COMEDIANS MARY HOLLAND AND TIMM SHARP STAR IN "A VOID" AT HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL, LOS ANGELES
A Void
Mary Holland (Veep, UCB) Rachel Sondag (Steppenwolf Theatre) and Timm Sharp (Enlightened, Blunt Talk) star in the play A VOID, a world premiere by writer & director Kirsten Kearse (Blunt Talk)
A VOID will have one preview on June 3 at The Actors Company, 7PM with opening night set for June 10, 8:30PM. The closing performance will be June 18.
ABOUT A VOID
A VOID is a dramatic dark comedy about two sisters, Judith and Rita, weighing the pros and cons of cryogenically freezing themselves until their troubles become a thing of the past. As the debate plays out we learn that Judith’s current misery was caused by Rita’s seemingly flippant life choices. Judith realizes this is her last chance and decides to save her life in a passively brutal way. Drawing on the verbal warfare of Harold Pinter and the farcical chaos of Christopher Durang, A VOID grounds an absurdist concept in the fraught dynamics of sisterhood and asks how far will we go to avoid our problems.
The show also features dancer Arne Gjelten and singer Frances Chewning performing a haunting rendition of Debussy’s “Beau Soir.”
Part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival – Tickets $10
For tickets visit: http://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/4632
VENUE: The Actors Company, 916 N. Formosa Ave., Let Live Theater, Los Angeles, CA 90046
CONTACT: Kirsten Kearse, c: 917-690-8195, [email protected]
ABOUT MARY HOLLAND
Mary Holland is an actor and improviser from Virginia. She received a BFA in Acting from Northern Illinois University. Television credits include BLUNT TALK (Starz), VEEP (HBO), DICE (Showtime), SILICON VALLEY (HBO), SHRINK (Seeso), THE GOOD PLACE (NBC), THE MINDY PROJECT (Hulu), NEW GIRL (Fox), ANIMALS (HBO), IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA (FX). Film credits include MIKE AND DAVE NEED WEDDING DATES and UNICORN STORE. She performs regularly at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Los Angeles and is a member of WILD HORSES.
ABOUT TIMM SHARP
Timm Sharp has appeared in ‘SIX FEET UNDER’ (HBO), ‘UNDECLARED’ (FOX), ‘TIL DEATH’ (FOX), ‘DRUNK HISTORY’ (Comedy Central), ‘ENLIGHTENED’ (HBO), and ‘BLUNT TALK’ (STARZ).
His film work includes RAINBOW TIME, HANDSOME, BENEATH THE HARVEST SKY, ALEX OF VENICE, FRIENDS WITH MONEY, FUN WITH DICK AND JANE, and KICKING & SCREAMING.
ABOUT RACHEL SONDAG
Rachel Sondag’s theater credits include Steppenwolf Theater’s GARY, as well as the American premieres of Nick Dear’s POWER, Polly Teale’s BRONTE, and the world premiere of Ellen Fairey’s GIRL 20. She also appeared in The Pasadena Playhouse’s THE LITTLE FOXES. Her film and television credits include ARC OF A BIRD (Official Selection at Cannes), ACCORDING TO JIM, THE DEFENDERS, GREY’S ANATOMY, TOUCH, MARON, BLUNT TALK, and FILTHY PREPPY TEEN$. Her short BE GOOD FOR RACHEL premiered at the 54th Annual New York Film Festival and is now available on JASH. Rachel hosts the improv show, “THE HOMETOWN SHOW,” and does storytelling around LA.
ABOUT FRANCES CHEWNING
LA theater credits include Dane Whitlock’s “I (Totally) Know What You Did Last Donna Summer”, “Prairie-Oke!”, and “Are You There God, It’s Me Karen Carpenter?” at the Cavern Club Celebrity Theater, as well as her one-woman show (with friends), “Murder in Beaver Brook” at the Upright Citizens Brigade. She also hosts a bi-monthly improv show at The Clubhouse called “The Hometown Show” with her team Flash Garden (including cast-member Rachel Sondag). In New York she did web and live comedy with The Mimi & Flo Show as well as dramas including Jo in “Blues for Mister Charlie”, Ophelia in “Hamlet”, Cory in “Playing House”, and Anna Politkovskaya in “A Tough Line”. Regionally, she played Cassandra in the premiere of Adam Rapp’s “Animals & Plants” and Masha in “3 Farces and a Funeral” at the American Repertory Theater. She has an MFA in acting from the ART/MXAT Institute at Harvard.
ABOUT ARNE GJELTEN
Arne Gjelten graduated from the Gallatin School at NYU and trained at The Sweat Spot, The Groundlings, and with Marjorie Ballentine. Best known for freaking out in “The Walker” music video by Fitz and The Tantrums, he’s danced for Pharrell, Margaret Cho, Peaches, and Kenzo.
ABOUT KIRSTEN KEARSE
Kirsten Kearse was most recently published in Joyland Magazine. She is a television writer (Blunt Talk) and filmmaker most known for her trilogy “Horsefingers.” She is a MacDowell Colony Fellow.
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