"A THEATRE EXPERIENCE"
FACE THE CITY
Face the City
4960 Slickrock Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80923
Jesse Wilson
(719)216-8390
e-mail: [email protected]
www.facethecity.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CUTTING EDGE THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE, FACE THE CITY, COMING TO THE HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL
WRITER/PERFORMER JUILLIARD THEATRE GRADUATE JESSE WILSON BRINGS HIS ROCK, MULTI-MEDIA, THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE FACE THE CITY TO THE COMPLEX ON SANTA MONICA BLVD
HOLLYWOOD, CA- On June 17-19, 2010, The Hollywood Fringe Festival will present Face the City at THE COMPLEX’S Ruby Theatre at 6476 Santa Monica Blvd. Written and performed by Jesse Wilson, Face the City is set in the High School, College and the early professional lives of four friends (The Painter, The Composer, The Journalist, and The Performer) who begin with a shared dream of artistic invincibility. When one of them decides to take his own life, his pathway to destruction is explored by The Performer who is forced to come to terms with loss, compromise, and finally escape from his own false dreams as he discovers himself walking down a similar road. Integrating Rock, Theater, and Audio Visual Live Action & Animation in an unparalleled theatrical presentation, Face the City is an honest, moving, often hilarious, true story about redemption and the recapturing of innocence in a society that so readily tries to define who you are.
“I had a good friend back in high school who tragically ended his life because of an unhealthy expectation of who he was supposed to be based on a whole lot of other people’s ideas,” says Jesse Wilson. “Face the City confronts the confusion of adolescence and early adulthood using total honesty and humor. That’s why this show resonates so well with people, especially college audiences.”
-“A theatrical affirmation of life”—Colorado Springs Independent.
-“Jesse Wilson is in the tradition of great performance artists, but I defy you to find anyone who does quite what he does, or with nearly as bravery. With his extreme-risk-taking-approach, he makes John Leguizamo look buttoned-up and Henry Rollins look timid.”
—Christopher Goffard, novelist, Snitch Jacket
Jesse Wilson was born and raised in Hollywood, CA and is a Juilliard graduate in theatre. While living in New York City, Wilson began writing his autobiographical solo productions that were produced and performed across the country. Currently, Wilson makes his home in Colorado, where he has developed Face the City. He is also performing a solo show for young audiences entitled The Night the Moon Ate My Room! in support with The Kennedy Center’s Imagination Celebration and Pike’s Peak Library District.
-“‘Face the City’ delivers. Truly radical.”
Ronnie Austin, DJ, KEPC Radio, 89.7 Colorado Springs
-“Our students were incredibly inspired by ‘Face the City.’ They experienced art and expression in a completely different way! What Jesse Wilson brings to the stage introduced some of our most visually talented and focused youth to a new form of self-expression which has made them richer as artists and people."—Amber Cote, FutureSelf (an “at risk” arts program funded by Colorado arts organizations)
- “’Face the City’”—the writing, the performing, and the accompanying score is really a fascinating piece. It has such passion, conviction, muscle and deeply moving poetic language. I hope this explodes beyond Colorado Springs. It is deserving.”— Craig Slaight, Associate Artistic Director, American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco
-“’Face the City’ is an inspired and riveting culmination of Jesse Wilson’s extraordinary creative gifts.” —Robert Cottingham, American Photorealist Painter
Performance Summary:
Show Title: Face The City
Artist: Jesse Wilson
Face the City website: www.facethecity.com
Hollywood Fringe Festival website: www.hollywoodfringe.org
Venue: The Ruby Theatre at THE COMPLEX, 6476 Santa Monica Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90038
Dates/Times: June 17-20, 2010. 17th, 7:30 pm, 18th, 7:30 pm, 19th, 4:OO pm matinee & 7:30 evening show
Running Time: 2hrs. w/ intermission
Tickets: $15
FREE FOR ALL PRESS!
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