MOVERS & SHAKERS - WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY JON PRESCOTT

Movers & Shakers

A WORLD PREMIERE
IN THE 2018 HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL – THREE PERFORMANCES ONLY
JUNE 7, 17, 24

Writer/performer Jon Prescott is set to bring the world premiere of his solo show Movers & Shakers to the Hollywood Fringe Festival, it was announced today by Brimmer Street Theatre Company. Directed by Annie McVey, it will run for three performances only at the Broadwater Blackbox beginning June 7 at 5pm.

Performance dates and times are as follows — Thursday 6/7 at 5pm; Sunday 6/17 at 12:30pm; and Sunday 6/24 at 12:30pm.

Jon Prescott came to LA as a 20-year-old musician named Scott Metcalf. Ten days in, he met Troy Stratos who offered him a record deal and changed his name. For a year he was with Troy living the good life as they recorded, bought cars, travelled internationally, gambled, and dreamed. Little did Prescott know Troy was one of the most successful and notorious con artists of our time. Running time is 80 minutes. Jon Prescott has appeared in the films Seduced, Parts Per Billion, Howl, The Holiday, Placebo, Careless, Construction, The One, Holiday High School Reunion, Christmas in the City and Maladies. Television credits include American Woman, The Client List, The Good Wife, L&O: Criminal Intent, 30 Rock, Untitled Jersey City Project, Rescue Me, CSI: NY, Las Vegas, As the World Turns, One Life to Live, Watch Over Me, Hot Properties, and the HBO pilot Suburban Shootout. He was also the host of Outdoor Investigations. Annie McVey is the Associate Artistic Director of The Inkwell Theater. Her directing credits include the world premieres of Leslye Headland’s Assistance, Louise Munson’s Luigi, Daniel Shoenman’s The Ohio 4th, Jennie Webb’s Currency, and every installment of Michael Feldman’s critically-acclaimed Fairy Tale Theatre: 18 & Over, which has been performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, SF Sketchfest, The Groundlings, The Matrix, UCB, and ACME Comedy Theater. Her feature film Alistair1918 premiered at Comic-Con and is currently available on Amazon Prime. The Hollywood Fringe Festival is an annual, open-access, community-derived event celebrating freedom of expression and collaboration in the performing arts community. Each June during the Hollywood Fringe, the arts infiltrate the Hollywood neighborhood: fully equipped theaters, parks, clubs, churches, restaurants and other unexpected places host hundreds of productions by local, national, and international arts companies and independent performers. Tickets for Movers & Shakers are $10 and may be purchased online at www.hff18.org/5251 or by phone at (323) 455-4585. The Broadwater Blackbox is located at 6322 Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood, 90038.