Take Me To The Poorhouse

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Take Me To The Poorhouse
Awarded Best of Fringe Extension / Best International
in association with Theatre Planners

TAKE ME TO THE POORHOUSE
A new play by LIZ FEMI
Directed by JANE MORRIS

WINNER: BEST OF FRINGE EXTENSION
WINNER: BEST INTERNATIONAL SHOW
NOMINEE: DUENDE ...

The Feminist’s Guide to the Hollywood Fringe
June 6, 2013 by Holly L. Derr
It’s summer, which means elite theater professionals all over America are headed to the country for summer stock. If you can’t make it up into the mountains this summer (or if you can’t afford the expensive tickets to these high-society productions), fear not: Our cities are full of all variety of underground artists hawking their wares at Fringe Festivals.
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which began in 1947 when uninvited artists showed up and performed on the fringe of the Edinburgh International Festival, is the crème de la crème of fringes, but today almost every major city in this country holds their own Fringe: New York, Cincinnati, New Orleans and Los Angeles are just a few. Even the Berkshires—the nucleus of America’s summer stock culture—hosts a Fringe Festival.

Discounted rental rates and collective marketing opportunities attract so many artists to Fringes that sorting throug...

INTERVIEW WITH LIZ FEMI, WRITER-PERFORMER OF TAKE ME TO THE POORHOUSE
NOAH J NELSON ON WEDNESDAY, JUN. 5TH

Solo shows are the high wire acts of theatre. When they fail it leaves a bloody mess and a broken body of a career.

When they work, it’s a wonder to behold.

Liz Femi’s “upside-down Cinderella story” works. It works brilliantly. Take Me To The Poorhouse will be one of the shows I focus on in our upcoming feature about this year’s Hollywood Fringe Festival. Right now you can peek in on our interview with Femi and producer Sara Fenton as we talk about the show and Fringe. This is a full interview, so be prepared for possibl...

For Immediate Release June 6, 2013
Hollywood, CA

The May 29 press preview night of Liz Femi’s Take Me To The Poorhouse had the audience buzzing:

“…fun—pure and simple”
“…[Liz Femi’s performance] is delightful and comical
“…the artful direction of Jane Morris…is dynamic and truly theatrical”—Culture Spot LA

“Liz Femi’s “upside-down Cinderella story” works. It works brilliantly”—TurnStyle News

“..Fascinating…the right balance of humor and gravity…a dynamic performer”— Cindy Marie Jenkins, Outreach Nerd

“So. Friggin’. Good.”—Afrolicious

Social Media Buzz on Facebook and Twitter:

“…incredible show”—Tamara Hunter (Sarah Finn Casting)

“Liz Femi is an amazing actress…great night of theatre!”—Ray Stoney (Under The Dome)

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‘Take Me to the Poorhouse’ at the Hollywood Fringe Festival

June 4, 2013 | By Beverly Lafontaine | Category: Theater and Dance

Liz Femi
“Take Me to the Poorhouse” is a one-woman play of fun — pure and simple. Actress Liz Femi is schoolgirl Lizzie, a middle-class Nigerian with fantasies fueled by the ridiculous and fanciful exploits she’s seen in American movies. The safe, orderly and clean life she and her parents live in their Nigerian neighborhood seems to her to be less “soulful” than the lives of her poorer classmates. You can catch Femi’s delightful and comical performance at the Lounge Theatres where she will perform June 8 through 26 as part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival.

Femi not only puts Lizzie before us with all her childish and naïve notions, but through mimicry and striking physical poses she acquaints us with a neighborhood of characters. A one-woman show like this could easily be presented as “storytelling,” but thanks to the artful direct...

For Immediate Release:
June 3, 2013 (Hollywood, CA)

2013 Hollywood Fringe festival stageplay, Take Me To The Poorhouse, hosted a press night and preview at the Lounge Theatres in Hollywood on Wednesday, May 29, 2013. The event was sponsored by HTC and Dream Water.

The show, written by and starring Liz Femi, directed by Jane Morris (Behind the Candelabra, founder of Second City ETC stage in Chicago), was met with a standing ovation by the audience. Special guests in attendance included Edwina Findley (Treme’, The Wire), Moogega Cooper (King of the Nerds), Elise Neal (Belle’s, Scandal), comedy group “The Vacationeers” (It’s A Disaster), Ray Stoney (Under the Dome) and Anil Kumar (The Cape).

Guests were treated to personalized brown paper lunch gift bags styled to the performance, and several audience members walked away with headsets from
URBeats by Dre from HTC and cases o...

Take Me to The Poorhouse
A middle class African girl dreams of becoming poor to have “soul” and win the heart of her classmate ♥.

Disclosure: Invited to staged reading in private home. No cost to attend.

I’ve been hearing about this show because the Assistant Director/Producer attends my workshops. The story is fascinating and has all the ingredients for success: a POV I’ve never heard, the right balance of humor and gravity, a dynamic performer, plus partnership with a like-minded organization:

We pledge to donate 10% of all ticket proceeds to MAMA HOPE, a non-profit with a mission to “Stop The Pity and Unlock The Potential” in several African communities. We dig that

I dig that too.

With two more months until it’s premiere in the Hollywood Fringe Festival, it will be exciting to see how it all shapes up. Femi does a beautiful job of letting the words create the wor...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Los Angeles, CA)
Press contact: [email protected]
TAKE ME TO THE POORHOUSE is a sparkling new comedy about Lizzie, a middle-class Nigerian third grader who dreams of becoming poor in hopes of winning the heart of her popular classmate. Inspired by true events, this “upside-down Cinderella story” is a children’s story for adults – witty and wise, hilarious and heartfelt. Audiences are offered a fresh glimpse of African life as they are introduced to a girl eager to reject herself in to order to feel like she belongs.

Recipient of the American Repertory Theatre Moscow Art Theatre Institute Alumni Association’s Lab Grant, and finalist of NELA Art microgrant.

Take Me To The Poorhouse pledges to donate 10% of all ticket proceeds to Mama Hope, a...