UNTOLD LGBT STORY GIVEN MORE TIME IN BEST OF FRINGE

Gracie and Rose

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Contact: Cindy Marie Jenkins
[email protected] – (323) 552-3333 (for media only)

EXTENDED -
2 more chances to visit
GRACIE AND ROSE
July 10 & 24 @Theatre Asylum – Elephant Space

Los Angeles, Calif. (July 5, 2013) -- We are thrilled to announce that GRACIE & ROSE was chosen as one of the prestigious BEST OF FRINGE – EXTENSIONS. GRACIE & ROSE fall in love in Wyoming in the late 1950’s. Gracie has been passing as a man, George, for some time, in order to do men’s work and live the way she feels most authentic.

WINNER – 2013 Best of Fringe Extension
NOMINEE – 2013 Best Solo Show in Hollywood Fringe Festival (Top 5 out of 45)

“This is what theatre is meant to do.” -Sheana Ochoca, SLAM

“This is a timely play about a current issue that is only now being resolved – 50 years after the time the play is set. I highly recommend this play for everyone who believes in equality.” -Bob Leggett, LA Arts examiner

Gracie and Rose are two women who fall in love in Wyoming in the late 1950’s. Gracie has been passing as a man, George, for some time, in order to do men’s work and live the way she feels most authentic. They build a life together – hidden in love, while living in plain sight. As they contend with the intense demands of the land, the animals, and running a ranch, Rose wants to have a baby… with George.
What audiences love about this piece is the power of transformation they get to experience – a chair becomes a pig, a ladder is a wild horse, and a rope will save your hide or punish your spirit.

MORE ON BEST OF FRINGE:
Best of Fringe Extensions returns for a fourth year of extended runs of the greatest hits of the Hollywood Fringe Festival, running July 2 – 28 at five Hollywood venues. Produced by Combined Artform, this year’sExtensions series features a diverse array of exceptional ensemble and solo work at Theatre Asylum, The Complex, The Lounge, The Lex, and Three Clubs. With multiple shows per venue each weekend and the special deals and gatherings at Three Clubs bar, the action-packed festival atmosphere of the Hollywood Fringe Festival will continue through July.

Winners of Best of Fringe Extensions are selected by Producing Artistic Director Matthew Quinn and a selection committee of venue representatives. Winners were selected for their artistic merit and commercial potential and will use Extensions to further develop their work or explore the possibility of longer runs. Past winners of Best of Fringe Extensions have gone on to tour nationally and enjoy extended commercial runs in the Los Angeles area.
The full list of selected shows is included below. For full schedule and ticketing, visit www.bestofextensions.com
For further info on Extensions please contact: Monica Miklas [email protected] or (404) 668-1038

DETAILS FOR CALENDAR LISTINGS
WHAT:
Anastasia Coon reprises the full-length Los Angeles premiere of her solo show Gracie and Rose. Los Angeles Writer’s Center Director Che’Rae Adams directed the limited run of the full work in development during the 2013 Hollywood Fringe Festival and now will be presented July 10 & 24 at Theatre Asylum – Elephant Space.

This piece unpacks pre-Stonewall queer history in the American West, the deep human longing to live authentically despite being rendered invisible, gender performance in a butch/femme tradition, the body as landscape for desire, and the violence and redemption of breaking and making family. This story is told in a physical theatre aesthetic harnessing the rich legacy of devising work through the movement-based actor training that Coon teaches: Commedia Dell’Arte, Mask making and performance, Melodrama, Viewpoints, and the work of Le Coq, Grotwoski and Laban.
WHEN:
Wednesday July 10 & 24 at 8:00pm

WHERE:
Theatre Asylum – The Elephant Space. 6320 Santa Monica Blvd.

HOW:
Tickets and official site: GracieandRosesoloshow.com or http://hff13.org/1372
Press Tickets: email [email protected] or “Submit Press Request” on Fringe site.

Anastasia Coon is an Actor and Voice & Movement Teacher currently on three faculties: at the USC School of Theatre, New York Film Academy, and The Art of Acting Studio. Recently, Anastasia served as the Movement & Mask/Commedia Coach on A Servant to Two Masters, directed by Kappy Kilburn at Chapman University, and Sara Ruhl’s Dead Man’s Cell Phone, and 12 Ophelias by Caridad Svich, both directed by Paul Backer at USC.

Director/Dramaturge Che’Rae Adams is the Producing Artistic Director for the LA Writers Center where she develops work by local writers. She specializes in developing and directing solo work including Chesapeake, by Lee Blessing for Venice Theatre Works; Ser: LA vs BA by Karen Anzoategui at the Downtown Urban Theatre Festival and Company of Angels; Pandora’s Trunk by Blaine Teamer at LATC starring Kim Fields and at the National Black Theatre Festival starring Tonya Pinkins. She is a proud member of the Directors Lab West, which is held annually at the Pasadena Playhouse.

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