Billed as “100 years of horror; one of hour of non-stop laughs,” “Bye-Bye” by award-winning playwright Kealy DeWitt will reinvent bedlam during the 2015 Hollywood Fringe Festival. Under the guidance of MarkYourCalendar Productions’ director Robert OMeara and producer Jon Argenziano, the farce plays five weekend performances between June 7 and June 21.
Based on the true story of Byberry, one of the most notorious mental institutions in US history and the inspiration for the classic 1948 film “The Snake Pit,” playwright DeWitt deftly weaves 100 years of historical figures into “Bye-Bye,” using actual recorded testimony and verified events to create an uproarious, no-holds black farce that catapults the audience into a sometimes gripping, often incredulous and always entertaining theatrical experience.
“I am more than thrilled to be directing the West Coast premiere...