WORLD PREMIERE "THE TERRIBLE LEGEND OF VICTORIA WOODHULL"

Press Contact: Theo Salter
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 917-232-2743

Los Angeles, CA, May 28, 2018. The Owl & the Pussycat Theatre Co. are proud to present the World Premiere of The Terrible Legend of Victoria Woodhull. Many terrible legends have been told about the infamous Victoria C. Woodhull, Wall Street’s first female stockbroker, the first woman to formally address Congress and the first woman to run for President of the United States in 1872, 48 years before women won the right to vote. The Terrible Legend of Victoria Woodhull opens June 3 as part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival at The Hobgoblin Playhouse – 6520 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028.

In this one woman show, a well-meaning Canadian actress (Ashley Ford) in a misguided attempt at method acting, will summon the spirit of Victoria Woodhull, in order to tell her tale from beyond the grave, in the light of today’s #MeToo movement, and set the record straight.

The Terrible Legend of Victoria Woodhull will open prior to the Hollywood Fringe with a $5 Preview performance, June 3rd. The run will conclude on closing night, June 19th, with a live 360° virtual reality recording to be released by VR Home TV.

Starring Ashley Ford.; Written by Theo Salter; Directed by Karen Louisa Linton

PERFORMANCE DATES:
Sunday, June 3, 2018 @ 2:30PM – Preview
Sunday, June 10, 2018 @ 6:00PM – Opening
Wednesday, June 13, 2018 @ 7:00pm
Saturday, June 16, 2018 @ 6:30pm
Tuesday, June 19, 2018 @ 7:00pm – Closing

TICKETS: $12 http://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/5406?tab=tickets
*Comps available for members of the press upon request.

Running Time: 45 Minutes; Ages 14+

WHERE: The Hobgoblin Playhouse – 6520 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90028,
a 150 year old abandoned theatre (formerly the Gleason) along the Hollywood Boulevard’s Walk of Fame.

For more information visit: www.VictoriaWoodhullPlay.com

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About the Production Company:
The Owl & the Pussycat Theatre Co. is a co-collaboration between artistic producers Theo Salter & Ashley Ford. It is lovingly named after the poem, The Owl & the Pussycat, written in 1871 by Edward Lear.

About the Actress:
Ashley is an actress born in British Columbia, Canada and recent New York transplant. The Terrible Legend of Victoria Woodhull will mark her Hollywood Fringe Festival debut.

No stranger to Fringe, she was once a regular Vancouver Fringe Festival participant and worked on popular shows such as Trey Parker’s Cannibal: The Musical (musical director) and The Kenny Roger’s Experience (Arlene/Dolly Parton). Ashley toured nationally with the Tony award winning play, Alfred Hitchock’s The 39 Steps (Annabella/Margaret/Pamela, u/s), and received two BroadwayWorld nominations for Best Featured Actress in Playhouse on Park’s productions of Cabaret (Fraulein Kost) and Lend Me a Tenor (Maria).

She last appeared on stage in Full Spectrum Theatre Company’s NYC revival of David Lindsey-Abaire’s Rabbit Hole (Izzy) at Davenport Theatre and more recently, as The Prisoner in Skydance Interactive’s virtual reality video game, Archangel. She is a graduate of The Stella Adler Studio of Acting’s conservatory program in NYC. www.ashley-ford.com

About the Playwright:
Theo has been an actor, playwright, and producer. He graduated from the Stella Acting Conservatory in 2010, and prior to that he worked for Richard Frankel Productions on Broadway. Afterwards he ran two off-off Broadway theater companies in New York before moving to Los Angeles in 2013. He received his undergraduate degree at Bowdoin College, ME where, apart from his majors, he focused on theater and his most notable performance was as Philip K. Dick in Victoria Stewart’s ‘800 Words’.

The past few years his focus has been his passion for writing and storytelling. He works for the Gersh Agency as a freelance script consultant and does private script consulting with his company: www.nomadlit.com

He’s thrilled to be bringing a much needed spotlight on the life of Victoria Woodhull and grateful to collaborate with such an enthusiastic and professional team on this project. The Terrible Legend of Victoria Woodhull will mark his Hollywood Fringe debut.

About the Director:
Karen Louisa Linton was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and raised outside of Nashville, Tennessee. She studied at St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland where she directed Steve Martin’s The Underpants for the King’s Players. She left after her sophomore year to intern at the Nashville Repertory Theatre under the direction of Renée Copeland, where she assisted with the premiere of Pulitzer Prize winning David Auburn’s The Columnist and Academy Award winning John Patrick Shanley’s Storefront Church in the Ingram New Works Festival. She has created video portraits of Warhol Factory Superstar Ultra Violet, along with producing her limited edition CD, the Grammy Award winning conductor Jerry Blackstone, and novelist and poet Erica Wright. She has also made music videos for independent rock musician Whitey and her father, the critically acclaimed classical composer Michael Linton. Her films have been screened at the Big Muddy Film Festival, Chattanooga Film Festival, Tennessee Women’s Theatre Project, and the California Women’s Film Festival. She currently works at Bubba’s Chop Shop in Los Angeles. The Terrible Legend of Victoria Woodhull will mark her Hollywood Fringe debut. www.karenlouisalinton.com

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