AWKWARDLY FABULOUS

PHILIP SOKOLOFF
Publicity for the theatre
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Pasadena, CA 91109-4387
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AWKWARDLY FABULOUS OPENS JUNE 4 AT STUDIO C THEATER IN HOLLYWOOD FOR LIMITED ENGAGEMENT

WHAT: Awkwardly Fabulous. A new comedy. A Hollywood Fringe Festival selection.
WHO: Written and performed by Missy Hairston. Directed by Jessica Lynn Johnson. Produced by Fab-Boo Productions.
WHERE: Studio C Theater, 6448 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood 90038.
WHEN: Saturday, June 4, 2016 at 7:00 pm; Sunday, June 12 at 6:00 pm; Saturday, June 18 at 9:30 pm; Sunday, June 26 at 1:00 pm.
ADMISSION: $12. Online, $10.
RESERVATIONS: (323) 455-4585. (Phone line opens June 1.)
ONLINE TICKETING: www.awkwardlyfab.com
ESTIMATED RUNNING TIME: One hour.
CONSUMER ADVISORY: Suggested for audiences age 16 to Adult.
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Missy Hairston plays 30 characters in this solo comedy and we follow her progress as she grows up in the South, migrates to New York where she finds remarkable success on the comedy club circuit, then pursues a career in Hollywood, where she finds that she is starting over. With plenty on the ball, she gets agents, film and television roles, and yet….
She is not denied a personal life. She attracts suitors with her effervescent personality, plus she’s funny (she’s a professional comedian, after all). And yet….
Missy, at different points in her life, could be described as a woman of majestic proportions. It sometimes impacts her love life, and also her professional life. No matter how fabulous she is, it has an effect on the roles she can book.

So, she strategizes on how to change her shape: Natural diet, exercise, a personal trainer.
She eventually finds the inspiration to own her awkwardly fabulous self from another source.
Ms. Hairston comments on her stage persona, “The rest of the world (those in her life/situations) is trying to make her who they think she should be – she starts out with full confidence & others start to plant the seeds of doubt that prompt all the shenanigans that ensue and how she tries to change herself .”

Awkwardly Fabulous will resonate especially with women who have had to confront body issues and issues of esteem regarding their love and work lives (which is to say, lots of women). Plenty of men will identify with it, too. It is also very funny.
Ms. Hairston received her BFA at West Virginia University and subsequently worked at the Williamstown Theater Festival and New York comedy clubs before making her way to Hollywood, where she’s appeared in series including Murder in the First and Shameless and in feature films including The Preening Swan and The Dog Who Saved Summer.

Jessica Lynn Johnson directs. Founder of Soaring Solo Theatre Company, she has toured internationally with her own multi-character solo shows. She recently directed twelve solo shows in the Whitefire Theatre’s Solo Fest. She is also a publiched playwright.