THE BIG SNAKE!
The Big Snake
THE BIG SNAKE OR HOW I GOT EATEN ALIVE ON NATIONAL TELEVISION AND LIVED TO TELL ABOUT IT!
Tom Cavanaugh, Bob Telford & James Cavanaugh Present:
A World Premiere
The Big Snake or How I Got Eaten Alive on National Television and Lived To Tell About It!
Written & Directed by Tom Cavanaugh
June 2, 11, 17, 19 & 24th, 2016
Hollywood, CA (June, 2016) – The World Premiere production of The Big Snake or How I Got Eaten Alive On National Television and Lived To Tell About It! at The Complex as part of The 2016 Hollywood Fringe Festival in the Ruby Theatre, June 2, 11, 17, 19 & 24th, 2016. The play is written and directed by Tom Cavanaugh.
The Big Snake or How I Got Eaten Alive on National Television and Lived To Tell About It! is an American farce that tells the story of a reality television show producer that creates a live television show that feeds a man to a giant Anaconda snake. The play examines the entertainment value of reality television, theatre, and media in an ever changing world. A “play within a play”, this light hearted comedy brings the audience through an examination of media that is conducted by characters from the world of theatre that have come to see a live stage show, but end up on a comical, roller coaster ride of TV Production, Hollywood, Live Theatre and of course “a little romance!”. Inspired by the works of Pirandello and the French full length play, Jocko ou le Singe du Bresil (Jocko or the Monkey of Brazil) by Edmond Rochefort, The style of The Big Snake or How I Got Eaten Alive On National Television and Lived To Tell About It! is inspired by live media, stage as well as television, but the content, “the snake part” is actually based on reality! In 2014, a reality television event aired live and earned the title “The Craziest Reality Show Ever!” Cavanaugh watched the entire country respond to “the snake show” as it was being talked about on television and radio shows from L.A. to New York and thought “This would make a great Fringe show!”
Tom Cavanaugh is a graduate of The Actors Studio Drama School where he received his M.F.A. in Playwriting. His plays include Behold, which won the 2011 Pickering Award for Excellence in Playwriting and was a finalist at The New American Playwrights Development Program at the Utah Shakespeare Festival in the summer of 2011; Adam & Yoshi that won the Make the House Roar Prize for Comedic Plays from the Lionheart Theatre of Georgia in 2013, and was also a finalist at The New American Playwrights Development Program at the Utah Shakespeare Festival in 2013. Cavanaugh’s full length play, Inland Empress had its professional debut on January 23rd, 2016 at The Lounge Theatre in Hollywood. Inland Empress was directed by award winner, Jessica Hanna, starred an award winning ensemble cast and was the producing debut of a new company, The Mutant Collective (Monica Martin, Victoria Watson & Jeffrey Wylie). Cavanaugh received his professional directing debut with a production of How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying at The Bucks County Playhouse, the State Theatre of Pennsylvania back in 1999 after twelve years of being an award winning high school and Community Theatre director. Cavanaugh is currently a playwriting member of The Fierce Backbone Theatre Company in Hollywood and a writer in Bobby Moresco’s Actors Gym at the Whitefire Theatre in Sherman Oaks, CA.
The Big Snake or How I Got Eaten Alive on National Television and Lived To Tell About It! features Bob Telford as The Director, Allen Steele as The Critic, Marina Palmier as The Patron of the Arts, De Ann Odom as The Romantic and Mary Cavaliere as The Ticket Buyer with Mykee Selkin as Justin, Jen Faith Brown as Corinne, Damien Luvara as Jake the Snake, Steve Wollenberg as The Announcer & Mr. Big, Anita Leeman as Janet. Sound Design by Edwin Telford.
The Big Snake or How I Got Eaten Alive on National Television and Lived To Tell About It! was developed in staged readings and literary development through the Fierce Backbone Theatre Company where it received critiques from the membership over the last year. Tom Cavanaugh, Bob Telford, Marina Palmiere, Mykee Selkin and De Ann Odom are all members of Fierce Backbone. The world premiere production is produced by Bob Telford, Tom Cavanaugh & James Cavanaugh.
PRESS / OPENING NIGHT:
Thursday, June 2nd, 2016 at 7:00pm * THIS IS A FREE PERFORMANCE FOR ALL! *
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE: January 23 – February 14, 2016
Saturday, June 11th 2016 at 6:30pm
Friday, June 17th 2016 at 7:00pm
Sunday, June 19th 2016 at 5:00pm
Friday, June 24th 2016 at 8:30pm
WHERE:
THE RUBY THEATRE
at THE COMPLEX
6476 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90038
BOX OFFICE:
For Tickets Go To:
http://hff16.org/3404
TICKETS:
$12
DISCOUNTS:
•PREVIEW SHOW FREE ADMISSION FOR ALL on JUNE 2nd *
Discounts for Senior Citizens use coupon code senior
$5 Tickets for ALL PARTICIPANTS contact Tom for the code
MEMBERS OF THE PRESS
Please contact Tom Cavanaugh below for your comp tickets or any other information needed.
CONTACT:
TOM CAVANAUGH
[email protected]
