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818/508-1754 MEDIA ALERT FOR THEATRE EDITORS AND REVIEWERS AND CALENDAR LISTINGS ROSALIND PRODUCTIONS Presents A WORLD PREMIERE PLAY STAGES Written by ABIGAIL ROSE SOLOMON Directed by JON LAWRENCE RIVERA Featuring RYAN MICHELLE BATHE (SAG Award Nominee for “ Boston Legal”) Limited Engagement opens Friday, June 2nd at the Hudson Mainstage Theatre in Hollywood ! Some friendships can survive anything. |
| April 18, 2006 … Hollywood …Rosalind
Productions presents a world premiere play STAGES,
written by Abigail Rose Solomon, directed by Jon
Lawrence Rivera and featuring Ryan Michelle Bathe (Sara
Holt on “ Boston Legal”). STAGES will preview June 1 at
8pm and will open Friday, June 2nd and will perform for
six weeks through Sunday, July 9th at the Hudson
Mainstage Theatre, 6539 Santa Monica Blvd. in Hollywood
. When a 26 year-old, nice Jewish actress is offered the role of a lifetime, she hesitates. Haunted by the death of her childhood best friend, fearful of growing apart from her troubled roommate, and in love with the wrong guy, she can’t see her way clear to a future. But when a surprise visitor reminds her that the show must go on, she finds the courage to step out of the wings and into her life. At turns, hilarious and heartbreaking, STAGES is a deeply felt and imaginatively written examination of love, loss, letting go, and finding the next stage of your life. ABOUT THE CREATIVE TEAM JON LAWRENCE RIVERA, (Director) is the recipient of two 2005 Ovation Award nominations for directing the musical Songs for the New World by Jason Robert Brown at Ventura's Rubicon Theatre (Santa Barbara Independent Award, best director) and for directing the Los Angeles premiere of Dogeaters by Jessica Hagedorn (Maddy Award, best director), which will be remounted by Center Theatre Group at the Kirk Douglas Theatre this upcoming fall. Most recently he directed the Sondheim/Lapine musical Into The Woods at Actors Co-op, the West Coast premiere of Edwin Sanchez's Barefoot Boy With Shoes On at the Underground Theater; the world premieres of Diane Lefer's Harvest at Studio/Stage, Dennis Miles' Von Lutz at the Lillian Theater and Mixed Messages by Cherylene Lee at East West Players. Mr. Rivera is the founding artistic director of Playwrights' Arena where he directed the following critically acclaimed productions: Nick Salamone's Red Hat & Tales (also at the Edinburgh Fringe), Jean Colonomos' Palm Fever, Luis Alfaro's Straight As A Line (also at New York's Primary Stages), Paula Cizmar's Street Stories, Steven Leigh Morris' Beachwood Drive (also at the Lublin Theatre Festival in Poland), Larry Fineberg's Failure Of Nerve starring Barbara Bain, Daniel Cariaga's Sleepwalk, and Luis Alfaro's Bitter Homes and Gardens. Other directing credits include J for J by Jenny Sullivan starring John Ritter (Rubicon Theatre), Soundings by Beverly Olevin at the Odyssey Theatre, Clean by Edwin Sanchez (West Coast Premiere) at the Celebration Theatre. His productions have garnered over 70 local and international awards. Mr. Rivera is currently working on a film documentary called "The Reunion: 25 Years After Up With People." Abigail Rose Solomon (Writer/Rebecca) grew up in NYC and moved to Los Angeles in 2003. She founded ROSALIND PRODUCTIONS in 2005. As an actress she has worked with Manhattan Theatre Club, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Berkeley Repertory Theatre , California Shakespeare Festival, Dorset Theatre Festival, and Sacred Fools Theatre Company, among others. She has appeared on “Sex & The City,” “ Law & Order,” “NYPD Blue,” “Days of Our Lives” and in the film “Mr. & Mrs. Smith.” She has also toured nationally for the past four years with The Thin Line a one-woman show written by Cathy Plourde. She received her MFA from the NYU Graduate Acting Program and her BA in Theatre, cum laude, from Williams College . She was on the Artistic Committee of Theatre 40 in Beverly Hills and is on the Advisory Board of The Vineyard Playhouse on Martha's Vineyard and is an Ovation Voter for LA Stage Alliance. As a writer, she has performed her short one-woman show, The Woman Who Had Nothing But Her Sunday Suit all over the country. ABOUT THE CAST RYAN MICHELLE BATHE (Sarah) Since her mother is also an actress, Ryan Michelle Bathe was exposed to the acting profession at an early age. She recalls her first performance as "Snoopy" in her fourth grade play in Stamford , Connecticut , and in high school she performed in Pippin. Bathe, who has a mezzo-soprano voice, was also a member of the Chamber Singers, a group that sang a varied music program and performed in Europe . Bathe continued her interest in acting by performing in several productions while attending Stanford University , where she double-majored in Black Studies and English. Her mentor encouraged her to apply to drama schools, so after receiving her BA, she went on to get an MFA from the renowned New York University Tisch School of the Arts. Her television credits include guest starring roles on "ER," "Girlfriends," "Half and Half," "The Education of Max Bickford" and Showtime's "Good Fences." And most recently, she was a nominee for a SAG Award for her work as Sara Holt on the ABC Television Network's "Boston Legal". She just completed an ABC comedy pilot with Alicia Silverstone “Pink Collar” and was also seen in the acclaimed “Lackawanna Blues”. JULES WILCOX (Priscilla) recently received her MFA from UCLA’s Department of Theatre, Film and TV. While at UCLA she received the Jack Nicholson and Rod Steiger Awards for Excellence in Acting. Having grown up on a farm in Missouri , her love for theatre and film has taken her from the University of Missouri to the Off-Broadway theatres of NYC to the soundstages of LA. Favorite roles include: Ophelia in Hamlet, Dorinda in The Beaux’ Stratagem, and Tessa in the west coast premier of Charles Mee’s Summertime. NICK HOFFA (Michael) was most recently in the award-winning Theatre at Boston Court ’s production of Bertolt Brecht’s Mother Courage and Her Children directed by Jessica Kubzansky and starring Camille Saviola. Prior to that, he acted with Wendie Malick, Dan Lauria and Dorian Harewood in Questa, a play that was executive produced by David Milch. Other credits include roles on “Alias,” “Monk,” “Strong Medicine” and in several independent films and national commercials. He is relatively new to Los Angeles , coming most directly from San Francisco , where he worked with Sierra Repertory Theatre, New Conservatory Theater, Subterranean Shakespeare, Fools Fury, and 42nd Street Moon. He trained at the American Conservatory Theatre and Full Circle and for three years directed the IMCO theater company. STAGES is produced by Racquel Lehrman, Theatre Planners. The Set Design is by J. Kent Inasy. The Lighting Design is by Kathi O’Donohue (Hedwig and the Angry Inch). The Sound Design is by Bob Blackburn (Last Summer at Bluefish Cove, Barefoot Boy With Shoes On). The costume design is by Michael Mullen (Pageant). The Casting Director is Michael Donovan. Shirley Jo Finney served as Dramaturg. The Production Stage manager is Ando Iovino. ROSALIND PRODUCTIONS is a new theatre collective specializing in telling women’s stories. ROSALIND’s board of advisors include James Burrows, Joshua Rebell, Abigail Rose Solomon, Peter J. Solomon and Daisy Walker. STAGES will preview on Thursday, June 1 at 8pm and will open Friday, June 2 at 8pm and will perform for six weeks through Sunday, July 9 at the Hudson Mainstage Theatre, 6539 Santa Monica Blvd. in Hollywood . Performances are Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm ; Sundays at 3pm . Ticket prices are $20 for all performances, $5 off for Students, Seniors & Guild Members with ID’s. For tickets, please call 323-960-7782, Groups (10+) may call 310-358-2789 or go online to www.plays411.com/stages. For more information on the production, please visit www.rosalindproductions.com. For further information or for press comps please contact David Elzer at DEMAND PR at 818/508-1754 or at ELZERD@aol.com. |
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