DYSTOPIA

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE.

“DYSTOPIA” RECEIVES ENCORE AWARD & BEST ENSEMBLE NOMINATION
The Only All-Female Improvised Fringe Show Has Been Awarded A Special Encore Performance

HOLLYWOOD, CA (6/29/17) – Ripley presents DYSTOPIA has received an ENCORE Producers’ Award from the Complex Theatres and nomination for BEST ENSEMBLE from the Hollywood Fringe Festival community. The completely improvised show tells the tales of young women coming of age against a dystopian backdrop. Like the heroines of The Hunger Games and Divergent, the women of Ripley’s “DYSTOPIA” rise up and fight the oppressive powers that rule their lives.

The ENCORE Producers’ Awards are given to shows that represent artistic merit and have achieved commercial success. A committee made up of representatives from each participating venue votes to determine the recipients. This year marked the largest Hollywood Fringe Festival yet w

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Ripley Improv presents a completely improvised play:

DYSTOPIA

Written in the moment by the cast and technicians.

June 14, 22, 24

Hollywood, CA (May 2, 2017) – Ripley: Kickass women actors improvising artful, long-form narrative. In DYSTOPIA, Ripley Improv tells the tales of young women coming of age against a dystopian backdrop. Like the heroines of The Hunger Games, Divergent, and The Handmaid’s Tale, the women of Ripley’s DYSTOPIA rise up and fight the oppressive powers that rule their lives. Ripley improvises one-hour original plays based on audience suggestions. No script, no planning, no net. Each performance of DYSTOPIA is a world premier. This June, Ripley will bring that experience to the Ruby Theatre as part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival.

At the top of every show, audience members provide suggestions and select  the protagonist from a hat. The story begins immediately — there is no discussion; nothing is preconceived. The ensemble and the technical improviso

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