New Version of THE INVENTOR AND THE ESCORT Opens this Month at The Lounge Theatre

KADM Productions has announced a strictly limited four-week engagement of The Inventor and The Escort, written and directed by Matt Morillo, at the Lounge Theatre in Hollywood. Winner of the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe Teapot Award for Outstanding Theatre, this revised version of the acclaimed sex comedy (presented in Los Angeles in 2012 as The Inventor, the Escort, the Photographer, Her Boyfriend and His Girlfriend) will feature Jessica Moreno and Jaret Sacrey, and opening is set for Friday, March 31 at 8pm. The limited engagement will run through April 23 only.

Actors Jessica Moreno and Jaret Sacrey will reunite for this engagement following the acclaimed sold out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The set and lighting design are by Rene Parras, Jr. The Inventor and The Escort is produced for KADM Productions by JoAnne Hartstone.

During the worst blizzard in New York City history, Julia (a call girl) arrives for an appointment with Jeffrey, a reclusive man who has become rich by inventing best-selling sex toys. What starts as a routine 'trick' with trimmings (fake palm trees, suntan lotion, and lots of margaritas) ends up with Jeffrey and Julia helping each other uncover what led them to be who they are, getting considerably more than they bargained for on this 'first date.' Morillo's sexy comedy is a cheeky but ultimately touching story of two lost souls in a big city searching for love and happiness in all the wrong places and then surprisingly finding each other.

Matt Morillo's first play, Angry Young Women in Low-Rise Jeans with High-Class Issues, was a runaway hit on two continents, packing houses and receiving rave reviews through three separate runs in New York City, and two separate runs in Sydney, Australia. Of the 2008 Los Angeles production, Variety wrote, "Angry Young Women is a cheerfully raunchy show that boasts ... hilarious writing and a sharp, fearless and funny cast." Morillo's other playwriting credits include All Aboard the Marriage Hearse, Allen Wilder 2.0, and American Soldiers. A screenwriter also, he made his debut at age 23 with the award-winning film The Pretenders (2000), and he has written several highly lauded and award-winning short films, including Maid of Honor (2003).

The Inventor and The Escort is set to open on Friday, March 31 at 8pm. The running schedule is Friday and Saturday at 8pm, and Sunday at 5pm, through April 23 only. General seating admission is $25. The performance running time is 65 minutes and there is no late seating. Tickets are on sale now, and may be purchased online at www.kadm.com or by calling (323) 960-4443.

The Lounge Theatre is located at 6201 Santa Monica Boulevard (just east of Vine, at El Centro), in Hollywood. Street parking is available.

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