Oscar Nominee Bruce Davison Joins Grey Ensemble Theatre's F*CK MY LIFE at Hollywood Fringe

Critically acclaimed actor Bruce Davison joins the cast of FUCK MY LIFE, Grey Ensemble Theatre's inaugural production at this year's Hollywood Fringe Festival in a pre-recorded cameo as "The Interviewer".

Mr. Davison's body of work includes the first two X-Men films directed by Bryan Singer as "Senator Kelly", the TV series Harry & The Hendersons, the independent film It's My Party, amongst numerous stage and Broadway credits. Mr. Davison is probably best known for the role of "David" in the film Longtime Companion, which earned him a Golden Globe for "Best Supporting Actor" and an Academy Award nomination in the same category. Mr. Davison's upcoming projects include the film Corbin Nash (co-starring Malcom McDowell and Corey Feldman, produced by FUCK MY LIFE director Carmen Aiello) and Get A Job, starring Anna Kendrick, Miles Teller, Marcia Gay Harden, Alison Brie, and Bryan Cranston.

"The role of 'The Interviewer' is a crucial one," notes playwright and GET Artistic Director Danny Bernardo. "With the play's focus in how the millennial generation comes of age in the digital era, it is paramount to juxtapose that with the perspective of the Baby Boomer generation. To have an actor of Mr. Davison's caliber take that on is an absolute dream come true.»

Mr. Davison joins a cast that includes GET founding members Taylor Bibat and Sara Gorsky with George Infantado, Jason Markoff, Adrian Snow, and Coy Wentworth. Production team members added at this time include Julian Beeston (Deadpool, Star Trek: Into Darkness) as the Sound Designer for Mr. Davison's cameo and Delia Baseman (The Hypocrites' Pirates of Penzance) as Costume Coordinator.

FUCK MY LIFE follows a diverse group of millennials as they navigate their lives on-and-offline. Between shots of Jameson and messy hookups their online antics explode into IRL problems. FUCK MY LIFE is equal parts commentary/love letter for the millennial generation coming of age in the digital era.

FUCK MY LIFE will play five performances at The Actors Company, 916 N. Formosa Ave, Los Angeles, as part of this year's Hollywood Fringe Festival. The performances will be June 11 at 10:30pm, June 12 at 3pm, June 18 at 9pm, June 26 at 2pm. Press/Preview night will be June 4 at 9:30pm. Tickets can be purchased at http://bit.ly/HFFtix16 and more information can be found at www.greyensemble.com.

BIOS:

Danny Bernardo (Playwright/Artistic Director) is a writer, actor, and director who has returned to his native Southern California after sixteen wonderful years in Chicago. As a resident playwright with Bailiwick Chicago, the world premiere of his play Mahal received a BroadwayWorld Award nomination for "Best New Work". Bernardo has worked with such Chicago companies as the Goodman Theatre, About Face, Victory Gardens Theater, Lifeline Theatre, Silk Road Rising, American Theater Company, Oak Park Festival Theatre, COLLABORACTION, Emerald City Theatre, Rasaka Theatre Company, InFusion Theatre Company, The Plagiarists, and Porchlight Music Theatre (Artistic Associate emeritus). He maintains his Chicago roots as an artistic associate of The Chicago Inclusion Project, where he began development for his play Tomas. Bernardo has studied at Columbia College Chicago, American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, and Second City Chicago. Find out more at www.dannybernardo.com.

Carmen Aiello (Director) grew up in Denver, Colorado, performing in musical theatre and dance at Shwayder Theatre, Arvada Center, Upstart Performing Ensemble and Denver Center of the Performing Arts. He moved to Chicago where he pursued acting in theatre and performed in dozens of critically acclaimed and Jeff award winning productions. Upon understudying a show at Next Theatre he felt the "calling" to casting and moved to be the casting director of productions at Next Theatre, Theatre Wit, Raven Theatre and A Red Orchid Theatre. After casting over forty productions in Chicago, he switched his focus to Los Angeles for TV/FILM. He immediately worked at The Gersh Agency, educating himself on the ins and outs of the industry. He moved to focus solely on casting and co producing; attaching stars to feature films and series including The Employer, Armed Response, The Fourth Door (New Form Digital), Gutshot Straight and Excision (official selection of Sundance 2012). In 2015, he associate produced and cast Disney's Mere Et Fille (2015) and Adi Shankar's Gods and Secrets (premiering in 2016). In 2016, Carmen co-produced, cast and attached stars to the feature films: For All Eyes Always (Sean Astin, Lynn Whitfield, Saïd Taghmaoui, Joseph Gatt) and Corbin Nash (Rutger Hauer, Malcolm McDowell, Bruce Davison, Dean Jagger, Patrick Brennan, Fernanda Romero and Corey Feldman).

Grey Ensemble Theatre presents new, contemporary, and classic stories that represent the multicultural world we live in. Founded by former Chicago-based artists, we strive for the highest quality work with a focus on ensemble and collaboration. Emphasizing diversity and inclusion both on stage and in production, Grey Ensemble Theatre is committed to unifying audience and artist through the power of storytelling.

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