TAP OVERLOAD, WINNER OF BEST IN PHYSICAL THEATER AND DANCE AT 2016 HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL IS BACK AND EVEN BIGGER

Office Beat - A Tap Dance Comedy

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Contact:
Mindy Copeland
949-439-1111
[email protected]

TAP OVERLOAD, WINNER OF BEST IN PHYSICAL THEATER AND DANCE AT 2016 HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL IS BACK AND EVEN BIGGER

LOS ANGELES, CA, May 2017: Tap Overload, an award-winning Southern California based tap dance company, is expanding their original genre-busting tap dance comedy show and bringing it back to the stage Sunday, June 18th through Sunday, June 25th, 2017 at the Assistance League Playhouse during the Hollywood Fringe Festival.

OFFICE BEAT is a light-hearted, toe tapping, family friendly dance comedy. Tappy workers once happily shuffling through their days are in for a dramatic flap ball change when the arrival of a new Boss brings a strict no tap dance policy. An office revolt breaks out as everyone unites to bring tap dance back to the office. Get ready for a multifaceted tap dance experience as workers shuffle papers and feet, roll chairs like Astaire, and office romp like Stomp in this tap de force not to be missed.

OFFICE BEAT presented by Tap Overload features original music by Andrew Van Vlear, new choreography by show creators Gabe and Mindy Copeland and a dynamic cast of unique personalities with fabulous feet. Tap Overload’s Office Beat production won Best in Physical Theatre and Dance and the Encore Producer’s Award at the 2016 Hollywood Fringe Festival as well as the 2016 Robby Theatre Excellence Award for Best Choreography. The company is excited to bring an expanded Office Beat with live music back to the Fringe Festival this year.

WHO:
Written, Directed and Choreographed by Mindy and Gabe Copeland
Original Music by Andrew Van Vlear
Additional Choreography by Dianne Walker, Channing Cooke Holmes and Hiroshi Hamanishi

FEATURING:
Charlotte Beadle, Maddy Beadle, Bryn Christofferson, Clarissa Yoshiko Chun, Gabe Copeland, Mindy Copeland, Racquel Dirckze, Heidi Drinkward, Susannah Hansel, Aaron Pardini, Laura Rensing, Gary Roberts, Adam Stern-Rand and Brandee Williams Lara

WHEN:
Sunday, June 18 @ 1:30pm
Saturday, June 24 @ 7:30pm
Sunday, June 25 @ 3:00pm

TICKETS:
$20, Tickets available online or at the door.
Online tickets: http://hff17.org/3390
Running time: 80 minutes

WHERE:
Assistance League Playhouse – 1367 N St. Andrews Pl Hollywood, CA 90028

SOCIAL MEDIA:
Facebook: facebook.com/TapOverload
YouTube: youtube.com/TapOverload
Twitter/Instagram: @TapOverload
Website: www.tapoverload.com & www.officebeatshow.com

ABOUT TAP OVERLOAD – Tap Overload is an award-winning multimedia tap dance production company that has had great success producing tap dance concerts with notable guest stars including Dianne Walker and Jason Samuels Smith. More recently, the company has produced many popular tap dance videos on their growing YouTube channel and are now venturing into the realm of theatrical entertainment. The mission of the company is to spread the joy of tap dance to as many people as possible and inspire new generations of young dancers to study the art form.
In addition to producing their own shows, Tap Overload has performed as special guests all over southern California since its inception in 2001. Some performance highlights include an appearance on the Chinese Dream Show that aired all over mainland China, the San Pedro Tri-Arts Festival, Playhouse West Showcases, Jazz Tap Ensemble Presents: Next Generation Tap, the Star Performing Arts Center Grand Opening, Thousand Oaks Tap Dance Day Celebration and the Orange County Tap Festival.

ABOUT CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTORS GABE AND MINDY COPELAND – The husband and wife duo are professional choreographers, directors, producers and performers from Southern California. Their credits include choreographing for and appearing on national and international television programming and in film projects. They have toured nationally and internationally as featured members of Rhapsody in Taps, an innovative rhythm tap dance ensemble directed by Linda Sohl-Ellison. The Copelands were featured soloists in the international tour of Caution: Men At Work Tap in China and were invited back as special guest tap dance coaches, choreographers and performers for the national television program Chinese Dream Show.

For more information on the company and upcoming shows, stay in touch with Tap Overload on social media: “Like” on Facebook and YouTube; follow on Twitter @TapOverload; follow on Instagram @TapOverload; or visit the website at www.tapoverload.com.