Katselas Presents THE JESUS KICKEY With Harry Hamlin, Opens 6/12

Katselas Theater Company presents THE WORLD PREMIERE OF THE JESUS HICKEY. The play is written and directed by Luke Yankee and Produced by Gary Grossman. The show is STARRING HARRY HAMLIN and Opens Saturday, June 12

"The Jesus Hickey" is a modern day fable about the seduction of celebrity funneled through the window of religious fanaticism. Award-winning Harry Hamlin portrays Sean Flynn, a tough Irish laborer whose daughter becomes a national superstar when it is discovered that a "hickey" on her neck is shaped in the image of Jesus. The cast includes Aviva, Roddy Jessup, Tom Killam, Aaron Leddick, Anastasia Lofgren, Greg Safel and Barbara Tarbuck.

A World Premiere fable about Celebrity and Religious Fanaticism
Written and Directed by Luke Yankee
Produced by Gary Grossman

Previews are June 4, 5,11
Opening Weekend is Saturday, June 12 at 8PM,
Sunday, June 13 at 2PM.
Performances continue Fridays and Saturdays at
8PM, Sundays at 2PM, until July 11,

SKYLIGHT THEATRE
1816 North Vermont
Los Angeles 90027

Ticket Prices:
General - $25; Students & Seniors - $15

For reservations, call: (310) 358-9936
For Katselas Theatre Company General Information: www.katselastheatre.org
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PRODUCTION INFORMATION

LUKE YANKEE (Playwright & Director) is a writer, director, producer, actor, teacher and lecturer, having worked extensively throughout the U.S. and abroad. A critically acclaimed author and an award-winning playwright, he has also directed on and off Broadway, run two regional theatres and toured the country with DIVA DISH, his one-man show about the golden age of Hollywood. He is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir, Just Outside the Spotlight. His first play, A PLACE AT FOREST LAWN (co-written with James Bontempo) is the winner of the New Noises Award and the Palm Springs International Playwriting Competition, and is published by Dramatists Play Service. Off-Broadway and regional theatre directing credits include: THE CHERRY ORCHARD with Cynthia Nixon, DRIVING MISS DAISY with Eileen Heckart, NITE CLUB CONFIDENTIAL with Barbara Eden, PRIVATE LIVES with David Canary, LOVE LETTERS with Ed Asner, Joanna Gleason, and former California Governor Pete Wilson, OLEANNA (Carbonnell Award nomination as Best Director), and a bi-lingual tour of CYRANO DE BERGERAC. Luke has taught and guest directed extensively at colleges, universities and conservatories throughout the U.S. and abroad. For the past twelve years, he has been a guest instructor and Advisory Board member of the William Inge Theatre Festival. He recently launched a seminar series in conjunction with Stella Adler LA called "Conversations on Craft". THE JESUS HICKEY is the winner of the TRU Voices Award as well as the Joel and Phyllis Ehrlich Award, given for "a socially relevant, commercially viable new work of theatre." He has also completed a film adaptation.

HARRY HAMIN starred as Perseus in the original 1981 cult classic, CLASH OF THE TITANS, with Lawrence Olivier, as well as in the ground-breaking and controversial 1982 feature, MAKING LOVE. Hamlin received three consecutive Golden Globe nominations for his role as attorney Michael Kuzak on Steven Bochco's Emmy winning smash hit, L.A. LAW. More recently, he portrayed the debonair yet troubled actor Aaron Echolls on the critically acclaimed CW hit VERONICA MARS. Hamlin's stage credits include Alan Strang (the Boy) in the American Conservatory Theatre production of Peter Shaffer's Tony award winning play EQUUS, Hamlet in Princeton's McCarter theatre production of HAMLET, Faust in the McCarter production of FAUSTES IN HELL, Moe Axelrod in the Broadway revival of Clifford Odets' AWAKE AND SING at The Circle in the Square Theatre, Henry V in Washington DC's Shakespeare Theatre production of Shakespeare's HENRY V, and Dr. John Buchanan in the Broadway revival of Tennessee William's SUMMER AND SMOKE at the Roundabout Theatre.

THE KATSELAS THEATRE COMPANY continues the mission statement set forth by Milton Katselas and Camelot Artists. Working primarily with actors and directors of the Beverly Hills Playhouse, as well as with Los Angeles-based professionals, The Katselas Theatre Company produces stage work inspired by the best work from the BHP's renowned classes as well as turning outside to directors and writers looking for scripts and productions with the emphasis on Los Angeles and World Premiere events. In addition, the theatre company plays host to musicians, poets, and dancers in its continuing dedication to creating theatrical works that benefit the broader Los Angeles community and contribute to its vibrant arts life.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.

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