DEBRIANNA MANSINI OF BETTER CALL SAUL AND BREAKING BAD BRINGS HER ONE- WOMAN SHOW THE MEATBALL CHRONICLES TO THE BROADWATER SECOND STAGE

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Debrianna Mansini of Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad brings her one- woman show The Meatball Chronicles to the Broadwater Second Stage

Los Angeles, CA (April 3, 2018) – Santa Fe “Actorvist” Debrianna Mansini of Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad will be in Los Angeles this June to do the LA Premiere of The Meatball Chronicles at the Broadwater Second Stage. Mansini will partner with Hollywood Chef Hunter Fox of Hunter & Charlies on Vine during run to create theme menu selections including Debrianna’s spinach bread, sauce from a recipe passed across generations and of course, meatballs.
Debrianna Mansini has been seen in both film and television in; Hell or High Water, Crazy Heart, Breaking Bad, and Better Call Saul, to name a few. She is also an actor, creator, and co-writer of the web series Cyphers and the upcoming Reaction 21. She is a New York trained actor with a passion for activism. “I believe deeply in using my skills to promote community and consciousness.”
The Los Angeles premiere of her original show The Meatball Chronicles opens June 2nd at The Broadwater Second Stage (6320 Santa Monica Blvd. Hollywood, 90038) in Hollywood.
The Meatball Chronicles follows one woman through humorous and sometimes heart wrenching meals that align with stories of her childhood, her relationships with men, and in particular, her complicated relationship to her mother. Mansini crafts this piece in a way that transcends her own story into universal themes that anyone who has a family can love. As she kneads the dough and thickens the sauce through each Italian recipe, the stories associated with those recipes reveal the complex ways that families cope, laugh, grieve, and show their love through food.

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David Forlano is a multimedia artist. He has a degree in painting from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia and Rome. Video and sound remain active media tools in David’s repertoire. He spent 10 years as an active participant in the dance scene creating live and recorded sound scores for choreographers as well as his own performance works. He was also a regular in the free improv music scene on the East Coast throughout the 90s. He is the editor of a web series in collaboration with Debrianna Mansini called Cyphers. He is currently working on a new film/performance project called “Falling Bodies Take To Light” , based on his favorite dance form of Butoh. He continues an ongoing collaboration and professional partnership in contemporary jewelry with Steve Ford. Their work as FordForlano (FordForlano.com) can be seen in several galleries around the country as well as in the permanent collections of over a dozen museums. Mansini and Forlano also have a new collaboration of political jewelry called BallstoTheWallArt.com

Debrianna Mansini has trained with such greats as Kim Stanley, Jose Quintero, Edward Albee and Alan Arkin. She has worked Off- Broadway in New York City at the Soho Rep. Her most recent stage appearances have been as a company member with the For Giving Ensemble in Santa Fe, New Mexico, directed by Janet Davidson: Almost, Maine; Patty in Kimberly Akimbo; Margie in the New Mexico premiere of Good People, which toured to Albuquerque; Motherhood Out Loud; Love Loss and What I Wore (touring New Mexico and Colorado); Dana in Imagining Brad;Catherine in Rapture, Blister, Burn; and last year in the acclaimed production of Heisenberg directed by Robert Benedetti . Ms. Mansini also starred in Ron Bloomberg’s original one-acts Seriously Funny. Ms. Mansini has had supporting roles on numerous television movies and mini-series including recurring roles in ABC Family’s The Lying Game as well as in the hit series Better Call Saul. She has also worked on numerous TV series including guest roles on Breaking Bad; The Lost Room; Longmire; Wild Fire; and In Plain Sight. Her film credits include Hell or High Water and Crazy Heart, both opposite Academy Award-winner Jeff Bridges; The War Boys; The Burning Plain; and the Sundance selection Drunktown’s Finest. Ms. Mansini voices the role of Georgia O’Keeffe in the upcoming PBS film Awakening in Taos.

Tanya Taylor Rubinstein is the founder and CEO of The Global School of Story, an online training program for professional story and creativity coaches. She is considered one of the world’s foremost solo performance experts as well as a memoir coach and professional story trainer. As well as writing and performing her own work, she has coached hundreds of
solo performers and writers to successfully complete their one person shows, story based talks and manuscripts. Her client’s shows and talks have been performed at TED, Bioneers Conference, Second Stage Theatre, NYC & Toronto Fringe Festivals, San Diego Rep Theater, Writers Guild Theater LA. Tanya Taylor Rubinstein is the founder and CEO of The Global School of Story, an online training program for professional story and creativity coaches. She is considered one of the world’s foremost solo performance experts as well as a memoir coach and professional story trainer. As well as writing and performing her own work, she has coached hundreds of solo performers and writers to successfully complete their one person shows, story based talks and manuscripts. Her client’s shows and talks have been performed at TED, Bioneers Conference, Second Stage Theatre, NYC & Toronto Fringe Festivals, San Diego Rep Theater, Writers Guild Theater, LA.

Special direction thanks to Laura Gardner, actress and teacher at Howard Fine Studio, LA.

The Meatball Chronicles opens at The Broadwater Second Stage (6320 Santa Monica Blvd. Hollywood, 90038) on Saturday, June 2nd at 5 PM, Wednesday, June 7th at 7 PM, Saturday, June 9th at 11 AM, Sunday, June 10, 8 PM, Wednesday, June 13th, 5 PM. Tickets for the play are $15 and available at: http://www.hollywoodfringe.org/4847

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What:
The Meatball Chronicles follows one woman through humorous and sometimes heart wrenching meals that align with stories of her childhood, her relationships with men, and in particular, her complicated relationship to her mother. Mansini crafts this piece in a way that transcends her own story into universal themes that anyone who has a family can love. As she kneads the dough and thickens the sauce through each Italian recipe, the stories associated with those recipes reveal the complex ways that
families cope, laugh, grieve, and show their love through food.

Who:
Debrianna Mansini has been seen in both film and television in; Hell or High Water, Crazy Heart, Breaking Bad, and Better Call Saul, to name a few. She is also an actor, creator, and co-writer of the web series Cyphers and the upcoming Reaction 21. She is a New York trained actor with a passion for activism. “I believe deeply in using my skills to promote community and consciousness.”

When:
Saturday, June 2nd at 5 PM Wednesday, June 7th at 7 PM Saturday, June 9th at 11 AM Sunday, June 10, 8 PM Wednesday, June 13th, 5 PM

Where:
The Broadwater Second Stage (6320 Santa Monica Blvd. Hollywood, 90038)

How:
Tickets for the play are $15 and available at: http://www.hollywoodfringe.org/4847

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