2014 LA WEEKLY- BEST COMEDIC ACTRESS NOMINEE, RACHEL GERMAINE, PREMIERES HER FIRST SOLO SHOW: GERMAINE, TONIGHT AT HOLLYWOOD FRINGE!!

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 10th, 2014

Bullying: No one does it like your family.
Come join Rachel as she flashes back to a simpler time. The 90’s on Long Island. Don’t forget your mix cd.

Written and Performed by Rachel Germaine – 2014 LA WEEKLY Award Nominee for Best Female Comedy Performance in ABSOLUTELY FILTHY (2013 Top of the Fringe & Best Comedy Winner!!)

WHERE
Asylum Lab – 6320 Santa Monica Boulevard

WHEN
Tuesday, June 10th at 8:30pm – Preview
Monday, June 16th at 8:30pm – Opening Night
Sunday, June 22nd at 7:00pm – Bring your Bro Night!
Sunday, June 29th at 2:30pm – Closing

TICKETS
$10
Available at http://hff.org/1629

A DOLLY FRANK PRODUCTION
Written and Performed by Rachel Germaine
Directed by Kiff Scholl
Stage Managed by Caitlin Rucker
Sound Design by Dan Hoal
Art Illustrations by Herb Newsome
Choreography by Erin Parks, Lauren Van Kurin and Rachel Germaine
Produced By Kim Vasilakis

Rachel Germaine- Rachel Germaine hails from New York but has called L.A. her home for the last 9 years. L.A. Theater credits include Absolutely Filthy (Sacred Fools Theater, LA Weekly Best Ensemble), Our House (Theater Planners), Guided Consideration…(Needtheater), A Cat Wrote This Play and Buzzy Grovernor’s Ding Dong (Sacred Fools/Serial Killers), and Chicken by Ashley Reed (Lillian Theater). Rachel has performed sketch and improv at various theaters in L.A.including Improv Olympic West, UCB, Acme Comedy Theater, and Sacred Fools. TV credits include: “Jessie”, “Weeds”, “Vegas”, “How to be a Gentleman”, “Free Agents”, “Happy Endings”, “The Riches” and “The Sarah Silverman Program”. Web Series: Chasing Tale with Jeny and Rachel, (funnyordie.com), and #lessonlearned with rachelg on her youtube channel titled Rachel Germaine.

Kiff Scholl- “Director Kiff Scholl has few peers at keeping us intrigued” (LA Times). Scholl has directed dozens of local productions, including Our House, Expecting to Fly, Kill Me, Deadly, and La Bête. “One of LA’s emerging and accomplished stage directors” (LA Weekly) Scholl’s productions have won Garland and LA Weekly awards, a GLAAD nomination and an Ovation award. His feature Scream of the Bikini won numerous awards, including a Maverick Movie Award (Direction). Kiff acts mostly in commercials, and on stage (Our Class / Absolutely Filthy). A documentary about his ‘Car Play,’ THE AUDIENCE, premiered at the Sebastopol Documentary Festival this March.

Kim Vasilakis- Through her company, Dolly Frank Productions, (Dolly and Frank were her Grandparents) she has produced several theatre productions including The Credeaux Canvas at Stages Theatre, which starred William Tangradi (Argo, Justified, The Mindy Project) and Corryn Cummins (Blackbird with Rogue Machine (LA Weekly Award: Two-Person Performance), Killer Joe with Lost Angels (Ovation Awards: Ensemble & Production) and was directed by Chicago’s own, Dado Gyure. Kim produced The Happy Shop, a 1940’s style old school burlesque show with live jazz, which played to sold out crowds and was the last show to be produced in The historical Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel’s infamous, Cinegrill. Most recently, Kim produced a workshop of the new play, Drift, which was directed by Academy award winner, Bobby Moresco. She is currently producing a documentary with Bobby Moresco and the charity Socal Crossroads about at-risk youths being partnered with acting mentors to re-write and produce the play, The Brick and the Rose. She is thrilled to be producing her best friend’s first Solo show!

ABOUT THE COLLABORATION
Rachel and Kim are best friends who grew up on Long Island with no sisters. No strangers to brother torture, they felt this show would be a hilarious window into what life is like growing up with brothers who bullied them but secretly loved them deep down. Rachel writes and performs and Kim produces.

Rachel and Kiff met when they played lovers in A Guided Consideration of a Lamentable Deed at NEED Theatre. He then directed her in the west coast Premiere of, Our House, at The Lounge Theatre in Hollywood. They went on to co-star in Absolutely Filthy, which won an LA WEEKLY best comedy cast award and Rachel was nominated for Best female comedic performance.

CONTACT
Kim Vasilakis
516-312-6250
[email protected]
http://hff14.org/1620
Twitter: @RachelGermaine #germaineshow, #brothertorture
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