THEATRE FOR THE CHRONOLOGICALLY GIFTED - FREE WORKSHOP JUNE 16

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 7, 2019

Press Contact:
Peter Massey
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818-203-3416

OUT OF THE BLUE and FREE WORKSHOP
An honest and humorous look at the emotional journey we take from our middle-years to becoming seniors of society.

Los Angeles, CA, May 7, 2019. OUT OF THE BLUE is a new play written and performed by Peter Massey, premieres June 11-29 as part of the 2019 Hollywood Fringe Festival at the Los Angeles LGBT Center (Davidson/Valentini Theatre), 1125 North McCadden Place, Los Angeles CA 90038. It tells the comedic and heartfelt story of a diligent husband’s crawl down the Hallway of Mid-Life, heading for the door marked Senior. Guided by an astrologer-therapist, he cures old age with New Age.

FREE WORKSHOP – Theatre for the Chronologically Gifted

On Sunday June 16 following the opening performance of OUT OF THE BLUE will be a panel discussion and audience talk-back. There are more than a few artists at the Fringe who are “chronologically gifted” – that is, they have many years of life experience that are being shared on stages throughout the Festival. The workshop will consider how artists and everyone can use theatre and other storytelling as we mature, and the value of sharing history – both personal history and all that we’ve witnessed and been a part of.

WHERE: Los Angeles LGBT Center (Davidson/Valentini Theatre), 1125 North McCadden Place, Los Angeles CA 90038
PERFORMANCE DATES: Running time: 45 minutes – Age 17+ due to mature themes

Sunday, June 16 3:15 PM

TICKET PRICE: Free
www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/2161

ABOUT THE PANELISTS:

WRITER-PERFORMER – Peter Massey. Audiences and critics alike praised his efforts with “Cock Tales,” running eight months at LA’s Zephyr and Elephant Theatres. He received critical acclaim for his one-man-play “The Versus of Ogden Nash” at the Coronet Studio Theatre, Actors Conservatory Ensemble and on tour. Both plays were collaborations with Director Debra De Liso.

He has been presented twice at the Fullerton College Playwrights Festival as well as readings at multiple theatres in LA. Mr. Massey has had a dozen adaptations produced across the country including “I’m Still Dancing,” which was honored by the Florida Theatre Conference. Peter Massey’s many LGBT-themed works include “The It Girl” about gay life in 1920s NY, the musical “Cirque So Gay,” using circus as a metaphor for flighty relationships and “Queercus,” a comic triangle spearing gay white urbanity.

DIRECTOR – Debra De Liso, critically acclaimed and award-winning actor, writer and director, is the recipient of the Rainbow Award from the LA Women’s Theatre Festival for her decades of work in forgotten communities, including artists with disabilities, institutionalized teens and incarcerated women. She has guided the presentation of over 500 original solo plays and remains passionate about supporting playwrights in developing new works. Her solo play collaborations have premiered in festivals in Los Angeles, New York, Edinburgh and Germany.

After receiving three California Arts Council Grants to teach acting and playwriting in a medium security prison, she learned to see the art in the individual. De Liso delights in providing a supportive and nourishing environment to elevate the highest potential in each artist. She has been on faculty at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and USC for more than 15 years.

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