ROEO TOWN PRESS RELEASE

Rodeo Town

PHILIP SOKOLOFF
Publicity for the theatre

P.O. Box 94387
Pasadena, CA 91109-4387

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 4, 2013

Press/media contact: Philip Sokoloff, (626) 683-9205

RIDE INTO “RODEO TOWN” STARTING JUNE 7 AT EAST THEATRE AT THE COMPLEX; WORLD PREMIERE

WHAT: “Rodeo Town.” World Premiere engagement of a new play. A Hollywood Fringe Festival entry.

WHO: Written by Graham Bowlin. Directed by Cameron Strittmatter. Produced by Bellwether Bros. Theater Works.

WHERE: East Theatre at The Complex, 6468 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90038.

WHEN: June 7- June 29, 2013. Fri. & Sat. at Seven P.M.

ADMISSION: $10.

RESERRVATIONS: (323) 455-4585.

ONLINE TICKETING: www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/1198

ESTIMATED RUNNING TIME: 75 minutes.

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Richard Hendrix is a yuppie, a dentist, a family man with a rocky marriage. He’s on his way to a dental conference in San Diego and, refusing to fly, he’s on a long road trip across the desert as he seeks the adventure of the open road. But the engine of his year-old Range Rover makes strange noises, so he pulls off the main highway and drives into a country town not located on the map, a place called Rodeo Town.

Rodeo Town once thrived as a hub of the rodeo circuit, with thousands attending and a bubbling economy. But people’s tastes changed, rodeos faded from popularity, and now only a trio of cowboys remain, holding to the remnants of an old way of life. Richard approaches the cowboys (Garth, Lonnie and Kelly) looking for help, but he is soon sucked into their closed mini-society, with its own code of behavior, powered by quantities of Maker’s Mark.

Richard has pulled in just in time to witness and participate in Rodeo Town’s annual ritual: The one day of the year when women are brought into town so the men can engage in pleasuring with a female companion. This year, there is just one woman, but a startling woman, and after this particular alcohol-drenched festivity, neither Richard nor the cowboys will be the same ever again.

The cast includes Dusty Bayers, Harry Beer, Eric Cire and Dustin Gooch.

Playwright Graham Bowlin graduated from University of North Carolina School of the Arts. His previous works for the stage include “The Great Sitting bull,” “Frankie Four Wheels: The Musical,” and last year’s well received “Laboratories of Our Youth.”

Director Cameron Strittmatter graduated University of North Carolina School of the Arts with a degree in film production and has written, produced, directed and/or acted in over 25 short films, two commercials, a web series and a television pilot. He co-starred in the feature film “Ordinary Wilderness,” which filmed in North Carolina and in which he appeared with Dustin Gooch. Cameron directed Graham Bowlin’s “Laboratories of Our Youth.”

“Rodeo Town” is a contemporary Western for the New Recession. You’ll agree: There’s no other place like it. Come to the cowboys’ wild west party.