RAT Come See The Wooden Breeks!

[Fieldsdf@aol.com]

An invitation from Dan Fields:

Please come to see my production of the Los Angeles premiere of THE WOODEN 
BREEKS by Glen Berger (award-winning author of GREAT MEN OF SCIENCE, NOS. 21 
& 22), directed by Dan Fields.

THE WOODEN BREEKS
WHEN:  March 16 and runs through April 21, 2001
WHERE:  Open Fist Theatre Companys 99-seat home at 1625 North La Brea 
(Sunset/Hollywood) in Hollywood.
PRICE:  $15  
SHOW TIMES:  Friday and Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 7pm

RESERVATIONS:  323-882-6912

THE WOODEN BREEKS is a darksome comic fairytale about unrequited love and 
premature death in a town called Brood.  "Its Brigadoon -- miserable and down 
on its luck," said playwright Glen Berger.  The text has a lyricism 
reminiscent of Dylan Thomas Under Milkwood, and the humor and scope of 
Dickens.

And heres a little exposition from the press release, if you care to read it:

Across 19th Century Great Britain, a panic spreads.  Unearthed coffins have 
been found to contain scratch marks on the inside of the lid.  Mistakenly 
pronounced dead, more and more victims are discovered to have been 
prematurely buried alive.  To prevent further catastrophes, companies begin 
producing "bell devices" that sit on top of the customers grave and connect 
to his coffin, where, finding himself awake, he can trigger the bell and 
alert the town.

With one more device to sell to make her quota, Miss Spoon, representative of 
the Bodum & Wattney Company, has come to the last town on her tour:  Brood, a 
dismal famine-plagued village.  Her presence causes an uproar, but, failing 
to make a sale, she dies mysteriously, and her last bell device is installed 
upon her own grave.  But has she really died, or is it all an elaborate 
publicity stunt?  Her would-be suitor, the lighthouse keeper, attempts to 
find an answer before its too late, while the destitute villagers debate what 
to do with the strongbox full of money left behind

A gravedigger who may be a grave robber; a vicar who seems to lose 
everything; young lovers who see poetry in every cloud; a wretched orphan 
whom everyone picks on; a lighthouse keeper who lives only on tea and has 
never left his tower; and a metal tinker whose memories live in the stories 
he spins and the puppets he makes.  The production also features original 
metal puppets, shadow puppets, miniatures, and stage magic!

The cast of THE WOODEN BREEKS includes:  Martha Demson (Open Fist Artistic 
Director, The Abdication); Matthew Fox (star of Fox TVs Party of Five); Adam 
LeBow (Measure for Measure); Russell Milton (Gattaca, The Crossing Guard); 
Rob Moore (National Lampoons Senior Trip, Gilmore Girls, Ellen, Fresh Prince 
of Bel Air); Bart Tangredi (Analyze This, Law & Order); Irene Tassiopulos 
(King Stag, Dark Lady of the Sonnets); Seth Ullian (Boiler Room, Off-Bway: 
Stomp, Killer Joe); and Shana Wride (UPN, Lifetime).

The design team includes:  Emmy Award-winning costume designer Van Ramsey; 
scenic designer Donna Marquet; sound designer Robbin E. Broad; lighting 
designer Leigh Allen; original score composed by Philip White; specialty 
props master Len Levitt; dramaturg Elizabeth Bennett; assistant director Faye 
Jackson; and stage manager Henry Lide.

Reservations:  323-882-6912



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