LISTEN..CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW NAMED ONE OF THE TOP TEN HOLLYWOOD FRINGE SHOWS THAT SOUND AWESOME!

Listen... Can You Hear Me Now?

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Michael Abramson (818) 388-5523 or Michelle Kaufer (323) 377-7360
Email: [email protected]

Listen…Can You Hear Me Now?
Begins June 15, 2013

● An autobiographical one-woman show about growing up as a hearing child with deaf parents.
● From the producing team & director of the original LA smash-hit ELEVATOR & the producer from the LA Times Critics Choice and Ovation Recommended productions of AVENUE Q and DREAMGIRLS.
● Selected two years in a row for the Los Angeles Woman’s Theatre Festival.
● Selected into the EstroGenius Sola Voce Festival in N.Y.C.
● Selected into The Women at Work Festival at Stage Left Studio in NYC.
● Excerpt selected for the All For One Festival presented at The Cherry Lane Theater, NYC
● NOW selected into the New York International Fringe festival – coming soon!
● “… amazingly funny and audience members, regardless of their backgrounds, identified with it.”- Lynne Bronstein, Santa Monica Mirror
● LA Weekly has listed Listen…Can You Hear Me Now? as one of the Top Ten Fringe Shows that Sound Awesome.

Opens June 15th through June 23rd, 2013 – TWO WEEKS ONLY
(Media are invited to attend any scheduled performance)

(Los Angeles, CA) (April 2013)… An 11:11 Experiment, presents Listen…Can You Hear Me Now? Written and performed by Gloria Rosen, Conceived by Peter Flint, Directed by Michael Leoni and further developed in Matt Hoverman’s Solo Show Workshop, Listen…Can You Hear Me Now is being presented as part of The Hollywood Fringe Festival.

About The Show

Gloria Rosen’s Listen… Can You Hear Me Now?, is an autobiographical one woman show based on her life growing up as the hearing child and sole interpreter for her two deaf parents. She was the vigilant listener – the one to sort out all the sounds, let her parents know what was happening at all times, and be their connection to the hearing world.

The show invites you into her childhood home where ringing telephones and doorbells were wired to lights that lit up the house; watching TV with her parents required absolute concentration as her job was to lip synch all the shows; and we see what happens when she tries to pretend she can’t hear so she can make friends with the children in her parents’ club for the deaf.

“Listen…Can You Hear Me Now?” is unexpectedly funny, sometimes scary and certainly eye-opening. It speaks volumes about being an outsider, whether within one’s own family or in society as a whole. Regardless of the circumstances, we can all relate to never quite belonging – and trying to find our own place in the world.

Her life, and this show, has been a journey to find her own voice. To reach out to all of those standing on the outside looking in – so they can know that there is a place for them…a place for everyone.

The Production Team

Written and Performed by – Gloria Rosen
Conceived by – Peter Flint
Directed by – Michael Leoni
Producers – Michelle Kaufer, Michael Abramson, Erica Katzin, Michael Leoni

The Cast (in Alphabetical Order)

Gloria Rosen
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Listen…Can You Hear Me Now? is a part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival and opens June 15th and runs through June 23rd, 2013 at The Complex Theatre 6470 Santa Monica Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90038. There is valet parking. Tickets are $15 and are on sale at www.HollywoodFringe.org

Performances are:
Saturday June 15 2013, 2:15 PM
Sunday June 16 2013, 6:15 PM
Saturday June 22 2013, 3:30 PM
Sunday June 23 2013, 6:15 PM

Special Notes: Ages 13+ · family friendly · flashing lights · one person show
Please note: Sign language interpreters will not be provided for these performances.
For reservations call 323-362-2053 or online at www.hollywoodfringe.org

NOTE TO MEDIA: Press invited to attend any scheduled performance

CALENDAR LISTING:

An 11:11 Experiment, presents
Listen…Can You Hear Me Now?
Written and Performed by – Gloria Rosen
Conceived by – Peter Flint
Producers – Michelle Kaufer, Michael Abramson, Erica Katzin, Michael Leoni
Directed by – Michael Leoni

Cast (in Alphabetical Order)

Gloria Rosen

THEATRE VENUE:
The Complex Theatre
6470 Santa Monica Blvd – Hollywood, CA 90038

OPENING NIGHT:
15 June 2013 2:15PM

RUNS:
Saturday June 15 2013, 2:15 PM
Sunday June 16 2013, 6:15 PM
Saturday June 22 2013, 3:30 PM
Sunday June 23 2013, 6:15 PM

TICKETS:
$15 General Admission
www.hollywoodfringe.org
Ticket Line: 323-362-2053
Special Note: Ages 13+ · family friendly · flashing lights · one person show
Please note: Sign language interpreters will not be provided for these performances.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Michelle Kaufer / Michael Abramson
323.377-7360 / 818-388-5523 – Press Reservations
Email: [email protected]