HIT PLAY OF THE N.Y. AND SAN DIEGO FRINGE FESTIVALS COMES TO THE HOLLYWOOD FRINGE
Gam3rs: the Play
For immediate release
Contact: Brendan MacNeil
406-853-4751
GAM3RS, the one-man play about love, life in a cubicle, and elves—yes there are elves—is set for three performances as part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival. GAM3RS garnered rave reviews when it was performed as part of the New York International Fringe Festival in 2007 and in the San Diego Fringe in 2013.
GAM3RS has played at colleges across the country from MIT to USCD, has had theatrical runs in New Jersey, Los Angeles, and San Diego and has played high schools and even at Leisure World in Seal Beach. GAM3RS is currently being made into a web series by a major Hollywood production company.
The play stars Toluca Lake resident Brian Archer and was co-written by Archer along with Walter G. Meyer. Archer plays “Steve,” the harried and hilarious tech support operator who only has one hour to save the world—well his online world at least—and it would be so much easier if he didn’t have to do it from his cubicle at work while juggling phone calls, an irate girlfriend, an angry mother, a micromanaging boss, and a smelly cubicle-mate, none of whom seem to understand that civilization itself is at stake if he can retrieve the sacred relic from the claws of evil elves. If Steve can save the relic, he might also be able to save himself and learn a valuable lesson about trusting in himself and his friends. The show abounds in references to every from video games to Borat, South Park, and Facebook to Sherlock Holmes and Henry V.
GAM3RS spawned its own gaming festival, Gam3rCon, that features all things gaming. In addition to theater about gaming, there is art, music, and stand-up comedy about gaming. And of course, gaming about gaming—all sorts of gaming—video and table top. Coming up on its fifth year, Gam3rCon runs in San Diego concurrent with Comic-Con.
Although GAM3RS, the play, explores the world of a video game addict, it also shows how a person’s passion colors their perception of the world, whether they are focused on sports, gardening or knitting.
Archer wrote the piece based in part on his own life and his gaming-obsessed family and friends. “It was a labor of love. And yes, Geenar the Blue Dwarf really is based on my father!” Not many people can say that about their works of art.
GAM3RS will have three performances at the at the Theatre Asylum in Hollywood, 6320 Santa Monica Blvd. Friday, June13 at 7pm, Saturday June 14 at 2 pm, and Sunday June 15 at 7pm. For tickets visit: http://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/1921. For more information and to see a trailer of the play, please visit: http://www.gam3rsthewebsite.com/
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Photos of the actors, writers and stills of past performances are available upon request.
