GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER TS COOK GOES FISHING
The Annual Meeting For The Society Of Lone Fishermen...
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FIERCE BACKBONE
DOES THE
HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF LONE FISHERMEN WHO HAVE FOUND DEAD BODIES is one of 7 productions being produced by Fierce Backbone in the Hollywood Fringe Fest this June.
The Annual Meeting of the American Society of Lone Fishermen Who Have Found Dead Bodies
A one-man expedition by T.S. Cook
Directed by Paul Messinger & T.S. Cook
Meet The Angler…performed alternately by T.S. Cook and Paul Messinger.
In the course of a 60-minute cruise, the Angler will hook, fight and wrestle fish into the boat, tell some salty jokes, play tag with a Coast Guard cutter, recall near disasters and intense situations, reflect on life, and have an unanticipated cathartic experience.
This is not an actor sitting on a stool. This is a solo show in which shit happens.
Grab your life vest and come along.
The Annual Meeting for the Society of Lone Fishermen Who Have Found Dead Bodies
Artworks Theater — 6585 Santa Monica Blvd
Thursday 6/7 @ 8pm
Thursday 6/14 @ 6pm
Saturday 6/16 @ 8pm
Sunday 6/17 @ 4pm
Thursday 6/21 @ 8pm
Saturday 6/23 @ 6pm
www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/808
TS COOK (Playwright/Director/Fisherman)
Following a long career in Film and Television writing, playwright T.S. Cook has been focusing in recent years on the stage. His first contemporary play, Ravensridge had its world premiere at the Fremont Centre Theater in Pasadena in 2008. It ran six weeks to full houses and received excellent reviews in the LA Times and Variety. Tom is a founding member and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Fierce Backbone Theater Company. He is also a member of Ensemble Studio Theatre-LA, where his play Guest of the Sultan had a high-profile reading in late 2010. His short play, The Ghost, was featured at EST-LA’s Studio Six series in 2010. His play Everything But had a successful workshop production in late 2009. In December of 2011, his solo show, The Annual Meeting of the American Society of Lone Fishermen Who Have Found Dead Bodies had a very well-received performance at a Fierce Backbone benefit. Tom is a graduate of Denison University (BA) and the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop (MFA). He has been nominated for an Oscar and an Emmy and has won several Writers Guild awards (See full credits under “T.S. Cook” at www.imdb.com). He is frequently asked to teach play and screen writing. He recently taught sections at the USC-based Muslim Public Affairs Council Screenwriting Workshop.
PAUL MESSINGER (Director/Fisherman)
After attending The Goodman School of Drama in Chicago, Paul moved to New York City to study with Lee Strasberg. While in New York he managed to graduate from NYU and begin his career by starring with Elaine Stritch in the Papermill Playhouse production of Suite in Two Keys. In LA he appeared at The Taper in Stuff Happens. Some of his television credits include two years as Oscar on All My Children, The Practice, The Gilmore Girls, Part of Five, Life, and Close to Home. Paul also has an active career in commercials
“The art of writing has for backbone some fierce attachment to an idea.” Virginia Woolf
Show times and individual press releases for other Fierce Backbone productions are available at www.hollywoodfringe.org and search “Fierce Backbone”
