Los Angeles, Directed by Rapp, Extends at the Flea to 3/24
By: BWW News Desk Mar. 12, 2007
The Flea Theater has announced the extension of the New York premiere of Los Angeles by Drama Desk Award-nominee Julian Sheppard (Buicks). Directed by Pulitzer Prize finalist and Obie Award winner Adam Rapp, performances have been extended through March 24th
"Sex. Drugs. Swimming Pools. Traffic. Smog. Carjackings. The search for next big thing. This is Los Angeles, where one damaged young woman needs more than a map to find her way through the pitfalls of Tinseltown," state press materials.
Los Angeles stars Katherine Waterston (daughter of Sam Waterston) and The Bats, the resident Acting Company at The Flea. The production features set by David Korins, lighting by Miranda Hardy, sound by Eric Shim and costumes by Erika Munro.
Julian Sheppard's Buicks received two 2003 Drama Desk nominations, including Outstanding Play. Buicks was recently optioned by Paramount Studios as a sitcom for CBS. His other plays include Love and Happiness, Whatever, After America, A Hole in the Earth and From Now On. His plays have been produced in New York at Soho Rep, Blue Heron Arts Center, Cherry Lane Alternative, MCC Performance Lab, and New York Performance Works, among others. He has received two Le Comte de Nouy Awards and is a three-time finalist for Actor Theatre of Louisville's Heidemann Award. He is a head writer on ESPN's "2-Minute Drill."
ARapp is a novelist, filmmaker, playwright and director. In 2006, he was named a finalist for the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for his play Red Light Winter. His other plays include Nocturne, Blackbird, Stone Cold Dead Serious, Finer Noble Gases, and Faster. His work has been presented internationally at theaters including The Bush, London; Pittsburgh City Theatre; Humana Festival, Rattlestick, Steppenwolf, New York Theater Workshop and Barrow Street Theater. As a director, his production of Blackbird received two Drama Desk nominations. His production of Red Light Winter won the Joseph Jefferson Award in Chicago, among other honors. Rapp's first feature film Winter Passing received its world premiere at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival and was released in February. He is currently in post-production with his second feature, Blackbird.
"The Flea Theater, under Artistic Director Jim Simpson and Producing Director Carol Ostrow, is one of New York's leading off-off-Broadway companies. Winner of a Special Drama Desk Award, Obie Awards and an Otto for political theater, The Flea has presented over 80 plays and numerous dance and live music performances since its inception in 1996."
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