"OUT-OF-NETWORK" PRESS RELEASE

OUT-OF-NETWORK

For Immediate Release:

WORLD PREMIERE of the one-act comedy, “OUT-OF-NETWORK,” at the HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL

Rocking Rose Productions presents OUT-OF-NETWORK at The Lounge Theatre in Hollywood

OUT-OF-NETWORK is a comedy about the drama of therapy. One week ago, Amy’s boyfriend proposed to her- and she said “no.” Now she’s paying out-of-pocket, to a fancy therapist she found on Yelp, to find out why. However, the therapist- pricey and published- is currently going through a divorce and dealing with a daughter who hates her. Told through a sequence of therapy sessions, Amy struggles to reveal her personal life while the therapist tries to keep hers a secret. But when truths are revealed, the women are left unraveled, unhinged, and uncertain as to who should have been paying whom – and whether or not good Yelp can ever really equate to good help.

All performances will be at the Lounge 1 space at The Lounge Theatre: 6201 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90038.

Dates/Times
Friday, June 3rd at 8pm (preview)
Saturday, June 11th: noon
Sunday, June 12th: 6pm
Sunday, June 19th: 2pm
Saturday, June 25th: 6pm

*PRESS COMPS- please email Caitlin Thompson at [email protected] for complimentary press tickets.

General Admission Tickets are $10 and are available at:
http://hff16.org/3378
Tickets may be available at the door, cash only.

The show runs approximately 60 minutes.

AMANDA WEIER (DIRECTOR)
Amanda is an actor, writer, director & long-time member of The Open Fist Theatre Company.  She studied Theatre & Creative Writing for the Media at Northwestern, where she was awarded a certificate for Outstanding Achievement in Theatre. Amanda also holds a Certificate in Directing from The Royal Court and is a graduate of iO, iO West & The Second City’s Conservatory program. Some of Amanda’s favorite stage credits include Debate And Switch, Second City This Week, Stage Door (LA Weekly “Best Actress” nominee), Room Service (LA Weekly “Best Actress” nominee), A Wolf Inside The Fence, The Normal Child (“Best of Fringe” finalist), The Gary Plays, Blue Night in the Heart of the West (director), Autobahn (director) and The :nv:s:ble Play (director). Amanda’s film/tv credits include Scare Tactics (recurring), Alien Abduction, Hung Jury and Held (writer/director). In addition to Held, Amanda also wrote the screenplay STRAY (2nd place winner in the Slamdance and Skyline Screenwriting competitions) and the stage-play Goose-Stepping with Bound Feet.

CAITLIN THOMPSON (WRITER/ACTRESS)
Caitlin’s stage credits include: The Gary Plays, Captive, Uncommon Women & Others. She is also a proud member of The Open Fist Theatre Company. Some of her tv/film credits include: 90210 (cw), The Neighbors (abc), Greek (abc family), Walking the Halls (Lifetime) and Crazy, Stupid, Love (wb). She can next be seen in NBC’s new drama, This is Us, premiering this fall.

CATHERINE BUTTERFIELD (ACTRESS)
Catherine Butterfield appeared in her play Joined at the Head, at the Manhattan Theatre Club, nominated for a Drama Desk and Obie award. Regional: Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Seattle Repertory, Pittsburgh Public, Intiman Theatre, Long Wharf, ACT Seattle. National tour: The Heidi Chronicles. Film: Ed Wood, Heartbreakers, Floundering. Published plays: It Has To Be You, Brownstone, The Sleeper, Joined at the Head, Where the Truth Lies, Snowing at Delphi, Life in the Trees. Awards: George Oppenheimer/New York Newsday Award, Best First Play in the New York area (Joined at the Head), Kennedy Center-American Express award, Kaufman & Hart Award, Davie Award- Best New Play in Regional Theatre. Commissions: Manhattan Theatre Club, Laguna Playhouse. New play: With Ron West, a stage adaptation of Anthony Trollope’s, The Way We Live Now, which will have its world premiere at The Open Fist Theatre this fall. Other new play: To the Bone. TV writing/producing: Grimm, Ghost Whisperer, Party of Five, Fame LA. Directing: Brownstone at Laguna Playhouse, film version of the play, John’s Hand.

AMY MOORMAN (ACTRESS)
Theatre credits include Cat’s Cradle (Sierra Madre Playhouse), Bedroom Farce (Odyssey Theatre), Comrades (LA August Strindberg Society), The Wolf (Artworks Theatre), Hello From Bertha (Actor’s Art Theatre), Madwoman of Chaillot (Odyssey Theatre), Crimes of the Heart (Long Beach Studio Theatre), North of Providence (Bleecker Street Theatre, NYC), Look Back in Anger (Classic Stage, NYC), Garbo’s Last Walk (New Dramatists NYC), and Sugar and Spice (Vital Theatre Company NYC). Amy worked with award winning playwright, Lyle Kessler in the development of his new play, “If You Love Me” with Elizabeth Perkins, Alfred Molina and Matthew Modine. Amy worked with the late Robert Altman on one of his last projects, The Undressing Room. Other film & television credits include American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson, Irv & Barb, 404, Gang-Related (with Dennis Quaid), Mousy Brown and various daytime dramas. She received her MFA in Acting from New School University, NYC and is a Lifetime Member of The Actors Studio.