Fresh Produce'd L.A. Presents World Premiere of HEY BROTHER, Now thru 12/14

Fresh Produce'd L.A. presents the world premiere production HEY BROTHER by Bekah Brunstetter. Produced by Riva Di Paola and Lucas Dixon, the show will be directed by Alexis Jacknow and stars Lucas Dixon (Yale MFA), Graham Outerbridge (A.C.T. MFA) and Kahyun Kim (Julliard BFA). The show runs tonight, November 21st - Sunday, December 14th, 2014.

Wilmington, North Carolina: Big bro Ben is a financial planner with a drinking problem, an ex-girlfriend, and a house. Enter little brother Isaac, a graduate student in history, who decides that two brothers sharing a house is a really good idea. When a mysterious young woman hunting for her own history comes into their lives, the vicious love/ hate relationship between the two roommates/brothers is put to the test.

The creative team includes: Stage Manager: Mercedes Segesvary; Set Design: Christopher Murillo; Costume Design: Amelia Phillips; Lighting Design: Lauren Wemischner; and Sound Design: Tracy Woodward.

Performances will run at the Son Of Semele Theater 3301 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, 90004. For tickets, visit www.sonofsemele.org. By phone: (213) 351-3507. Tickets $20.

About FRESH PRODUCE'd LA - the nonprofit organization provides a forum for up-and-coming playwrights. Founded in New York City two years ago, founder Riva Di Paola brought together actors and directors from the top theatre schools in the country to help fledgling writers develop original, experimental, new work.

Since the new branch opened, FRESH PRODUCE'd L.A. has workshopped 36 new works, collaborated with more than 200 artists, and helped to promote the work of dozens of writers from all over the country. In addition to their work with FP, our writer-collaborators have had readings and work presented at Ars Nova, the Public Theater, and MCC Theater at the Lucille Lortel Theater, to name a few. Additionally, we produced three readings of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. actor and playwright Brett Dalton's new play, FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW, for Broadway League producers, and we were selected by a Huffington Post contributor as one of her top theater companies in New York City, alongside the Public Theater, Playwrights Horizons, and The Wooster Group.

"We welcome works in all phases of development," said Di Paola. "We work closely with writers to tailor the rehearsals and performances to the needs of their pieces."

For more information, visit www.getfreshproduced.com, or follow on Facebook: www.facebook.com/FreshProducedLosAngeles.

'hey brother' cast & crew:

Bekah Brunstetter (Playwright) Bekah's plays include Going to a Place where you already are (South Coast Rep Commission), Cutie and Bear (Upcoming, the Roundabout) A Long and Happy life (Naked Angels Commission), Be A Good Little Widow (Noho Arts Center, Ars Nova, Collaboraction, The Old Globe), Oohrah! (The Atlantic Theater, Steppenwolf Garage, the Finborough Theater / London), Nothing is the end of the World (except for the end of the world) (Waterwell productions), House of Home (Williamstown Theater festival) and Miss Lilly Gets Boned (Ice Factory Festival.) She is an alumni of the CTG Writers Group, Primary Stages writes group, Ars Nova Play Group, The Playwright's Realm, and the Women's Project Lab, and a recipient of a Lark New Voices Fellowship. She is currently an Executive Story editor on ABC Family's Switched at Birth. BA UNC Chapel Hill; MFA in Dramatic Writing from the New School for Drama. www.bekahbrunstetter.com.

Alexis Jacknow (Director) is a Los Angeles based stage director and actress. Recent projects include: Fat Pig (The Hudson Mainstage, Ovation Recommended); 9 Circles (The Sherry Theater); The Hound of the Baskervilles (L.A. Theatre Works); and Batman and the Witch (IAMA Theatre Company). Alexis recently optioned the rights to the non-fiction book "The Lady in Gold" by Anne-Marie O'Connor, which she is adapting into a full-length play with playwright Lily Blau.Her awards and fellowships include an SDC Observership on the American Premiere of Patrick Marber's After Miss Julie at the American Airlines Theater for Roundabout Theatre Company; a Storer Boone award for Best Children's Show for her production of The Wind in the Willows; and participating in the Director's Lab West at Pasadena Playhouse. She holds a B.F.A. in Acting from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and is a proud member of SDC. For further details, visit www.alexisjacknow.com.

Lucas Dixon (Isaac) originally hails from Huntsville, TX, and is a recent Herschel Williams prizewinning graduate of the Yale School of Drama. He is a proud founding member of Fresh Produce'd LA. Television: Masters of Sex, Elementary, Mystery of Matter Film: A Picture of You LA Theater: 9 Circles (Lieutenant/Pastor), The Minister's Black Veil (Rev. Hooper) At YSD: Titus Andronicus (Titus), Cymbeline (Cloten), Passing (Sidney Bates), Henry VI Part 1 and 2 (Duke of York), Taming of the Shrew (Lucentio), Jib (Turner) , Friendship of Her Thighs (Mister), Uncle Vanya (Vanya), Elijah (Otto Hoch), Thriftcrawl (Chris), One Day It Came (Ensemble). Yale Cabaret: Normal (Peter Kurten), 4.48 Psychosis (Actor "A"), The Wedding Reception (Revunov-Karaulov) Regional: Three Sisters (Andrei Prozorov), Elijah (Nicholas Staughton), Love's Labours Lost (Anthony Dull), Chautauqua Theater Company; Western Country (Gus/Doolittle), House of Home (Billy Campbell), Williamstown Theater Festival; Twelfth Night (Ensemble), Coriolanus (Ensemble), King Lear (Ensemble), Utah Shakespeare Festival.

Kahyun Kim (Kris) - Born and raised in Korea, Kahyun is a recent Drama Major graduate from the Juilliard school. Since graduating, she's been doing a combination of theater, film and TV. She's recurring on the Disney Chanel's "Austin and Ally" and her film with Chris Evans and Michelle Monaghan "Playing It Cool" will be opening soon in theaters. She recently came back from NY filming on Debra Messing's new show on NBC called "Mysteries of Laura" as the rebel babysitter Sammi. Kahyun is having a blast being part of Fresh Produce'd production of "hey brother" and is super excited to share the story with the audience. @kahyunkim257

Graham Outerbridge (Ben) - TV/Film credits include: Law and Order, Guiding Light,
Home/Visitor and the upcoming DirecTV series, The Britishes. In New York, he was seen on stage The Mint Theater productions of Is Life Worth Living and Church Street, and at the Abingdon Theater in Empire of the Trees. He is a graduate of Tufts University as well as the MFA Program at A.C.T. in San Francisco.

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