CLOWNS WITH SWORDS ATTEMPT TO RETELL DUMAS' CLASSIC TALE

The Three Musketeerers: Clowns With Swords

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Los Angeles, CA. May 22, 2015 – Bellamani Productions and Clowns With Swords present the directorial debut of award-winning fight choreographer Andrew Amani in this deconstructed examination of Alexandre Dumas’ classic tale retold through the twisted lens of the theatrical clown.

ABOUT THE SHOW:

Playing fully from impulse and desire, the clowns will explore the irreverent, vulgar, innocent, poetic and hilarity of the novel and audacious pursuit to retell the tale of perhaps the greatest cloak and sword story ever written. How the clowns navigate telling the story is the true performance, and their play is the theatrical pay dirt.

A world premiere at this year’s fringe festival, the production features a rotating cast of Lisa LaBella and Cassandra Gonzales; Alec Tomkiw, Jeff Heapy, and Mauricio Gomez.

ABOUT THE COMPANY:

Clowns With Swords (fiscally sponsored through Fractured Atlas) is a physical theater ensemble that deconstructs classic tales to illuminate a perspective through the twisted lens of the theatrical clown. We adopt the do-it-yourself mentality and pride ourselves in our physical training regimen, which includes but not limited to, clown and mime, aerial and wire work, Shakespeare and improv, combat and stunts, and singing and dancing to prepare
the body, mind and the spirit of the true performer. The athletic performer. The Theatrical Clown!

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR:

Director Andrew Amani received the Ovation Honors Award, multiple LA Weekly Theater Awards, the Stage Scene LA: Scenie Award for best fight choreography for Hearts Like Fists and Stoneface. He also received critical acclaim with is work on Watson and Neverwhere (Sacred Fools Theater) and Dead Man’s Cell Phone (International City Theater). Additionally, he received the Society of American Fight Directors’ Founder’s Award and multiple Examiner’s Award for Excellence for his fight performance with their organization. Highlights of his stage work in Chicago include: Trap Door Theater; Redmoon Theater; Plasticene Physical Theater Company; Defiant Theatre, Factory Theatre, Lyric Opera w/Mary Zimmerman. Highlights of his work in California include: Diavolo, Pirate’s Dinner Adventure, Theatricum Botanicum, Boston Court (Mother Courage and her Children with the late J. Karen Thomas), LA Opera, Disneyland, San Diego Opera, Theatre of Note, and the Halloween Stuntacular. He is the Artistic Director of Clowns With Swords and a current member of American Russian Theatre Ensemble Laboratory (ARTEL) and Schkapf.
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THE THREE MUSKETEERERS: CLOWNS WITH SWORDS
Adapted for the stage and directed by Andrew Amani

The Actor’s Company
916 N. Formosa Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90046

Saturday, June 6, 2015 (PREVIEW)
5:30pm

Saturday, June 13, 2015 (OPENING NIGHT)
11:30pm

Friday, June 19, 2015
8:30pm

Thursday, June 25, 2015
7:00pm

Sunday, June 28, 2015
5:30pm

Tickets: $15 General Admission

Discounted tickets available for Fringe participants and all on-line pre-order tickets with a code. To get your discount code “like” us on Facebook or “follow” us on Twitter (@ClownsWSwords).

All tickets are available at http://hff15.org/2238

Running time: Less than 60 minutes

Contact: Andrew Amani
Phone: 323.491.3132
Email: [email protected]
URL: http://hff15.org/2238