THE VICTORIOUS RETURN OF VICTORIA WOODHULL

Reach across the mortal plane to meet the brazen and irrepressible Suffragette (whom you probably have never heard of) who was the First Woman to run for President of the United States in 1872 in The Ecstasy of Victoria Woodhull. Join our modern clairvoyant, Celeste, in an immersive seance where she endeavors to bring back Victoria’s spirit to learn her full story.

Conceived by wife and husband duo Ashley Ford (Performer/Producer) and Theo Salter (Writer/Producer), The Ecstasy of Victoria Woodhull was born out of the #MeToo movement and the desire to tell the story of this heroic and near forgotten American woman who rose from rags to riches – despite no formal education, and then peddled out by her snake oil salesman father as a Child Clairvoyant. She eventually became the first woman to run for President, the first woman to address Congress, and ran her own Wall Street firm and liberal newspaper.

Originally presented at the 2018 Hollywood Fringe Festival as “The Terrible Legend of Victoria Woodhull”, the production received rapt audience and professional reviews (“Exciting, fresh and ready to be devoured” -All About The Stage, Mary Montoro). The show then went on to perform in New York for a one night, sold out engagement on Theatre Row. While the show was unfortunately shelved due to the Pandemic, Owl & the Pussycat is thrilled to have it brought back with a new and sensational production team for the Hollywood Fringe Festival, followed by 26 shows in New York City and Edinburgh this Summer.

Presented by: Owl & Pussycat Theatre Company. Written by: Theo Salter. Directed by: Sean Harris. Performed by: Ashley Ford. Sound Design by: Nina Field. Costume Design by: Raven Ong.

WHERE: Howard Fine Acting Studio 1320 N Highland Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90028

WHEN: PERFORMANCE DATES:
Friday, June 3rd, 2022 @ 8:00 PM – Preview
Thursday, June 9, 2022 @ 7:00 PM
Sunday, June 12, 2022 @ 8:00 PM
Friday, June 17, 2022 @ 9:00 PM
Thursday, June 23rd @ 7:00 PM

Running time: 50 minutes

TICKET PRICE: $10 – http://hff22.co/7523
Recommended Admission age: 12+

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION TEAM:
ASHLEY FORD Performer) is a Canadian born actress & veteran Fringe producer. Select credits include: National Tour of the Tony Award-Winning Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps, Tony N’ Tina’s Wedding (the longest production in Western Canada), Cabaret, Lend Me a Tenor (Playhouse on Park, CT – Broadway World noms. for Best Featured Actress). She received the Best Choreography award at the Planet Connections Festivity for her work on Lost in Place with Secondhand Theatre Company. She is thrilled to be bringing Victoria Woodhull’s story back to the stage and with her husband and partner Theo Salter.

THEO SALTER (Writer) is an American writer, script consultant and veteran Fringe producer. His producing experience began while working for Richard Frankel Productions in NYC while the company maintained shows such as Hairspray, and STOMP, and launched both Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein and a revival of Gypsy. He founded two independent theater companies in NYC: Red Wheelbarrow Productions, and Lunar Energy, and launched 10 shows (off-Broadway) during his tenure. He’s thrilled now to be a part of LA-based Owl & the Pussycat Theatre Co. with his wife and partner, Ashley Ford. He hopes to continue to bring vibrant and meaningful shows to a wider audience.

SEAN HARRIS (Director) is the Founder and Artistic Director of the award-winning Connecticut Theatre Company, Playhouse on Park (POP). New York director credits include: TBG Theatre, Theater at Westbeth, Plaxall Gallery, and The Producers Club. He has directed over 140 shows including: The Scottsboro Boys, Metamorphoses, Passing Strange, Hair, In the Heights, Angels in America, and Ugly Lies the Bone. This will be Sean’s Hollywood Fringe premiere!

RAVEN ONG (Costume Designer) is the Assistant Professor of Costume Design at Central Connecticut State University. Select credits include: International premieres of Waitress, Kinky Boots, Matilda and Beautiful: Carole King Musical (Manila, Philippines); The Producers, Jekyll and Hyde, Wizard of Oz, Pride and Prejudice, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, To Kill A Mockingbird, On Golden Pond, Steel Magnolias. Raven is a recipient of the Syracuse Area Live Theatre (SALT) Award Best Costume Design of a Musical for La Cage Aux Folles. This will be Raven’s first Hollywood Fringe!

NINA FIELD (Sound Designer) Select Regional: Our Town, (Dallas Theater Center; Dallas, TX), Beyond the Fourth Wall (WMPAC; Big Sky, MT), Ms. Bennet, Christmas at Pemberley (Playhouse On Park; West Hartford, CT). Select NYC Credits: Motel Andromeda (Waterwell), House of American Activities (The After-Image). Associate Design Credits: Twelfth Night (Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Designer: Lindsay Jones), Hamlet on the Radio (The Old Globe, Designer: Lindsay Jones). This will be Nina’s Hollywood Fringe debut!

EUNYOUNG BONA JUNG (Movement Coach) is a performer, acting and movement instructor based in Seoul, Korean with an MFA in Acting from Columbia University. Theater credits include The Weird Tree (NYC Fringe Festival), Lost in Place (NYC Planet Connections Festivity), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Classic Stage Company), Light (CSC), God of Carnage (Columbia), A Lie of the Mind (Columbia), White Lies (France Avignon Festival) Oresteia Trilogy ver.2.0 (KunstaHale Theater, Korea), CollaboLab: Film, shot, and consciousness (England Trinity Laban Conservatoire + Arts&Co.).

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