THEATRE ACTORVIST'S & CHEF HUNTER COME TOGETHER FOR ANTI-LUNCH SHAMING EVENT

Debrianna Mansini brings her Italian brand of actorvism to LA ‘s Hollywood Fringe Festival. “Actorvist” Debrianna Mansini (Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad) will be in Los Angeles in June to perform the LA Premiere of The Meatball Chronicles as part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival. But the show alone is not enough for Mansini- she will also use the opportunity to advocate for those who need an extra voice. She will be working to raise awareness for New Mexico congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham’s Bipartisan Anti-Lunch Shaming bill HR 2401and Senator Tom Udall’s senate Anti-Lunch Shaming Act, S.1064.

Mansini is inspiring other performers to join in the effort to end lunch shaming:

Maile Flanagan: https://youtu.be/0Vwn6-XVQ2Y

Ronnie Marmo: https://youtu.be/ZHP6AYqlUI4

Frank Collison and Laura Gardner: https://youtu.be/bSqjdorpIJo

ABOUT THE ANTI-LUNCH-SHAMING EVENT

Mansini is also partnering with Chef Hunter of Hunter and Charlie’s (1050 Vine, Hollywood 90038) throughout The Meatball Chronicles LA run to create theme menu selections including Debrianna’s spinach bread, sauce from a recipe passed across generations and of course meatballs. Chef Hunter will host the opening night party as well as a special luncheon on June 9th following the show as a benefit for Project Angel Food. Project Angel Food has provided a vital lifeline of hope and nutrition to our neighbors struggling with illness. They cook and deliver more than 11,000 medically tailored meals every week to people who are too sick to shop and cook for themselves. On June 9th, the team is hosting this kitchen table talk as a benefit luncheon for Project Angel Food, along with local stakeholders and Hollywood Fringe patrons to first raise awareness, while also taking action to demand that Congress end lunch shaming once and for all across the United States. The benefit luncheon will follow the performance at Hunter and Charlie’s.

Debrianna Mansini will be working this fall on a new film. She 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. I am proud to be using my voice and my passion to do some good where I can. Project Angel Food is one of those programs, and their motto Love=Food is exactly what my show is about. It is a perfect collaboration with me and Chef Hunter to spread good in the world.”

Hunter Long Fox spent a lot of his time growing up in Luray, Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley with his grandmother and great grandmother. They grew their own vegetables, butchered meat, raised chickens and made their own butter with fresh milk that was delivered a few times a week. Hunter was taught the value in raising an animal from birth to table and in knowing how to grow vegetables from just seedlings through canning for winter use. Raised to respect life he learned to value the process of creating food dishes grown self-sufficiently.

He also spent time on the Potomac River in historic Southern Maryland with his Mother and sisters on St Georges Island; fishing, crabbing, shucking and seeding oysters. His mother was a chef and caterer and was the most influential in Hunter’s work in the kitchen.

Hunter moved to California in the early 90’s and has worked in restaurants from San Francisco to Sonoma Co. to Los Angeles. Chef Hunter has been influenced by amazing chefs throughout his life, and is very grateful.

He and his husband opened Hunter & Charlie’sin Hollywood in hopes of making a difference in their community. They make good country style food that is fresh, local, healthy and some perhaps not so healthy… Slow roasted meats, stews, and soups. Fresh salads. All of their sausages are made in-house by hand. Their menu is especially inspired by the city of Los Angeles! With Korean, Italian, Romanian, Mexican, and Californian influences… Hunter & Charlie’s embraces all the state has to offer.

TICKETS FOR THE SHOW

The Los Angeles premiere of The Meatball Chroniclesopens at The Broadwater Second Stage (6320 Santa Monica Blvd. Hollywood, 90038), 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. HOW: Tickets for the play are $15 and available at: http://www.hollywoodfringe.org/4847

To purchase lunch and the show tickets on June 9th enter the discount code. The show and luncheon tickets are $25. A ticket for the show only is also available for the regular price of $15. https://2885C7.campgn4.com/MBC-LA