GIRLS TALK Extends, Andrea Savage and Jamie Denbo Join Cast

Roger Kumble, David Elzer and Molly O'Keefe are thrilled to announce that their critically-acclaimed (LA Times CRITICS' CHOICE, LA Weekly GO!), smash-hit world premiere play, GIRLS TALK, written and directed by Roger Kumble (turnaround, d girl) is EXTENDING with two new "girls" at the Lee Strasberg Theatre, 7936 Santa Monica Blvd. in West Hollywood. Brooke Shields and Constance Zimmer will leave the cast on Sunday, April 10 and Andrea Savage and Jamie Denbo join Andrea Bendewald, Eileen Galindo and Nicole Paggi, beginning April 14 and will perform through Saturday, May 7!

After an eight-year absence from the Los Angeles theatre scene, following turnaround, starring David Schwimmer, Jonathan Silverman and Tom Everett Scott, Roger Kumble returns for his fourth foray into the world of narcissistic Hollywood power brokers. This time he sets his sights on Brentwood's status climbing mommies. These "d girls" from the nineties now find themselves caught up in a world filled of their own power plays - including nanny poaching, elitist book clubs, and worst of all...pre-school applications - in this hilarious new comedy that is sure to get all of Hollywood's boys and girls "talk"-ing.

ABOUT THE CREATIVE TEAM
ROGER KUMBLE (Director/Playwright) began his career as a playwright in 1993 with the Hollywood satire Pay or Play, which garnered him the LA Weekly Award for Best Comic Writing. His second play, 1997's d girl, starring David Schwimmer, earned him four Drama-logue Awards. In 2003, Kumble completed his Hollywood trilogy with the critically acclaimed Turnaround, again starring David Schwimmer, which sold out its entire run in Los Angeles.

Kumble made his feature-film-directorial debut with 1999's Sony Pictures box-office hit, Cruel Intentions, his adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos' Les Liaisons Dangereuses, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon and Selma Blair; his screenplay transposed the French classic to modern New York. He followed with the Sony Pictures comedy The Sweetest Thing, starring Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate, Selma Blair and Thomas Jane, New Line Cinema's Just Friends, starring Ryan Reynolds, Anna Ferris and Amy Smart and Disney's successful family-comedy College Road Trip starring Martin Lawrence, Raven Simone and Donny Osmond. Most recently, he directed Brendan Fraser and Brooke Shields in Summit Entertainment & Participant Media's Furry Vengeance.

For television, Kumble created the series Manchester Prep and has directed episodes of Showtime's Out of Order with Eric Stoltz and Felicity Huffman and NBC's Kath & Kim with Molly Shannon, Selma Blair and John Michael Higgins. He is a graduate of Northwestern University and lives in Los Angeles with his wife Mary and three young children.

GIRLS TALK has assembled an award-winning design team. The set design is by Tom Buderwitz. The lighting design is by Christie Wright. The costume design is by Ann Closs-Farley. The sound design is by Doug Newell. The casting director is Bonnie Zane. The stage manager is Patricia Sutherland.

ABOUT THE CAST

ANDRÉA BENDEWALD is best known for playing Maddy Piper on the hit series "Suddenly Susan" starring Brooke Shields. She originated the role of Lisa in the critically acclaimed play d girl, written by Roger Kumble, and enjoyed taking her one woman show, ABOVE AND BEYOND to the Aspen Comedy Festival and runs both in NY and LA.

Television credits include: "Without A Trace," "The Game," "According To Jim," "Two And A Half Men," "House," "Entourage," "CSI," "Miami, Center Of The Universe," "Men Behaving Badly," "That 70's Show," "Providence," "Ellen," "Friends," "Seinfeld," "That's Life," and "Secret Lives Of Men." Andréa is a graduate of the School of Performing Arts and holds a BFA in Theatre from Wright State University.

Eileen Galindo is an accomplished actress and voice-over artist who makes her home in Los Angeles and New York. She has originated countless theatrical roles. Among her favorites, the World Premieres of Chavez Ravine with Culture Clash [Mark Taper Forum, LA], Lisa Loomer's Expecting Isabel [Arena Stage, DC/Taper, LA] and Luis Santeiro's Praying With The Enemy [Coconut Grove Playhouse, FL]. Ms. Galindo also appeared opposite Chita Rivera in The House of Bernarda Alba [Taper, LA] . Most recently, Ms. Galindo was seen onstage in The Clean House [ICT, Long Beach, CA] for which she was nominated for 2010 Best Featured Performance by the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle. Most recent guest star appearances include the ABC's "Off the Map". Ms. Galindo is also well known for her work in animation as Dora's Mommy on the long-running Emmy award winning series "Dora The Explorer" and as Mrs. Garcia-Shapiro on the Emmy award winning Disney series, "Phineas and Ferb".

NICOLE PAGGI grew up near Austin, Texas and after graduating from Texas State University she moved to Hollywood. Her big break came when she was cast by Diane Keaton, in a series regular role, as the outspoken best friend of Allison Lohman's character, in "Pasadena" for FOX. She continued to increase her screen presence with the recurring role of Brittany on the popular NBC series, "Providence," and as a series regular on both ABC's "Hope and Faith" and UPN's "One on One. Other television credits include: CBS pilot: "Expert Witness" with Mathew Modine, "CSI: Crime Investigation", "CSI: Miami/New York crossover pilot", "Glory Days", "Fastlane", "Quintuplets", "Judging Amy", "Jake in Progress", "Campus Confidential", and most recently, the new CBS comedy, "Mad Love".

ANDREA SAVAGE is an actress/writer/producer born and bred in Los Angeles. Andrea's most recent film credits are STEP BROTHERS, opposite Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly and DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS, opposite Paul Rudd and Steve Carell. Her improvisation background from The Groundlings led her to lead roles in THE GRAND directed by Zak Penn opposite Woody Harrelson, DOG BITES MAN for Comedy Central created by Dan Mazer (BORAT), SIGNIFICANT OTHERS for NBC, as well as numerous other television series. She has written, produced and starred in two seasons of FUNNY OR DIE PRESENTS, on HBO, as well as numerous popular sketches for the funnyordie website. A contributing writer to The Huffington Post, ANDREA is also currently writing a feature comedy script for Castle Rock Entertainment and recently wrote an untitled half-hour pilot script for 20th Century Fox TV, through Chernin Entertainment based on her original idea.

JAMIE DENBO has most recently appeared on "Terriers," "Weeds," "Conan," "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm." In recent years, she has taped pilots for Showtime, ABC, NBC, FOX and Comedy Central. Her original comedy show, "Ronna & Beverly", continues to play to packed houses at the UCB Theater and other venues all over the country, as well as the Soho Theater in London and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Her original feature, "Best Buds" is set to be produced by Natalie Portman's HandsomeCharlie Productions and Vendome Pictures in the (hopefully VERY) near future. She also teaches and performs regularly at the UCB Theater.

ABOUT THE SCHEDULE AND PRICING

GIRLS TALK is EXTENDING through Saturday, May 7 at the Lee Strasberg - Marilyn Monroe Theatre, 7936 Santa Monica Blvd in West Hollywood.

Performances are Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sunday evenings at 7pm. Ticket prices are $34.00 for all performances. $ For Tickets, please call
1-800-595-4849 or visit www.tix.com.

To post a comment, you must register and login.