THE INTERVIEW BY MICHAEL FRANCO

The Interview

Ma Chan Productions in association with The Open Fist Theatre Company
Presents The World Premiere of
The Interview
Written & Directed by Michael Franco

Starring – Joe Hulser, Michael Dunn, Dylan Maddalena, Michelle Lema and Robert Harden Jr.

At The Hollywood Fringe Festival in Los Angeles at The Open Fist Theatre aka Fringe Mainstage
Sunday, June 9 at 6:30p
Sunday, June 16 at 6:30p
Thursday, June 20 at 8p
Saturday, June 22 at 3:30p and 6:30p
Friday, June 28 at 8p
Sunday, June 30 at 3:30p

LOS ANGELES, CA – Ma Chan productions in association with The Open Fist Theatre
Company announces the world premiere of The Interview, a dark comedy about man’s
inhumanity to man, opening in Los Angeles on Sunday, June 9, 2013 as part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival. Written & Directed by Michael Franco, The Interview is a dark and chilling imagining of every American’s worst nightmare. The Interview stars Joe Hulser, Michael Dunn, Dylan Maddalena, Michelle Lema and Robert Harden Jr. . Show times are Sunday, June 9 at 6:30p, Sunday, June 16 at 6:30p, Thursday, June 20 at 8p, Saturday, June 22 at 3:30p and 6:30p, Friday, June 28 at 8p and Sunday, June 30 at 3:30p. General admission tickets cost $12. Tickets will be available online and at the door. The Interview will play at Open Fist Theatre (Fringe Central) 6209 Santa Monica Blvd., LA 90038. For venue and ticket information, please call 323-882-6912 or visit http://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/1281

“We need to stop making the same mistake.”

A new play from Michael Franco the award-winning writer, director, producer, designer and actor that brought Nosferatu, The Master and Margarita, Pathe ‘X, Heart of a Dog, Gorey Stories, The Room, The Swine Show and Joe’s Garage to the Los Angeles stage. Longtime collaborators Franco and Dunn, having worked together on Heart Of A Dog at the Lillian Theater and Joe’s Garage at The Open Fist along with Lema and Maddalena who joined Franco on The Room with The Open Fist, have come together again to put the mirror up to the American psyche and give us a cold, hard look at what our political actions, or inactions, may bring us all to…sooner than we think. The deeply disturbing portrayal of Enhanced Interrogation techniques in our media and the terror of Sandy Hook inspired new father Franco to write out his fears of what will become of our freedoms and question his own responsibility for the world that we are creating and leaving for our children.

“I swear to God I’m shooting someone.”

The Interview, is a dark comedy in the tradition of the existential theater of the absurd.
An American citizen is being detained and interviewed. He doesn’t know where he is or why he is there. His Interviewers seem to think he knows something and they will stop at nothing to get the information they need, but oddly enough they never seem to ask him anything. An examination of torture, guns, organized religion, the media and the endless cycle of man’s inhumanity to man.
It’s a comedy.
Violence and Strong language.

“I’m definitely getting a bat.”

The Interview Cast –
The Prisoner – Michael Dunn
Man 1 – Joe Hulser
Man 2 – Dylan Maddelena
Soldier 1 – Michelle Lema
Soldier 2 – Robert Harden Jr.

The Interview Crew –
Writer, Director & Producer – Michael Franco
Ass’t Director/Producer – Amanda Weier
Video Images – Jay Warner
Sound Design– Tim Labor
Light Design– Wyett Bartell
Producer – Jessica Hanna
Masks – Joe Seely
Specialty Props – Joe Seely & Michael Franco
Board Operators – Ron Dierkes & J Warner

FOR YOUR LISTINGS:
The Interview
Sunday, June 9 at 6:30p
Sunday, June 16 at 6:30p
Thursday, June 20 at 8p
Saturday, June 22 at 3:30p and 6:30p
Friday, June 28 at 8p
Sunday, June 30 at 3:30p
General admission tickets cost $12
Info & tickets at http://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/1281

“THIS ISN’T TV!”

Michael Franco, Playwright & Director – A main stay in Los Angeles Theater Franco has won LA Weekly, Ovation, Garland and LADCC awards for his work with Zoo District, The Sacred Fools and The Open Fist Theatre Company on Nosferatu, The Master and Margarita, Pathe ‘X, Heart of a Dog, Gorey Stories, The Room, The Swine Show and Joe’s Garage.

For more information, press passes, photos, or interviews, please contact Jessica Hanna at 213-949-6547 or [email protected].