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February–March 2005
Adam in shorts… in winter??
Palimpsest
written & directed by Robyn Marshall
EnLighten™
written & directed by Ben Peyser
The Life and Death
of Henry What’s-His-Name
written by Brandon Stewart
directed by Scott Martin
Adam spent the latter part of the winter in shorts! Short films, that is! He played leading roles in all three of the very different projects above, all of which were shot over the first three months of 2005.
"Palimpsest" is a poetic film, exploring the relationship between domesticity and the broad sweep of world events, between the hearth and history. Adam had a voice-over role in this picture, providing the constant soundtrack of the march of time, reading headlines of significant world events from the 1920's to the present.
"EnLighten™" is a futuristic drama set in the world of high-tech. Adam plays a slick corporate operative, working his way up the ladder of a company building a mysterious new device that taps into our feelings, needs, desires... perhaps our very souls.
"The Life and Death of Henry What’s-His-Name" is a ridiculous
farce about a birthday party gone awry. Adam plays Todd, a shallow sophisticate
dominated by his girlfriend. Todd gets excited when Henry's girlfirend
Christina brings out a new party game: "Russian Roulette." He's
the first eager beaver to play, and antic mayhem ensues!
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January 2005
Yiddish She-Devils
ORIGINAL
TWO PERFORMANCES
SOLD
OUT!!
THIRD PERFORMANCE ADDED!
Thursday, January 20th
&
Saturday, January 22nd
@ 8:00 PM
AND Sunday, January 23rd
@ 3:00 PM
"The Other Space"
at Santa Monica Playhouse
1211 4th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401
(see below
for ticket info)
In Yiddish She-Devils Nicole Berger reinterprets medieval Jewish folktales and legends as comedic morality plays, highlighted by live Klezmer music and belly dancing, to examine she-devils from the underworld who unintentionally create scandal in the shtetl!
Adam plays multiple comedic roles in this evening of two one-act plays—in the first, "Yiddish She-Devil," he plays a rabinnic student who serves as the prosecutor in the Jewish court proceedings against the demoness of the title; in the second, "How Yakov Swallowed His Pride," he plays a fey nobleman who swoons upon discovering a lost woman in the forest. Adam also plays Yiddish radio host Howie Shaken who serves as the narrator for the whole evening.
These two one-acts will inhabit the stage at Santa Monica Playhouse for a three-performance sneak preview as a benefit for the Save The Playhouse Campaign. The producers hope to do a full production of the plays later in the year.
Written
and Directed by: Nicole Berger
Produced by:
Latent Image
Co-sponsored
by: Yiddishkayt LA
Tickets
$15.00, with discounts available for members of Yiddishkayt
LA, students, teachers, seniors, the military and groups of 10 or more
Call the box office at 310-394-9779 x 1 for reservations.
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September–October 2004
TITLE
ROLE:
The Death of Griffin Hunter
September
17–October 30, 2004
Thursdays–Saturdays at 8:00 PM
Theatre of NOTE
1517 N. Cahuenga Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Adam appears in the title role of Theatre of NOTE's west coast premiere of award-winning playwright Kirk Wood Bromley's epic play The Death of Griffin Hunter.
About
the play
In this new verse tragedy, Bromley explores the
collision of allegiance, power, love, and betrayal in the modern world.
Adam plays Griffin Hunter, the newly appointed UN Undersecretary for Disarmament.
Hunter arrives in San Francisco for the signing of the peace accord he's
spent ten years brokering, as well as for the opening night of a play
starring his new wife, the glamorous French actress Sophie Berceau. He
quickly becomes entangled in the machinations of an international weapons
dealer and torn by the mysterious reappearances of an estranged friend
with whom he shared a dark past and a former flame. It seems that all
want to destroy his career, his marriage, and his vision of a better world.
This is a play full of unforgettable characters, stunning
scenes, musicality and passion that only profits from the richness and
density of Bromley's verse.
What
the critics are saying
"Hunter is frequently lambent, with sparkling
dialogue and caustic one-liners that are a genuine hoot... director Adam
Simon and his stalwart cast undertake the endeavor with wit, grace and
unflagging energy."
—F. Kathleen Foley, Los Angeles Times
About
the playwright
Kirk Wood Bromley is a poet, verse dramatist, actor,
theater writer, and the Artistic Director of Inverse Theater Company—a
group dedictated to the production of his work. He was born in 1966, and
graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, with a degree in
literature. He is well known to Los Angeles theater audiences having had
several of his plays produced successfully at Sacred Fools Theatre.
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July 2004
When Larry Forgot He Met Ally
Sunday,
July 18, 20042:00 – 6:00 PM
at The Women's Club of Hollywood
1749 N. La Brea Avenue
Hollywood, CA 90046
Adam stars in the leading role of Larry in a staged reading of a new screenplay—When Larry Forgot He Met Ally—a hilarious over-the-top romantic tale which spoofs all your favorite romantic comedies including Annie Hall, When Harry Met Sally, The Wedding Singer, Notting Hill and many more.
Writers Terri Neish & Lexy Smith have this to say about the script:
"... love can be so melodramatic...all the pining...all the silly shit you do and say... all the loving each other-hating each other, "dying without you" and then back to angsting and loving you again. It's all so dramatic! Then you fall in love with someone else and the whole thing starts all over again. It's EPIC! You have to laugh your ass off about it. We hope this movie makes people laugh."
The staged reading is being produced in cooperation of the Creative Actors Alliance (of which Adam is an affiliate) and includes a reception both preceding and following the reading featuring an open bar (beer and wine), art by Jennifer Lyn Browne and Sara Hedstrom, NewBreed Girl Gear (Gumby Girl design by Sara Hedstrom), Some Crazy Girls, and more!
There is limited parking at The Women's Club
$5 parking is available one block away at the corner of Hollywood and
LaBrea (behind CyberJava).
There is also free street parking in the area.
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May–June
2004
Saturday Night
May 14– June 20, 2004Fri. & Sat. 8:00 p.m.,
Sat. & Sun. 2:00 p.m.
The Stella Adler Theatre
6773 Hollywood Boulevard, 2nd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90028
"engaging performance" — LA Weekly
"Adam LeBow stands out as the guys' buoyant married friend, Hank."—Les Spindle, Frontiers Magazine
"[Adam's duet with Gwen Copeland] 'I Remember That', about their differing views on their first meeting, was a showstopper, hinting at the true brilliance of Sondheim's writing."—Maestro Arts and Reviews
In his first appearance in a musical in quite some time, Adam appeared in Stephen Sondheim's Saturday Night at Hollywood's Stella Adler Theatre from May 19 through June 20th, 2004!
Forty-nine years after the derailment of Stephen Sondheim's would-be Broadway debut, Saturday Night finally makes it to Los Angeles as the first musical of Chromolume Theatre Company's inaugural season!
Saturday Night tells the story of a group of poor Brooklyn boys who hanker after Saturday night dates and riches by way of stock market tips in 1929. Unfortunately, one of them, Gene, is so eager to climb the social ladder and impress his sweetheart, he invests his friends' money in a swank apartment near the Brooklyn Bridge, and sells his cousin's precious automobile to raise more cash!
Based on the play Front Porch in Flatbush by Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein—the two brothers who penned for the classic film Casablanca—Saturday Night features a fetching, tuneful, Broadway-style score that hints at Stephen Sondheim's triumphs to come while staying firmly rooted in the Rodgers and Hammerstein tradition. Saturday Night is a nostalgic charmer that will appeal to everyone and is a must for Sondheim fans!
As hinted at above, the show was slated to go to Broadway in 1955 but was cancelled after the death of its producer, Lemuel Ayres. Although Sondheim's score and lyrics found their way to Julie Styne and got him his West Side Story and Gypsy gigs (thus launching his incredible career), the show itself languished in obscurity until a London production in 1997! The success of the British offering paved the way for a New York production in 2000 and the current LA premiere of which Adam is a proud part!
Adam plays "Hank", Gene's wisecracking married friend—a major supporting role (among the male roles, second only to the lead, Gene). He appears throughout the show, and has a major solo in the second act!
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April
2004
Close
Call
Director, Producer, Writer: Jimmy Lee
Cinematographer: Luc G. Nicknair
© Prime Media Pictures, Inc.
Close Call is getting theatrical release in select cities nationwide!
It's a dramatic-action film that has been described as "disturbing," "racy," "realistic," "powerful," "a rush," "intense," and "emotional." It had gained a great deal of attention even before its premiere (YOLK Magazine, Korea Central Daily, Radio Korea and more) and the buzz promises to grow.
In a villainous role, Adam plays a sexual predator who who preys—savagely— upon the vulnerability of young Jenny (played by Annie Lee), the central character of the film, when she is brought home by his brother.
Close Call is a heartfelt drama about a teenage girl trapped in a downward spiral of promiscuous sex, drug and alcohol use, and criminality. Brutally honest in its depiction of the damage wrought by the breakdown of the family in contemporary America, Close Call adds another theme to the story: The ever-widening gap between first generation immigrant parents and their American-born children. Close Call focuses on sixteen-year-old Jenny Kim, born in America to immigrant parents. Family problems lead to a divorce causing Jenny to suffer from intense feelings of alienation. Ignorant of her native culture, unsure of her place in American society, and feeling abandoned by her parents, Jenny finds herself vulnerable to the evil influences and temptations surrounding her. While her mother leaves Jenny to fend for herself, it is her father, David, who leads the teenager to redemption. Never losing his all-consuming love for Jenny, David proves willing to make any sacrifice to save her. It is the intense psychological interplay between father and daughter that forms the heart and soul of Close Call.
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November 2003
Double Agent…
Adam has new representation: agent Marjorie Sperling of Pacific West Artists will be representing Adam both theatrically and commercially!
Marjorie's contact info is as follows:
Pacific
West Artists12500 Riverside Drive #202
North Hollywood, CA 91607
(818) 755-8544
Marjorie and her assistant André
are both teriffic, hardworking people. We're looking forward to a relationship
that will be long and fruitful for all!
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September–October 2003
Play Things Rampages through Hollywood!
September 20 – October
26, 2003
The Hudson Backstage Theatre
6539 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles
Check out this sampling of the raves Adam and the cast have been getting for their work in Play Things:
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"...Adam LeBow plays an affected waiter to literally die for..."
"...the cast is worth the price of admission..."
"...a sharp, exceptional ensemble..."
"...all squeeze every drop of comic possibility from their various roles, exhibiting amazing finesse and know-how..."
"...like 'Your Show of Shows' veterans.."
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2002–2003
Oh I was busy... So busy, in fact, that I didn't update my site, so now nothing's archived from that period!! Sorry!
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November-December, 2001
Back on
the Boards:
It's Later Than You Think
and Thrance!
It's Later
Than You Think
10 Five-Minute Plays
Nov
9 – Dec 15, 2001
Theatre of NOTE
1517 N. Cahuenga Blvd., Los Angeles
Adam is currently appearing in Theatre of NOTE's late-night production of It's Later Than You Think: 10 Five-Minute Plays, praised by Backstage West as "smartly acted and sharply produced."
The project began last May, when NOTE sent out over 400 invitations asking playwrights to create a five-minute play in response to the statement, "It's later than you think." Of the over 80 plays submitted, the ten best were chosen, great directors were found to helm them, and thus a great night of theatre was born!
Adam is featured in "Slightly Later Man," an hilarious sci-fi spoof penned by Jon Colton Barry and directed by the glorious Irene Tassiopulos, making this Irene and Adam's third collaboration (following The Wooden Breeks and "Playballs").
In "Slightly Later Man," Adam plays Ronny, young lab assistant to the illustrious Dr. Lloyd Wexler, who, in an effort to break through the fourth dimension and control time, created the TIME-U-LATER. But a mysterious lab accident caused the TIME-U-LATER to explode, bombarding Dr. Wexler with dangerous "time waves" and causing him to miraculously exist seven seconds in the future!. Dr. Lloyd Wexler realized that he must use his new found powers to fight evil and become SLIGHTLY LATER MAN!
It's Later Than You Think runs Friday and Saturday nights at 11:00 PM through December 15. Call (323) 856-8611 for info and reservations.
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- It's
Later Than You Think (full graphic of promotional
piece)
- Theatre of NOTE
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December, 2001
A
Christmas Thrance
2001
Dec 6 – Dec 19,
2001
The McCadden Place Theatre
1157 N. McCadden Place, Los Angeles
(323) 860-6503
A Christmas Thrance 2001: another slightly sarcastic, sparkling thrantastic, jumpin' jubilee!
'Thrance' is a word coined by the choreographer by combining 'Theatre' and 'Dance'. It's highly theatricalized dancing, or highly physicalized theatre, depending on how you want to look at it. I liken it to the dance component of musical theatre—so... imagine a musical, take away the dialogue and the singing, and whatcha got left: that's THRANCE! Come see it for yourself! It's fun, cheeky, campy, wry---you'll have a good time!"
Adam appears in seven of the show's numbers, and even has a solo!
This production marks the fourth incarnation of Thrance, following Sweet and Sour Tears, A Christmas Thrance 2000, and Cowboy Thrance. Another Thrance production is planned for Summer 2002!
A Christmas Thrance 2001 performs December 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19 at 8 PM, and has two Sunday matinees, December 9 and 16, at 2 PM. Call (323) 860-6503 for info and reservations, or contact producer Stephanie Bell at bellsteph@yahoo.com.
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October, 2001
Shooting
Stars
Producers: Robert Tossberg & Madison Miller
Director: Bill Slate
Writer: Robert Tossberg
"IN
NEW YORK IT'S HOMICIDE…
IN HOLLYWOOD IT'S THE BIG BREAK."
Shooting Stars is a twisted black comedy about three frustrated Hollywood actors in their 30's. They thought their careers had hit bottom until, during an audition, something terrible happens and the bottom drops out! Fate intervenes and our three actors realize they have been seeking stardom in the wrong way. A little murder, a little mayhem, and the boys hit the big time! But, there can be only one...
In the film Adam plays Stu D. Baker, a smarmy late-night talk show host who always puts Hot List on the hot seat!
Principle...ahem...shooting on the film wrapped at the end of September.
Watch this space for release info!
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July–August, 2001
LeBow with
the Assist:
Playballs!
July
22–August 12, 2001
The Open Fist Theatre Company
1625 N. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles
While preparing for upcoming film projects, Adam assists good friend and talented actress Irene Tassiopoulos as she takes the director's chair for the one-act play "Playballs"!
As Armitage Shanks, Adam romanced Irene's Tricity Tiara in The Wooden Breeks on Open Fist's mainstage this past spring. Working together was such a great experience for them both that they decided to team up again! Adam will assistant-direct and stage-manage the production as one of three one-act plays presented in The 2nd Annual Open Fist Directors' Festival.
"Playballs" presents the adventures of Lucy Posner and her quest for every American girl's dream: to be a Major League umpire! It's a contemporary comedy by Toronto playwright M. Brownell, based on a true story.
"Playballs" runs Sundays and Tuesdays at The Open Fist Theatre,
1625 N. La Brea Ave. (between Sunset and Hollywood Blvds.). For tickets
call OFTC at
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May–June, 2001
Produced
by Adam LeBow:
Casanova at Open Fist
May
25–June 23, 2001
The Open Fist Theatre Company
1625 N. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles
Adam dons the producer's hat for The Open Fist Theatre Company's current mainstage play, Casanova by Constance Congdon, directed by Martha Demson.
The production has won raves from Backstage West critic Hoyt Hilsman as well as from audience members—"tour de force theatre," "best thing I've seen at Open Fist" are among the comments that have come Adam's way!
Check the Open Fist Theatre Company web site to read the Hilsman review and learn more about the production!
Casanova runs May 25 to June 23 at The Open Fist Theatre, 1625 N. La Brea Ave. (between Sunset and Hollywood Blvds.). For tickets call OFTC at (323) 882-6912.
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March-April, 2001
On Stage: The Wooden
Breeks
at the Open Fist Theatre, LA
EXTENDED!...
March 16–April 28, 2001
The Open Fist Theatre Company
1625 N. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles
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The Wooden Breeks is a fairy tale-within-a-play which starts somewhere in Wales in the 19th century and, once the fairy tale begins, transports us to some even more remote part of the British Isles, to the town of Brood, a place the playwright describes as "a sort of miserable and famine-plagued Brigadoon," or, as a friend recently put it, "Brigadoom!"
In this production, Adam plays Armitage Shanks, a character even whose very name is a joke, as it is borrowed from a British company that designs and manufactures bathrooms. In the words of a Brit I asked about it, the name is "on every toilet in England."
Playwright Glen Berger describes Armitage as "Swain, poet, painter. In love with Tricity Tiara. Or in love with love. A romantic's romantic, and rather self-centered. Through an inheritance, the only one in town with any money to speak of."
The Open Fist Production (Breeks' LA premiere) is directed by Dan Fields, with whom Adam has worked on four previous productions, variously as assistant director, co-writer, and dramaturg, most recently as assistant-director of Dan's production of Arthur Miller's The Man Who Had All The Luck, recently nominated for seven "Robby" Awards (Best Production, Best Direction, Best Playwriting, Best Lead Actor, and three Best Supporting Actor noms), and named by the Los Angeles Times as one of the Top 10 Theater Events of 2000!
Breeks marks Adam's first project as actor under Mr. Fields' direction, and, hopefully, the first of many!
The Wooden Breeks runs March 16 to April 14 at The Open Fist Theatre, 1625 N. La Brea Ave. (between Sunset and Hollywood Blvds.). For tickets call OFTC at (323) 882-6912.
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- The
Open Fist Theatre Company
- The
Armitage-Shanks Company
- The
Man Who Had All The Luck
- Dan Fields bio
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January, 2001
On Stage in New York City:
Ourselves
Alone
January 11–28, 2001
The Producers' Club II
616 9th Ave. (at 44th St.), New York, NY
There are no personal reasons anymore—only political…
Ourselves Alone, Anne Devlin's blistering drama set in and around Belfast in the mid-1980's explores the tragic clash between human desire and political turmoil.
It centers on three women whose dreams have been destroyed by the conflicts of a post-Hunger Strike Northern Ireland.
Adam plays Danny, a young musician whose commitment to his art makes him an oddity among the highly polarized and politicized community in which he lives. Yet, it is his music that preserves his soul and his sensitivity. His struggle reflects that of the women at the core of the drama, and binds his story to theirs.
As Danny, Adam plays piano as the accompanist of aspiring singer Frieda (played by Geraldine Hughes). Adam composed the music to one of the two songs (using Anne Devlin's lyrics), the other being a popular Northern Irish folk tune.
Ourselves Alone is a co-production of The Open Fist Theatre Company of Los Angeles and the New York-based Alone Productions. It runs Tuesdays through Sundays at The Producers' Club in New York City. For tickets and more info call (212) 279-4200.
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November, 2000
On Stage: Bay of Smokes
Sunday,
Nov 12, 1:00 PM
LATC–514 S. Spring Street
You can
change the laws…
…but you'll never change the city.
In Bay of Smokes, a noir-inspired one-act by sisters Alena and Alisa Wilson, blackmail, murder, and the whole history of Los Angeles unfold in a little local bar.
Adam plays Joel, neurotic writer who's got the hots for Carmen, a dangerous beauty with a lot of secrets. But she's not the only one with something to hide. There's Eddie the snitch, Barry the Barfly, Laura the cocktail waitress with a chip on her shoulder, and strange visitors Marvin Hayvenhurst and Malone, the private eye. Dark passions and darker deeds are revealed as Chess the barkeeper tries to maintain his perspective and his liquor license.
Bay of Smokes will be performed at the LA Theatre Center, 514 S. Spring Street in downtown Los Angeles, as the Open Fist Theatre Company's offering in the Edge of the World Festival's LA History Project on Sunday, November 12, 2000, at 1:00 PM.
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September–October, 2000
Measure
for Measure
Adam made his Open Fist Theatre Company debut in their production of Measure for Measure, which ran from September 15 through October 21!
In the Michael Winters-directed production, Adam played both Froth—a local party kid who made his way from the outer suburbs of the Valley to the inner circles of the Hollywood club scene, only to discover that the underworld's got him in over his head; and Abhorson the executioner—made hard and cynical by the prison system in which he functions, but with eyes open enough to know the difference between the dispensation of true justice and the mere exercise of power.
In addition, Adam appeared as Angelo for three performances, September 29–October 1. In a work about society's underbelly wherein wander thieves, pimps, and whores, Angelo serves as the play's only true villain, a strident purist and puritan whose rise to power lends him to believe he who holds authority can shape morality to his will. And for him to achieve his ends, heads will roll…
The Los Angeles Times and LA Weekly critics came opening weekend, but the critic from Backstage West came during Adam's Angelo appearances! Click below to read the review!
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October, 2000
Sketch
Comedy:
Miss Millicent's Fall Recital
October 16th and 17th at 8pm, Adam made his Los Angeles live sketch comedy debut with Miss Millicent's Fall Recital! It's 45 minutes of brand-spanking-new original comedy written and performed by some of LA's best talent in two special benefit performances for The Open Fist Theatre Company.
Fast-paced, good-looking and not afraid of hyphens, Miss Millicent's Fall Recital loops through the worlds of work, play, sex, liquor, sex, museums, crime, sex and politics. Plus, there's some stuff about sex. Which is very funny, I don't care who you are. And it's not nasty or uncomfortable, either. Just good.
Created by Samantha Bennett, Cap Parnell and Michael Powers under the auspices of The Open Fist Theatre Company, Miss Millicent's Fall Recital provides quality sketch comedy with excellent actors. And that's not just bragging, either. These writers are award-winning!
Having written, acted and directed for some of the USA's finest comedy theatres (credits include: The Second City, Comedy Sportz, ImprovOlympic and The Village Gate) Sam, Cap and Mike now bring their unique style of literate, loopy comedy to LA. Don't miss this opportunity to catch this remarkable evening of funny, sexy people making other funny, sexy people laugh. And yes, that was a compliment.
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September, 2000
Play Reading: Gatsby in Hollywood
Adam did a turn as playwright/screenwriter Eddie Mayer in a reading of Josh Rebell's latest opus—Gatsby in Hollywood—for Sacred Fools Theatre. The first act of Gatsby in Hollywood will be performed in November as Sacred Fools' offering in the Edge of the World Festival's LA History Project. A full production is planned for the Sacred Fools Mainstage in 2001.
The reading took place from 6 pm to 7:30 pm on Monday, September 18th at The Space Theater, directly across from Sacred Fools (on Heliotrope just below Melrose), directed by Dave Moore.
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