Anyone with a cell phone and a moral center should see this show.”
– The New York Times
A great story, made even better! Los Angeles audiences finally get the chance to see Mike Daisey’s highly controversial The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs—in an “ethically made” version. The script, revised and updated by the author, now packs an even more powerful punch. This compelling 2.0 edition, performed by Alex Lyras (The Common Air), opens February 20 at Theatre Asylum in Hollywood, where it will continue every Wednesday at 8 pm through April 10.
The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs examines the controversy of globalization through the rise and fall and resurrection of Apple, illuminating how Apple’s former CEO and his obsessions shape our lives. It follows the trail all the way to China to investigate the factories where millions toil to make iPhones and iPads, shining a light on the very human price we pay for our high-tech toys.
RETURNING APRIL 28 - JUNE 5
TICKETS - $20
(800) 838-3006 or go to agonyecstasy.brownpapertickets.com/.
Presented by Combined Artform / Theatre Asylum
EXTENDED THROUGH THE HOLLYWOOD FRINGE
Do you know what a zombie looks like? Do you know how you become infected? Would you be aware of the safest place to go when the undead rise? Could you effectively kill a zombie with just a Florida orange lip balm and roll of scotch tape? The answer to these questions may be ‘yes’. The answer to these questions may be ‘no’ or the answer could just be ‘I don’t care’ – well, you should care! Because if you don’t care then you will die! And then you will rise from the dead. And then we’ll have to kill you. And then you’ll die again…. and that is just unacceptable.
-Dr. Dale Seslick – Author of “How To Survive A Zombie Apocalypse” (The Book)
This is why, Combined Arform and After Dark Entertainment are bringing this life saving seminar to Theatre Asylum, opening October 31st and running as needed to ensure survival. That’s right the smash UK hit now has a U.S. version, spreading the word of the illustrious Dr. Dale Seslick creator of the School of Survival in the UK. Dr. Dale has selected Dr. Bobert Dougash to start the U.S. branch School of Survival and has assembled a crack team of zombie survivalists who will entertain as well as inform their audience, insuring the survival of the human race as we approach the apocalypse.
Featuring: Tom Ashworth, Patrick Bristow, Jayne Entwistle, Jess McKay, Chris Sheets, Mario Vernazza, Henry Watkins and Vanessa Whitney.
Written & Created by Ben Muir, Jess Napthine, David Ash, Lee Cooper / After Dark Productions
US Version: Edited & additional material by Patrick Bristow
Directed by Patrick Bristow
Produced by Matthew Quinn / Combined Artform
PART OF THE 2013
HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL
Shows are June 8 & 15 @ 7pm, June 18 @ 8pm, June 22 @ 7:30pm and June 29 @ 5:30pm.
TICKETS - $15
EXTENDING THROUGH THE HOLLYWOOD FRINGE
SATURDAYS @ 9PM
“Has it ever occurred to you that your search engine might be a real person, with feelings and a sense of morality, spending all day toiling in pursuit of your every whim? It hadn’t occurred to me either. Fortunately Craig Ricci Shaynak is crazy enough to actualise such an inventive concept with his joyously playful show, I Am Google.” **** FringeGuru (UK)
Get search results from me in any language! Meet my ex-girlfriend, Twitter, her new boyfriend, Facebook and our old pal, Yahoo. Bing is not invited. You must accept cookies!
PART OF 2013 HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL
June 13 @ 2:30 PM, June 15 @ 11:00 PM, June 19 @ 8:30 PM, June 22 @ 10:00 PM, June 28 @ 8:30 PM, June 29 @ 2:30 PM, June 30 @ 5:30PM
TICKETS - $15
PREVIOUS SHOWS
Sat, Mar 09 – Sun, Apr 14
Friday, Saturday 8pm
Sunday 3pm
In a small town, in the wee hours of the night, a chance encounter between two strangers in a graveyard will forever change their lives.
When buried secrets are unearthed, shattering revelations have them questioning what they each thought they knew to be true. ALABAMA BAGGAGE draws a fine line between life and death as it examines mercy, forgiveness, revenge and redemption.
BUY TICKETS
$15 Previews
$25
“Hattie…What I Need You To Know!”
written and performed by Vickilyn Reynolds
January 5 – February 3, 2013
Hattie…What I Need You To Know! is a celebration of Hattie McDaniel being the first African American to win the Academy Award® in 1940. Los Angeles is getting the West Coast premier after its successful run in Harlem and Denver. Written by acclaimed actress of stage and screen, Vickilyn Reynolds, who has starred in Bring In da Noise, Bring In da Funk, The Colored Museum and Mama I Want to Sing, Hattie…What I Need You To Know! captures the essence of Hattie McDaniel’s humble beginnings in Denver and her rise to stardom in Hollywood with heart and soul.
“(Vickilyn Reynolds) She makes McDaniel such a likable presence that it’s a pleasure to spend some time in her company... When Ms. Reynolds sings “St. Louis Blues” or a snippet of a church song, the rafters shake, and the audience can’t sit still.” - New York Times, Rachel Saltz
“Reynolds knocks out a roof-blower like “St Louis Blues and for a few minutes, we might as well be sitting alongside McDaniel in heaven.” --Denver Post, John Moore
Tickets and additional information:
800-838-3006.
When given the option between the long or the short of it, we know you want the latter. So we’re bringing you 2 one-act plays and a short film for a sample of our company’s creative platter.
Silence by Harold Pinter
A fragment of three lives thrust together within an inescapable triangle of loss and desperation.
Houdini (World Premiere)
Kip and Gavin, two bohemian roommates living in a broken down Brooklyn apartment, suddenly find themselves accused of a crime after committing what they consider to be a harmless prank.
Tickets 12$ online at https://www.wepay.com/ events/theshortofit
or 15$ at the door
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EXTENDED
SEPTEMBER 14 - OCTOBER 7
FRI & SAT @ 8PM, SUNDAY @ 5PM
WED OCT 3 @ 8PM, NO SHOW SEPT. 16
CYCLES, Robert Litz’s often funny and explosive new play, makes its formal world premiere at Theatre Asylum, after a critically acclaimed, sold-out run as part of the 2012 Hollywood Fringe Festival. Directed by Stefan Lysenko, CYCLES stars Emmy-nominated stage/screen veteran (and former president of SAG) Alan Rosenberg opposite one of L.A.’s hottest young talents, Dominic Rains. CYCLES was named a “Best of Fringe at the Asylum” and is presented by Theatre Asylum and Combined Artform.
“This is a must see play - kudos to the wonderful script of Litz, the directing, staging and lights of Stefan Lysenko, and the stirring performances of Rains and Rosenberg.”
Bob Leggit - Examiner
“explosive” “stellar performances” “palpable on-stage chemistry” “nuanced, well-paced”
Jesse Kemp, LifeInLA
“perfectly calibrated...Rosenberg, as a been-there-done-that real estate maven is particularly good ”
Brad Schreiber, Huffington Post
TICKETS -$15
EXTENDED
SEPTEMBER 14 - OCTOBER 7
FRI @ 8PM, SAT @ 7PM
SUN @ 3PM
Texas Loves Lyla! gets extended, again at Theatre Asylum, after a successful run at the Hollywood Fringe and Best Of. As south Texas' #1 talk radio queen, Lyla KaRug hits the web, tackling ignorance, adult bullies, and gay teen suicide. Jeffrey Wylie takes an irreverent and bold approach in addressing the reasons why people bully, and what we can each do in helping the victims of this terrible epidemic. Co-produced with Matthew Quinn and Combined Artform.
LA Weekly
“Wylie establishes himself as a master at milking laughs.”
Examiner.com
“The hype doesn’t even begin to cover this show! Creative, funny, insightful. Lyla is intelligent, witty, and played with such abandon that you cannot help but fall in love with her.”
WSWS.com
“There’s a sweetness to this piece that distinguishes it from so many 'drag' shows that revel in camp and cattiness. Wylie inhabits this lady of the towering roller-curled red hair with nary a wink about gender—Lyla is all woman and refreshingly positive.”
TICKETS $15
HOUSE
by Daniel MacIvor’s
Thursday @ 8pm & Saturdays @ 8:30pm
“Darkly humorous…poetic quirkiness” – LA Times
“Splendidly performed… keeps us tethered to empathy. Forces us to consider life's precariousness, and how best to cope with it” – GO! LA Weekly
“Rogue Machine's production and Smith's performance are impeccable” – Backstage
“This is a strong piece of theatre” –CultureSpotLA
GOOD EVENING AMERICA
ONE NIGHT ONLY
SEPTEMBER 7 @ 8PM
The Best of Hollywood Fringe 2012 Solo brings viral video sensation Drew Droege back to the stage. After donning a blonde wig and noticing he bore a striking resemblance to fashion-forward star Chloe Sevigny (Big Love, American Psycho), Droege began appearing as the actress in a series of wacky stage appearances and satirical videos, which soon began making their way around the web. This one-man show by the experienced improv artist and comic performer delves into his dual life, which includes a meeting with Sevigny herself.
TICKETS-$15
EXTENDED FOR 2 MORE SHOWS
“’Streep Tease’ offers lots of fun and laughs…Matthew Nouriel does a riotously funny take on Sara Woodruff from The French Lieutenant's Woman (complete with the foggy backdrop), and then does an even funnier version set in a Muslim country with all the customary restraints. Miranda Priestly from The Devil Wears Prada is brought to life by Cruz, who does a wickedly bitchy turn salted with just the right tinge of icy detachment. And who could forget the nun from hell, the bossy, fussy, bullying Sister Aloysius Beauvier from Doubt, here fully realized with knuckle-busting ruler, two rosaries and bonnet, by Bryan T. Donovan.”
Lovell Estell III LA Weekly
Streep Tease: An Evening of Meryl Streep Monologues performed by an All-Male Cast
Fridays at 8:00pm and Saturdays at 8:30 p.m. -- Performance schedule:
Friday September 7 @ 9:30
Saturday September 15 @ 9:30pm
Nothing is Different But Everything Has Changed
a night of one-act plays by Dean Donofrio
with a special live performance by singer Wes Bernstein
TICKETS
INTERNment
“INTERNment” is the first play to take an in-depth examination of the chaotic, hilarious, and riveting world of primetime television casting, while asking the question: how much are you willing to sacrifice to pursue your dream? TICKETS
SOLO
Following a wonderful July of extended ensemble shows, Combined Artform’s Best of Hollywood Fringe is back in August with the top solo shows from the Fringe.
| Confessions of a Cat Lady (With a Side of Crazy) | 8/10 @ 9:30 & 8/25 @ 5:30 |
| Crushed | 8/3 @ 9pm |
| David Dean Bottrell Makes Love: A One-Man Show | 8/4 & 25 @ 7pm |
| Drew Droege- Good Evening America | 8/12 @ 9:30pm & 8/19 @ 9pm |
| I Do Card Tricks and I'm Funny | 8/11 @ 7pm & 8/25 @ 8:30pm |
| Leprechauns & Lies | 8/4 & 17 @ 9pm |
| Piano Man | 8/10 @ 8pm & 8/12 @ 7pm |
| Texas Loves Lyla! | 8/11 @ 7pm & 8/24 @ 9:30pm |
| The Women of Tuna House | 8/17 @ 7:30 & 8/19 . 25 & 26 @ 7pm |
| This Vicious Minute | 8/11 @ 8:30pm & 8/24 @ 8pm |
| Voices in My Head | 8/4 & 18 @ 7:30pm |
Also at
On June 24th at the Fringe Closing Awards Ceremony held at Fringe Central Station, Artistic Director and Venue Owner, Matthew Quinn announced the winners of the Best of Hollywood Fringe 2012 which will be extending selected shows at Theatre Asylum and Asylum Lab in July and August 2012.
Ensembles - Shows in July
25 Plays Per Hour
4 Clowns - That Beautiful Laugh
Anaconda
Cycles
Doomsday Cabaret
Flesh Eating Tiger
Gentle Passage
Lost Moon Radio Episode # 12
Making Love Over There
Rise
The Secret of Sherlock Holmes
Speed Merchant(of Venice)
Streep Tease
Tape
The Lights Are Off
Three Tables
Solo - Shows in August
Crushed
Confessions of a Cat Lady (With a Side of Crazy)
David Dean Bottrell Makes Love: a One Man Show
Drew Droege- Good Evening America
I Am Google
Leprechauns and Lies
Piano Man
So Much To Celebrate
Texas Loves Lyla
The Women of Tuna House
This Vicious Minute
Voices in My Head
Family -Shows in July
Jessie and Danny – Songs About Everything
The Complete History of Theatre, Abridged
Cabaret- Shows in July and August
Filthy Liars a Funny Magic Show
Bijan the Magijan
I Do Card Tricks and I'm Funny
Schedule and Ticketing available at www.bestofhollywoodfringe.com
Tickets are on sale now at www.hollywoodfringe.org
PRESS WEEK OPENS ON JUNE 8th.
HOLLYWOOD FRINGE RUNS JUNE 14 - 24
Hope to see you at the Fringe.
IMPROVATORIUM IS BACK AT THE ASYLUM IN MAY
FRIDAYS @ 8PM SATURDAYS @ 8PM
Improvatorium makes Friday nights laugh filled evenings of improv madness with the return of “Pure Improv".
“Wholly Bibble!” is Improvatorium’s take on completely made up Old Testament styled stories. Costumed, but fully improvised, the cast will turn audience suggestions into cautionary tales, history that didn’t happen, and maybe a forgotten prophecy or two.
Directed by Patrick Bristow
Produced with Combined Artform/Theatre Asylum
Featuring: Grant Baciocco, Kevin Berntson, Gareth Berrow, Patrick Bristow, Jayne Entwistle, Peggy Etra, Alison Mork, Chris Sheets, Henry Watkins and
Vanessa Whitney
PURE IMPROV - ONLINE TICKETS
WHOLLY BIBBLE - ONLINE TICKETS
LONESOME NO MORE IS BACK!!!
Previews - March 23-24 @ 8pm
Special Press Night - March 25 @ 8pm
March 30 - April 28
Fridays & Saturdays @ 8pm
Moments after their respective deaths, three strangers find themselves locked up in a single room in Sartre’s NO EXIT, faced with a maddening new world in which they can cover their eyes but never sleep
Directed and adapted by Lori Petermann
Translation by Paul Bowles
Produced by Dana Murphy and Meghan McCauley
CAST:
Jake Bern
Stephen Leonhard Sullivan
Sara Garcia
Jill Evyn
EXTENDED THROUGH MARCH 31
Just Nominated for 2 LA Weekly Theatre Awards!!
"Best Comedy Ensemble" and "Best Adaptation".
After a sold out and critically acclaimed West Coast Premiere at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, Her Majesty's Secret Players return with an extended run of Pulp Shakespeare, produced with Combined Artform at the Theatre Asylum beginning January 12th.
Playing Thursday, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 PM, and Sunday's at 2:00 PM, you won't want to miss what LA Stage and Cinema hailed as "thrilling, exciting, and hysterical" and what LA Weekly gave a GO! and called "..an appealing and unexpectedly harrowing drama."
"This lively and imaginative re-invention" (LA Weekly) imagines what it might be like had the cult film “Pulp Fiction” been written by William Shakespeare.
Set in Elizabethan England, Pulp Shakespeare weaves the story of a pair of murderers, their boss’s alluring wife, and a desperate knight, all brought to life by a cast of acclaimed Los Angeles Shakespearean actors.
TICKETS
$25 at the Door.
Beginnings is the Los Angeles Playwrights Lab’s first production of original shorts:
The Disconnect by MEREDITH SIMONDS: A recently-widowed woman tries to rewrite the history of her 35-year marriage through the social media-saturated love lives of her three grown daughters. Directed by Lisa Pelikan, and starring Ann Bronston as Pam, and Heather Long, Jennifer Pollono, and Joy Darash as her daughters.
RUNNING FEBRUARY 9 - MARCH 30 IN ASYLUM LAB
THUR-SAT @ 8PM, SUN @ 7PM
MINE
by award-winning playwright Bekah Brunstetter
Little Beast Theatre Company is set to present the Los Angeles Premiere of MINE, written by Bekah Brunstetter and directed by Dep Kirkland and starring Sam Daly, Adam Harrington and Kieren Van Den Blink.
MINE is a universal coming of age around 30-ish story that takes place in Manhattan.
TICKETS
Theatre Asylum Celebrates St. Patrick's Weekend
...with two critical "Best of" Hollywood Fringe Winners and now well Toured with further raves and rewards. They return now to the Asylum to get kick off the weekend of St Paddy.
MARCH 16 @ 8pm - The Bad Arm: Confessions of a Dodgy Irish Dancer
MARCH 17 @ 4pm- OVER THERE: Comedy is his Best Weapon
TICKETS -$15
“OVER THERE: Comedy is His Best Weapon” illustrates the hardship and hilarity of PJ Walsh’s journey. As a screw-up kid, Walsh enlists never expecting to go to war. After three wars, a stint as Bill Clinton’s dental technician, and a career in stand-up comedy, he discovers what matters in life as he faces mortality in the belly of a C-130 plane flying over Afghanistan. .www.overtheresoloshow.com
Winner - Best Of Hollywood Fringe Festival - 2011
Winner - Best Of San Francisco Fringe Festival - 2011
Looser - Of My Virginity To An Easy Girl - 1986
TICKETS - $15
The Bad Arm – Confessions of a Dodgy Irish Dancer
An ANTIDOTE TO RIVERDANCE with Raw rhythms, tall tales, arse-clenching comedy
The Bad Arm – Confessions of a Dodgy Irish Dancer is an uproarious drama comedy by Máire Clerkin, directed by Dan O’Connor. Following critically acclaimed performances in Hollywood, Santa Monica, Chicago, Dublin and New York; the laugh-till-you-cry show returns to Los Angeles at last.
Clerkin jumps in and out of hornpipe shoes in a provocative account of being English in Ireland, Irish in England and a pink-haired punk in a grey city.
‘Glorious riffs of Irish dance… animated impersonations and snapshot transitions…a world Clerkin captures so meticulously - GO” Stephen Leigh Morris, LA Weekly
“At times poignant and at times hysterically funny.” Brooke Alberts, Folkworks
“Clerkin is a gifted writer-actor.” Dany Margolies, Backstage – Critic’s Pick
“Clerkin jigs among various accents and precise characterizations with ease”.
Zachary Whittenburg, Time Out, Chicago
“A show filled with moments of clarity, insight, loose morals and moral victories…this classic underdog tale a bittersweet joy to watch”.
Scott Stiffler, Downtown Express, New York
“An entertaining, informative blend of storytelling… makes for a fine time of theater”
Melanie N. Lee, NYTheatre.com
“The Bad Arm of a sure foot…it's the deep dish from the real deal”.
Gwen Orel, New York Irish Arts
OPENING JANUARY 6th - ASYLUM LAB
Originally slated for one weekend in 2009, this 12 character tour de force, ended a 9 month run at the Beverly Hills Playhouse (BHP) in Beverly Hills California and continues to be the longest running show in the history of that theatre company. Written, directed, and performed by Braxton, the show has won several awards including a 2010 NAACP National Theatre Award.
TICKETS - $22 General, $18 Students/Seniors
PAST PRODUCTIONS AT THE ASYLUM
ELEPHANT THEATRE COMPANY’S SMASH HIT PRODUCTION
LOVE SICK BY KRISTINA POE
RE-OPENS AT ELEPHANT STAGES/THEATRE ASYLUM
12 PERFORMANCES ONLY, NOVEMBER 18 - DECEMBER 17
Due to ongoing popular demand, the Elephant Theatre Company’s smash hit world premiere production of Love Sick by Kristina Poe, directed by David Fofi, will re-open at Elephant Stages/Theatre Asylum for 12 performances only, beginning Friday, November 18 at 8pm. Theatre Asylum is next door to the Elephant Space, where the show completed its original run on November 5.
Love Sick is a graphic tale which follows one woman's dark and comic quest for revenge. When Emily's happily ever after comes crashing down, she embarks on a journey of seduction, power, coercion and self-discovery which quickly descends into a riddled web of mysterious and alluring encounters. Playwright Kristina Poe wrote Love Sick, her first play, as a member of LAByrinth Theater Company in New York City.
Holiday Edition!
December 3rd, 10th and 17th. @ 8pm
Asylum Lab
1078 Lillian Way
Improvatorium is at it again! The company that brought you "Zombience" and "Hitchcocked," brings you three Saturdays of hilarious holiday short form improv at Theatre Asylum, December 3, 10 and 17th
In a town awash with Long Form, Cage Matches, Teams and Competitions, Improvatroium dares to stick out its improvisational neck to return to improvised scenes, songs, extended scenes, and maybe one or two of those traditional improv "games" that are now almost considered retro! And now all with a special holiday twist! Come be merry and fill the night with your own Ho, Ho, Ho's!
Directed by Patrick Bristow (Whose Line Is It Anyway? & Henson’s “Stuffed and Unstrung”), the rotating cast will feature:
For more information visit – www.improvatorium.com
Combined Artform co-presents
TICKETS - $10
Lonesome No More! Theatre presents Making Love Over There, a new play created with New York-based director and playwright Tom Dugdale. Making Love Over There has nine performances over three weeks at Theatre Asylum in Hollywood’s Theatre Row.
Making Love Over There is a series of almost twenty thematically similar but non-linear short works featuring several original songs and musical compositions. The play’s structure is modeled after art museum exhibitions; every scene is a new thing, each transition between characters and setting resets the stage for a fresh story. Together, actors Patrick Riley and Zoe Chao portray dozens of characters of varying ages and nationalities in different places, times, and states of mind, all of whom are searching in one way or another to rediscover what love is and regain their faith in it
Co-Produced with Theatre Asylum / Combined Artform
TICKETS - $15
After a great run at the Hollywood Fringe Fest, “Life in the Middle Ages” was voted “Best of the Fest” and will extend its run through September. Strictly speaking to and for those experiencing middle age, the show actually comes with the following caution, “WARNING: THIS SHOW IS RATED NC-30. ATTENDING THIS SHOW MAY CAUSE EARLY ONSET MIDLIFE CRISIS IN PERSONS UNDER THIRTY.”
The medieval-themed, multi-media, evening equates the realizations that initiate midlife crisis with receiving a terminal diagnosis that triggers the grieving process. Using Elizabeth Kübler Ross’ five stages of grief – Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance – “Life in the Middle Ages” illustrates the midlife crisis experience. Addressing its subject matter through observation, storytelling, video and group participation, the show allows the audience to both commiserate and celebrate the universally dreaded concept of midlife crisis.
LA theater critics agree; this is a must-see show:
“Very funny insights with sincerity and humility. Still with me days later.”
Stage and Cinema
“Irreverent, Quip-Happy… the Audience Seemed Truly Touched.”
Backstage West
“Foul-mouthed, glib, self-assured, and dead on. Ochs gives us not just illumination but coping skills if not a downright solution to our fears.”
LA Splash
“A brisk, funny, and ultimately uplifting show.”
LA Theater Review
TICKETS - $15
THE NEXT BEST THING - Antonio Sacre
LA Weekly - GO!
" His stories feel authentic even when they veer into fantasy, and his view is fresh, quirky, and unpredictable." (Neal Weaver)
Saturdays @ 7pm through September 24
TICKETS - $15
Gospel of a Teenage Jesus
Jesus Christ is SO over being 14. Between being bullied at school and being controlled at home in an angst-ridden relationship with his mother (Mary) and step-dad (Joseph), the only true escape Jesus can find is his journal. To make matters worse, his birth father (God) shows up out of the blue with a desire to make up for lost time. It’s going to take a miracle for Jesus to forgive Him. And Jesus isn’t the only one; Hell hath no fury like a Mary scorned. Only now, centuries later, can Mutineer Theatre Company finally answer the question “WWJW?” (What Would Jesus Write?")TICKETS - $15
THEATRE UNLEASHED PRESENT:
SUPER SIDEKICK THE MUSICAL
An original story by rising playwright Gregory Crafts (Friends Like These), with music by Michael Gordon Shapiro (the films The F-Zone and Home Room), Super Sidekick is an exciting, heart-warming and inspiring play that follows the dynamic duo of Blackjack and Inky, the greatest super hero/sidekick combination in the Kingdom, as they track the evil Sorcerer Slurm to the Caves of Doom to rescue the Princess.
TICKETS - PAY WHAT YOU CAN
Last of the Knotts
Doug, a carefree hipster, unwraps the gift of love and discovers a time-bomb of revenge. Tallahassee patriarch Judge Knott wanted his only son, Doug, to give him a grandson. Doug, having taken enough shit from the redneck Judge, aims his metaphorical gun at his father and says, “No way. I am the last of the Knotts.” This is Knott a comedy…TICKETS - $15
LET'S GET STEVE!
The Ultimate Steve Martin Tribute Act
Take a trip back to the mid 1970s when that Wild and Crazy Guy, Steve Martin, first graced the stage with his genius brand of anti-comedy. Armed with a banjo, bunny ears, arrow-thru-the-head, and blinding white suit, LET'S GET STEVE! offers a dead on recreation of Steve
Improvatorium is at it again! The company that brought you "Zombience" and "Hitchcocked," brings you two weekends of hilarious short form improv at Theatre Asylum.
In a town awash with Long Form, Cage Matches, Teams and Competitions, Improvatroium dares to stick out its improvisational neck to
return to improvised scenes, songs, extended scenes, and maybe one or two of those traditional improv "games" that are now almost considered retro!
Directed by Patrick Bristow ( Whose LIne & Henson Alternative's puppet improv phenom, "Stuffed And Unstrung")
Each show feature a very special guest
Friday Sept 2nd - Jordan Black
Saturday Sept 3rd - Mindy Sterling
Friday Sept 9th - Tim Bagley
Saturday Sept 10th - TBD
TICKETS -$10
July 21 – August 28, 2011
(Los Angeles, CA) (July, 2011)... After a record breaking second year for the Hollywood Fringe Festival (HFF2011) the bar has been set high for Best of the Hollywood Fringe Festival (BOHFF). This year BOHFF will be featuring over twenty of the most award winning, crowd pleasing and critically awarded shows from HFF2011, reflecting a range of theatrical presentations from solo shows to full ensemble productions and musicals.
In addition we are excited to announce that Artworks Theatre (Fringe Central) and Actor’s Circle Theatre will be joining Theatre Asylum/Combined Artform in presenting the BOHFF2011, starting the week of July 21 through August 28.
Fringe On!
Best of the Hollywood Fringe will be featuring (Listed by Venue)
Actor’s Circle Theatre – 7313 Santa Monica Blvd. LA. CA 90046
Trouble With Words (* Pay What You Want) Fri. & Sat. July & August @ 8pm
Artworks Theatre & Studios- 6567 Santa Monica Blvd. LA CA 90038
A Mess of Things 8/20 @ 8pm, 8/21 @ 2pm
Another Effing Family Drama 8/20 & 27 @ 8pm, 8/21 & 28 @ 5pm
Be Careful! The Sharks Will Eat You 7/28-30 @ 8pm, 7/31 @ 2pm
Lost Moon Radio (*$13) 8/11 @ 8:30pm, 8/12 @ 9:30pm
The Booby Prize 7/21 - 23 @ 8pm, 7/24 @7pm
The Milford Project 8/5 @ 9:30pm, 8/6 @ 8pm, 8/7 @ 2 & 7 pm
Theatre Asylum & Lab- 6320 Santa Monica Blvd. LA, CA, 90038
4 Clowns 7/9 @ 8pm
Bean 7/24 & 31 @ 7pm
Blink & You Might Miss me 8/6 @ 7pm
Blood Fruit 8/4, 11 @ 8pm & 8/20 @ 7pm
Cowboy Mouth 8/ 6 @ 8:30pm
Evolution of a Kiss 7/30 @ 8pm
Fear Factor : Canine Edition 8/ 6 @ 8pm
Home Free / Endgame 7/ 30 @ 9:30pm
The Last of the Knott’s 8/9 @ 8pm & 8/14 @ 7pm
Life in the Middle Ages Fridays 7/22 - 8/26 @ 8pm
My Mobster 8/13, 20, 27 @ 8:30pm
Over There. Comedy is the Best Weapon 7/21 & 28 @ 8pm
Porter's Macbeth: A Parody 7/15 , 22, 29 @ 8pm
Sum of My Parts 9/3 @ 8:30pm
The Barking Pig 7/22 @ 9:30pm
The Next Best Thing 8/13, 27 @ 8pm & 8/21 @ 7pm
The Yellow Dress 8/7 @ 7pm
The Yogamerican Dream 8/18 @ 8pm
Who Loves You Baby! 7/30 @ 8pm
Schedule subject to change and shows may be added, please check www.hollywoodfringe.org for updated schedule and ticket information.
All shows are $15. Except where noted*. General info 323-962-1632
Theatre Asylum and Lab are back for the Hollywood Fringe Festival 2011.
Press Week June 9 – 12th and
Opening June 16th and running through
June 26th
We are excited to be hosting 17 international, national and local shows for
over 100 performances.
Hollywood Fringe @ The Asylum - Schedule
Tickets range from $12 - $15.
Info & Tickets
The Hollywood Fringe Festival 2011
Box Office - 323-455-4585
ENDLESS SUMMER
Friday & Saturday @ 8pm
May 27 & 28
“The Endless Weekend Tour” will team up PianoFight’s SF and LA branches during their first multi-city tour and features all new and original material from Mission Control (writers of “The S.H.I.T. Show”), Monday Night ForePlays and audience favorites from the nation’s largest audience-judged playwriting competition, ShortLived.
Come celebrate Memorial Day Weekend with PianoFight. Get your tickets now – $15 online pre-sale and $20 at the door.
Tickets and additional information - www.pianofight.com
IMPROVATORIUM & COMBINED ARTFORM ARE BACK
HITCHCOCKED
CLOSING MAY 28th @ 8PM
L.A.'s Improvatorium, which brought you "Zombience" and "Death, Lies & Alibis," delves into
the world of Alfred Hitchcock with their latest improvised slap in the face to a much lionized genre. Audience suggestions will propel the action throughout the evening as the cast strives to create a one time only, completely
original story in the style of Mr. H's films. The cast is costumed in the Hitchcockian tradition, but that is the only pre-prepared aspect of the show.
Review from SoCal.com
TICKETS - $20
(323) 960-7612 or
www.plays411.com/hitchcocked
RETURN ENGAGEMENT
BLINK & You Might Miss Me
Fridays @ 8pm
Through May 27th
Blink & You Might Miss Me is a humorous look back at Larry Blum’s
personal journey in show business. Sharing engaging stories along with rare clips and photos from his long and varied career, Larry reflects on the unique opportunity he has had to experience celebrity up close and personal. Whether dancing in A Chorus Line onstage, in the feature film cult classic
Xanadu or on TV’s Solid Gold, or acting on every major daytime drama, Larry’s love of the business has never waned. He also enjoys the honor of escorting the glamorous women of Hollywood as they ascend the stairs to the stage to accept various awards. Though his name may not be a household word, Blink & You Might Miss Me is his moment to take center stage once again.
TICKETS - $20
(323) 960-7612 or
IMPROVATORIUM & COMBINED ARTFORM ARE BACK
HITCHCOCKED
Saturdays @ 8pm
Preview March 26
April 2 - May 7,2011
L.A.'s Improvatorium, which brought you "Zombience" and "Death, Lies & Alibis," delves into
the world of Alfred Hitchcock with their latest improvised slap in the face to a much lionized genre. Audience suggestions will propel the action throughout the evening as the cast strives to create a one time only, completely
original story in the style of Mr. H's films. The cast is costumed in the Hitchcockian tradition, but that is the only pre-prepared aspect of the show.
TICKETS - $20
(323) 960-7612 or
www.plays411.com/hitchcocked
GREEN BEETLE PRODUCTIONS
PRESENTS
FROM SAN FRANCISCO
at ASYLUM LAB
I Heart Hamas:
And Other Things I'm Afraid to Tell You
Fridays & Saturdays @ 8pm
February 11 - March 5, 2011
Written and Performed by Jennifer Jajeh
Directed by W. Kamau Bell
Jennifer is Palestinian. Well, Palestinian American. Or more precisely: a single, Catholic, first generation, Palestinian American woman who chooses to return to her parents’ hometown of Ramallah at the start of the Second Intifada.
Actress and writer Jennifer Jajeh, with award winning director W. Kamau Bell, present I Heart Hamas, a tragicomic solo theater show. Sick and tired of the unsolicited discussions, debate and disagreements about her identity and her opinions about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Jennifer tries to figure it out for herself. Join her on American and Palestinian soil on auditions, bad dates, and across military checkpoints as she navigates the thorny terrain around Palestinian identity.
"Jennifer Jajeh has an interesting story to tell. Sometimes humorous, sometimes disturbing: her discoveries of what life in Ramallah is like for Palestinians may be revelatory for most Americans." --Chicago Tribune
Tickets $20-30
Also from San Francisco and
at the ASYLUM LAB
SLUMPBUSTER
Thursdays & Sundays @ 8pm
February 10 - March 6, 2011
Tickets $20-30
Harmon Leon in Ironic/NOT Ironic!
Harmon Leon's (Carson Daly Show, Howard Stern) new show, Ironic/NOT Ironic, examines the incongruity between the intended meaning of things and the real, actual meaning of things. (I know it sounds hilarious!) Featuring infiltration tales and videos of: -Crashing a celebrity impersonator’s convention posing as a 4th rate Austin Powers impersonator!-Videos of ironic bad teeth-Hipster videos that actually sound like baby gargle-Adorable kittens that could tear you LIMB FROM LIMB! Ironic/NOT Ironic will be appearing at the upcoming Adelaide Festival in Australia.
Colin Mahan is the high-kicking crooner Triforce Maiden in Too Many Words: A Crock Opera.**
The evil Sky Machine has enslaved mankind with promises of everyone making $225/hr from the comfort of their own homes, no training necessary.
Ex-antihero Triforce Maiden must lead a ragtag band of celebrity impressions on a musical odyssey to defeat the Sky Machine (or die onstage trying) in this comedy + rock = crock opera.
**Too Many Words is the name of the show, not a description.
Tickets $15 at the door.
Sunday January 16th @ 4pm
Tickets: $25
Box Office: www.allinonemusic.com/tickets
Contact: info@allinonemusic.com to reserve press tickets
More info: www.melissavardey.com
Zombie attacks got you down? You are cordially invited to join America's favorite singing family, The Wallace's, who are still doing their annual holiday tv special in spite of the recent plague! Presented by Improvatorium and Combined Artform/Theatre Asylum.
Opens Friday, November 19th at 8pm
and runs Saturdays through December 18th.
EXTENDED - JANUARY 8th
Tickets : $15
December 3 – 18
Fridays at 8pm and Saturdays at 10pm.
"Texas Chainsaw Yuletide" is the latest one-man show by the Bay Area's most original comedic talent, Will Franken (willfranken.com).
Tickets $15
ASYLUM LAB
The SpyAnts present
Kidnapped by Craigslist: The Graveyard Shift
Written by Katie Goan
Created by Katie Goan and Nitra Gutierrez
Directed by Lori Evans Taylor
October 16 - November 13, 2010
Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 7pm
One Thursday show - November 11th at 8pm
Late Night Saturday shows - October 23rd and November 6th at 10pm
Pay What You Can (at the door) on Sundays October 24th and October 31st
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in a world of anonymity? Say anything you want? Be anyone you can? Even if people think it is bizarre or disturbing? TheSpyAnts Theatre Company, celebrating their 10th Anniversary, present the long-awaited sequel to Katie Goan's and Nitra Gutierrez 's zany, kaleidoscopic play, Kidnapped by Craigslist. Lori Evans Taylor, who directed the original, takes on this new script with panache, weaving her cast in and out of the dozens of actual Craigslist's postings.
Kidnapped by Craigslist: The Graveyard Shift is an eerie and risque new comedy that explores the carnivalesque, cult-like phenomenon that is Craigslist. TheSpyAnts' alternating cast brings actual postings to life from the web site with scripted material and live music. This unique and creative one-hour play tells the true stories that are locked inside an online community that has shaped and inspired today's internet generation. There's a place for you here. There's a place here for everyone. We all have a dark side, you know.
Tickets: $20
