ROGUE MACHINE IN ASSOCIATION WITH PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY PRESENT THE AMERICAN PREMIERE OF FRINGE FIRST AWARD WINNER
The Interference
“THE INTERFERENCE”
Written by Lynda Radley and Directed by Cathy Thomas-Grant
at Hollywood Fringe for a limited run
8:00pm on June 6 & 7 and at 6:00pm on June 8, 2017
Upstairs at The MET, 1089 N Oxford Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90029
TICKETS on 6/7 at 8pm can be purchased through ROGUE MACHINE: http://www.roguemachinetheatre.net
Los Angeles, CA – He said. She said. Truth. In a culture where student athletes become celebrities, everybody has an incentive to bury the truth…except the victim. Winner of the Scotsman Fringe First Award for excellence and innovation in new writing, a Broadway Baby Bobby Award for exceptional work at the Fringe, and on the final shortlist for the Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award for outstanding work addressing human rights issues, The Interference comes to Rogue Machine for a limited run during the Hollywood Fringe Festival.
“It is unfortunate that the story we are telling is such a timely topic, and these situations are so common that they might easily be dismissed. Within ourselves and even within our own communities, I believe that we have the power to change the myths, preconceptions and inherited ideas surrounding sexual assault. We must educate ourselves and engage in thoughtful discourse, which this play so brilliantly concedes, in order to change the current culture” – Cathy Thomas-Grant; Director
Set against the backdrop of the worldwide university campus sexual assault epidemic, THE INTERFERENCE follows one survivor’s struggle to make her story heard above all the noise. It explores the seemingly infinite outlets of opinion, commentary, and distorted or suppressed information that have become routine players in the aftermath of these incidents. The play takes a closer look at the unique circumstances involved when student athletes are part of the story.
Playwright Lynda Radley is an award-winning playwright and dramaturge whose new play Dorm was recently short-listed for the Bruntwood Prize; UK’s most prestigious new playwriting awards. She is currently developing plays with the Traverse Theatre, Magnetic North and Stellar Quines. Lynda recently worked as dramaturge for Mark Bruce’s dance version of Dracula (South Bank Sky Arts Award). In 2011 Lynda won a Scotsman Fringe First for her play Futureproof; a co-production between Dundee Rep Ensemble and the Traverse Theatre. Her solo show The Art of Swimming was short-listed for Meyer Whitworth and Total Theatre awards and toured internationally. Her works have been published by Nick Hern Books. Lynda frequently works as a dramaturge and creative writing practitioner in collaborative processes (National Theatre of Scotland, Citizens’ Theatre, Tricky Hat, Playgroup, Imaginate, In Cahootz) and adapted Under Milk Wood for the Tron Theatre’s Home Nations Festival, part of The Commonwealth Games cultural program, 2014.
The Interference runs at 8:00pm on June 6th & 7th, and at 6:00pm on June 8th at ROGUE MACHINE as a participant in the Hollywood Fringe Festival. Located at the The Met, 1089 N. Oxford Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90029. 855-585-5185. Tickets are $12. Reservations: http://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/4752 or http://www.roguemachinetheatre.net/now-playing
Director Cathy Thomas-Grant is currently the Divisional Dean of Fine Arts at Pepperdine University and a Professor of Theatre. Her distinguished career includes work as Director of the Pepperdine University Edinburgh Program, where she continues to facilitate selected productions for The Fringe that include Mr. Happiness/The Water Engine, The Kentucky Cycle, Why Do You Stand There in the Rain? (Fringe First Award), and The Interference (Fringe First Award). Selected Pepperdine directing credits include Heritage, by Nicola McCartney, Les Misérables, Sweeney Todd, The Seagull (translation by Martin Crimp), Michael Redhill’s Goodness, Fiddler on the Roof, King Lear, Man of La Mancha, and Much Ado About Nothing. Professor Thomas-Grant was awarded the Howard A. White Award for Teaching Excellence in 2009.
ROGUE MACHINE THEATRE recently received the Polly Warfield Award for Outstanding Season from the LA Drama Critics Circle, as the only theatre company to be given this award twice in the past sixteen years. KCRW (Best Theatre 2016) was another highlight of last season as well as receiving a Shubert Foundation grant, awarded to select theatre organizations for their artistic achievement, administrative strength, and fiscal stability along with company’s development of new work and other significant contributions to the field of professional theatre in the United States. A recipient of the American Theatre Wing’s 2014 National Theatre Company Grant, given only to 12 theatre companies in the country, Rogue Machine (BEST PRODUCTION for three years – Ovation, LADCC Awards) presents plays that are new to Los Angeles, and the company has garnered recognition for their work in upwards of 75 awards and nominations.
Cast: Christopher Bozzini, Will Craig, Addyson E.L. Culpepper, Dakota Dickerson, Mallory Erwin, Jacquelyn Ferguson, Alexandria Garrett, Parker Johnson, Buddy Kennedy, Brittany King, Caroline Pitts, and Brandon Ruiz
Calendar Listing Information:
What: THE INTERFERENCE
Playwright: Lynda Radley
Directed by: Cathy Thomas-Grant
Produced by: John Perrin Flynn, Heather Tyler, and Hollace Starr
Presented by Rogue Machine in association with Pepperdine University
When: 8:00pm on June 6 & 7, and at 6:00pm on June 8, 2017
Where:
Rogue Machine (in the Met Theatre)
1089 N Oxford Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90029
(Street parking or lot at Medical Center east of the freeway, at 5300 Santa Monica Blvd. $6)
How: For reservations: http://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/4752
or at http://www.roguemachinetheatre.net/now-playing
How Much: $12
Description: He said. She said. Truth. In a culture where student athletes become celebrities, everybody has an incentive to bury the truth…except the victim. Set against the backdrop of the worldwide university campus sexual assault epidemic, The Interference follows one survivor’s struggle to make her story heard above all the noise. It explores the seemingly infinite outlets of opinion, commentary, and distorted or suppressed information that have become routine players in the aftermath of these incidents. The play takes a closer look at the unique circumstances involved when student athletes are part of the story. Winner of the Scotsman Fringe First Award for excellence and innovation in new writing.
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