ENRON to Receive Los Angeles Premiere This Summer

Artistic Directors August Viverito and T L Kolman announce the Los Angeles premiere of Lucy Prebble's notorious ENRON. This hybrid vaudeville/tragic comedy opens May 22nd for an initial six-week run at The Lex Theatre, 6760 Lexington Ave., Hollywood, CA 90038.

ENRON follows the astounding rise and fall of the Enron Corporation and of it's charismatic leader, Jeffrey Skilling. The Texas-based energy company ascended to great heights (and a staggering stock price) before declaring bankruptcy in 2001 amid one of the largest financial scandals in history. Focusing on the transformation of the company's president Jeffrey Skilling-from intelligent schlub to charismatic leader-the show illuminates how the whole mess unfurled. If you've ever wondered how Enron managed to deceive its 20,000 employees, Wall Street, and the public, it's all razzle-dazzle; and ENRON wickedly lights the way.

Since the real-life players in the corporate collapse were very much showmen, the play employs many techniques to show how the honchos at Enron built their empire-and why it was all a sham. Music, dance, puppetry, video and above all metaphor; ENRON is an action adventure wrapped in a crime novel wrapped in a vaudeville It was a very dirty - and not so little - secret. Expect to see the company's board of directors appear as three blind mice, the rolling blackouts in California illustrated by Jedi knights with neon light sabers and Fastow's fraudulent financial structures as ravenous raptors with glowing eyes. This is finance as razzle-dazzle entertainment.

The ensemble features the impressive talents of Alex Best, Julia Marie Buis, Alex Egan, Rainy Fields, AJ Jones, David Lombard, Ferrell Marshall, Luke McClure, Judy Nazemetz, Skip Pipo. Jed Reynolds, & Johnny Patrick Yoder. Assistant direction is by T L Kolman, Choreography by Nancy Dobbs Owen, Set by August Viverito, Lighting by Matt Richter, Sound and Video by Tiger Reel, Costumes by Kelly Graham, and Stage Management is by Scott Fleming. "Little Arthur Anderson" created by Joanna Strapp. ENRON is produced for The Production Company by T L Kolman and August Viverito.