RICHARD PARKER

Richard Parker

2012 HOLLYWOOD FRINGE

THEATER
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RICHARD PARKER
By Owen Thomas

Open Fist Theater/Theater of NOTE
June 11,12,14,15,18-22, 2012

“This show is bound to thoroughly amuse, startle and entertain you.” – Broadway Baby

Following its acclaimed run at the 2011 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and its triumphant UK tour, RICHARD PARKER by Welsh playwright Owen Thomas is having its United States Premiere at this year’s Hollywood Fringe Festival, presented by Darkman Productions in association with Fringe Management.

RICHARD PARKER deftly explores the intriguing intersection of fate and coincidence. Two men travelling on a boat find themselves thrown together. A conversation ensues, quickly revealing the two men as being irrevocably linked. Over the course of the piece the two men outline their contrasting world views and find themselves each having to defend their viewpoint from attack as the play builds to an unexpectedly shattering denouement.

This darkly comic play, featuring “A clever script boosted by compelling performances” (The Scotsman), is “a slick, professional, and well-rehearsed piece . . . with robust and accomplished performances and spot-on direction that
. . . toes the perfect line between creepy and funny” (Fringe Review).

RICHARD PARKER began life as a 20 minute piece in an evening of new writing called Zufall at Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff, Wales. The reception was so positive that the playwright, Owen Thomas, was subsequently commissioned by 3D Theatre Company to develop the piece into this hour long show, which has performed to sell out audiences across the UK, including its celebrated production at the Edinburgh Fringe last August.

Darkman Productions is a Cardiff, Wales based theater producer which has been producing playwright Thomas’s work for the past ten years, starting with “The Darkman Monologues” – a collection of one-page monologues, each beginning with a letters of the alphabet from A-Z, followed by productions of the dark comedies “The Dead of Night” (set in a morgue) and “Meat” (about consensual cannibalism), in London and Cardiff.

Fringe Management is a Los Angeles and London based theatre production and management company, which has been producing shows around the world for the last 20 years, including “Cinderella” starring Zsa Zsa Gabor (Los Angeles), “Bukowsical!” (Best Musical, New York International Fringe) and the record breaking run of the internationally acclaimed “Pajama Men” at the Soho Theatre in London. Its more than 25 Edinburgh Festival Fringe credits include “runt” (Fringe First), “Night in November” (Best Actor Winner), and “This Is So Not About The Simpsons” (Harry Shearer).

LISTING INFORMATION

Venues: Open Fist Theater
6209 Santa Monica Boulevard
Hollywood, CA 90028

Theater of NOTE
1517 N. Cahuenga Boulevard
Hollywood, CA 90028

Performance Dates and Times (Venue):

June 11, 2012 @ 8:00 p.m. (Open Fist) [Preview]
June 12, 2012 @ 5:00 p.m. (Open Fist) [Preview]
June 14, 2012 @ 8:30 p.m. (Theater of NOTE)
June 15, 2012 @ 4:00 p.m. (Open Fist)
June 18, 2012 @ 5:00 p.m. (Open Fist)
June 18, 2012 @ 10:00 p.m. (Open Fist)
June 19, 2012 @ 8:30 p.m. (Theater of NOTE)
June 20, 2012 @ 4:30 p.m. (Open Fist)
June 21, 2012 @ 5:00 p.m. (Open Fist)
June 22, 2012 @ 9:30 p.m. (Theater of NOTE)

Ticket Price: $10

Box Office: (323) 455-4585 or www.hollywoodfringe.org

CONTACT:

Michael R. Blaha
Fringe Management LLC
2530 Wilshire Boulevard, 3rd Floor
Santa Monica, CA 90403
Tel: 310-714-2928
Fax: 310-496-2662
e-mail: [email protected]
Twitter: @fringeman2012