Mike Reyes (he/him)
Straight White Men Trying To Woke
mike reyes
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June 19, 2019
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This show is five quick pieces examining the middle age white male struggle to understand his role during the tumultuous times today.
Nothing is off limits during this succinct and faced paced fifty-minute show. Straight White Men Trying To Woke discusses important issues from navigating today's current geopolitical climate, casual racism, religious fanaticism, finance lessons for millennial's and gender identity
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The Book of Briarshire
mike reyes
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June 19, 2019
certified reviewer
Originally a part of Sacred Fools ongoing Serial Killers series it unfortunately met its untimely demise leaving the show unfinished. This iteration concludes the epic journey of Ylva(Kelly Moore) and her sister Skittles(Emily Bolcik) on their way to slay The Dragon.
I don't even know where to begin in describing how ridiculously fun this show was. The entire audience found ourselves struggling to catch our breath after each laugh. From the zany costumes and larger-than-life performances of t...
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Transference
mike reyes
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June 19, 2019
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A hypnotherapy session by Dr. Herbert (Esther Mira ) unlocks the memories of past lives lived by Ms. Clark (Lisa K Wyatt). Unforeseen to both, she recalls that she's loved Dr. Herbert in a thousand past lives. She attempts to convince her of the truth of her memories. These claims feel ludicrous to Dr. Herbert and thus begins the struggle of perceived reality, fate, and Transference....
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Always Open
mike reyes
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June 18, 2019
certified reviewer
Always open is a pretty unique show, something the likes of I can almost guarantee you will probably not see again at this years Hollywood Fringe Festival.
The show is set at 11:45 pm on a Sunday in 1994 at a twenty-four-hour dinner; you know the one I am talking about. Every town in America has one, the place you and your high school friends spent hours upon hours chatting about everything and nothing, when you had nowhere to be, and you didn't pay more than a couple of bucks for soda and app...
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Batter Up! My Brain on Baseball
mike reyes
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June 18, 2019
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Come prepared to be astounded by his feats of incredible recall, his didactic memory and ability to recall his vast storage of Baseball knowledge archived in his mind is simply astounding.
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Let’s Write a Musical
mike reyes
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June 18, 2019
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Based on real-life events, the plot of this show focuses on the aftermath of writer/composer Lawrie Chiaro Smylie's husband Ben who gets diagnosed with Stage IV Cancer, in an attempt to remain in good spirits they decide to write a musical together, and this show is the culmination of their work together.
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Paper Trails
mike reyes
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June 13, 2019
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Paper Trails was superbly put together, rarely do you see a vignette performance where each short shines as strongly as the others. If you don't believe it is possible to craft meaningful, succinct, and poignant storytelling in less than one hour, then you need to start paying attention to this production team....
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Sex With Strangers
mike reyes
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June 12, 2019
certified reviewer
Playwrite/Producer Laura Eason(House of Cards) hit drama Sex with Strangers premiered initially in 2011 at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theater, after successful runs, off-Broadway this intellectually stimulating production returns to the west coast for the 2019 Hollywood Fringe Festival.
The play chronicles the relationship both professional and romantic between Olivia(Melissa Center). A talented but burnt-out author in her late thirties who stopped writing for anyone but herself after her first n...
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The Same Room
mike reyes
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June 07, 2019
certified reviewer
Our story begins with our two characters Thyma(Kelly Pierre) and Aspid(Sam Sheeks) simultaneously thrown into a dark, locked chamber. The only thing there to take up any space is a small table with two chairs, and the horrible, gut-wrenching realization that these two people who seem have a great deal of history with each other, are now locked in this prison together with no seemingly way out.
I am hesitant to say any much more about the story, as I am a firm believer in not spoiling this prod...
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THE BULLY PROBLEM
mike reyes
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June 06, 2019
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Our story follows fourteen-year-old super genius Kevin Dijkstra( James Everts) determined to get accepted to attend the most prestigious tech academy for young minds and become the greatest roboticist of his generation. That is if he can escape the torment of his bully hallways of Van Der Bort Junior High.
While struggling to complete his scholarship project for his dream school, he inherits an almost operating fully autonomous android bodyguard which he lovingly nicknames Oscar. (JORDAN MITCH...
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