PRITH KHALSA DEBUTS GULP! IN LOS ANGELES - A BANANA LOVE STORY

GULP!

Press Contact: Prith Khalsa
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://prith-k.github.io/home/

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LOS ANGELES, CA — Absurd physical comedy GULP! makes its Los Angeles premiere at the Hollywood Fringe Festival.

Denver-based performer Prith Khalsa is bringing his debut solo show GULP! to the Hollywood Fringe Festival as part of a multi-city tour. GULP! follows Henry, a bumbling bachelor looking for love who just can’t get a relationship to stick. After finding a spark with his breakfast, the show speeds through the milestone markers of suburban life as a happy couple of man and… banana. What starts as a ridiculous and absurd premise soon turns into a tender remembrance of holding love close, and the fleeting nature of relationships.

“I wanted to strike a balance between tenderness and absurdity,” says Khalsa. “There is magic in taking nonsense very seriously.”

In a whirlwind blend of clown, sketch, improv, and prop comedy, Khalsa’s abridged version of the American dream explores ephemerality, asking what it means to love something that will not last, and to let it change you anyway. The show won “Funniest of the Fringe” and “Spirit of the Fringe” at the Pittsburgh Fringe Festival, and will go to premiere in 3 more cities this summer including Edinburgh.

GULP! will play at The Broadwater Studio June 9 through 28.

Creator & Performer
Prith Khalsa is a clown, improviser, and absurdist comedian based in Denver, Colorado. He has created and performed ensemble and individual work in various theaters across the US. GULP! is his solo debut. His style is informed by years of living in campgrounds entertaining people with physical gags around campfires. His only goal is giving you a night you will remember forever.

Director
Todd Sullivan is a writer, director, actor, improviser and clown based out of Denver, CO. He has devised, directed and performed pieces for the Today Show (NBC), La Mama ETC (NYC), The Hammer Museum (LA), Second City, UCB and for the SF, NY, and Denver Fringe Festivals. He directed the landmark 278th Tiny Desk Concert in which the desk moved across town! Todd’s been a coach and teaching artist for Rise Comedy, Rogue Improv, and WGIS. He currently teaches, coaches and performs regularly at Chaos Bloom Theater in Denver. Todd was a Directing Fellow at the American Film Institute and once won a cash award for Elocution.

PERFORMANCE DETAILS
Venue: The Broadwater Studio, 1078 Lillian Way, Hollywood, CA 90038

Performance Schedule:
Tuesday, June 9 @ 5:00 PM
Sunday, June 14 @ 6:30 PM
Thursday, June 18 @ 8:00 PM
Saturday, June 20 @ 11:00 AM
Sunday, June 28 @ 3:30 PM

Tickets: https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/13318
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