PERENNIAL Extends at Burbank's Sidewalk Studio Theatre Through 7/6

Producer Jonathan Oliver Sessler announced today that due to popular demand the World Premiere of "Perennial," a new play about love and how we screw it up, written by and starring Tammy Minoff will be extended for one additional week through July 6, 2013 at the Sidewalk Studio Theatre, 4150 Riverside Drive, Burbank, CA 91505. There will be no performance on Independence Day, Thursday, July 4, 2013.

Tammy Minoff, best known for her appearances in the Original Broadway Casts of "The Will Rogers Follies" and "The Goodbye Girl," leads the cast in the starring role of Rosemary. Under the direction of Alexa Coblentz, the cast also includes: Billy AaRon Brown (as Leo; "8 Simply Rules," "Boston Public," "Jeepers Creepers 2"); John Churchill (as Donald; "CSI," "Criminal Minds," "Carnivale"); Kelly Frye (as May; "NCIS: LA," Webseries - "Roommates," "Celebrities Anonymous") and Wes Whitehead (as Tom; Founding Member of IAMA Theatre Company, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, "Girl Walks Into A Bar," "By The Time The Sun Is Hot").

Performances will continue to be given on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. through July 6, 2013, with the exception of Independence Day on Thursday, July 4, 2013, when there will be no performance. This play marks Tammy Minoff's debut as a playwright.

Jonathan Oliver Sessler said: "Australian actor Jonathan Patrick Moore, a series regular on the Australian television series,"Neighbours" and the medical series, "All Saints," ") will appear in the role of Donald at the Friday, July 5th and the Saturday, July 6th performances."

Jonathan Patrick Moore has also played the role of Prince William's best friend, Ian Musgrove in the Lifetime movie, "William and Kate," as well as the role of Connor Lake in the CW's "The LA Complex." He has also appeared on the ABC Family Channel's "The Mistletones" opposite Tia Mowry and Tori SpellinG. Moore graduated from the Adelaide Centre for Performing Arts in Australia in 2004.

"Perennial," a play in two acts, follows Rosemary, an aspiring painter and free spirit who has just moved to New York City. While sketching in Washington Square Park she meets Tom, an architect and playboy. Their intense chemistry quickly evolves into a serious romance. Juxtaposed with this burgeoning romance are Tom's best friends, May and Donald. They've been married for several years and are now facing the monotony of their life together. Further complicating these romances is Leo, Rosemary's often inappropriate, yet earnest best friend from high school. Watch these characters struggle, come together and fall apart as they try to find themselves.

Tickets are $20 each in advance online and $25 each at the door and can be purchased online at http://perennial.brownpapertickets.com/ or by calling Brown Paper Tickets at 800-838-3006, pressing one for Customer Service and then mentioning the show"Perennial," event number 386123. To learn more, please visit http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/932058848/the-world-premiere-of-perennial. The running time of the play is 135 minutes.

Photo by John M. Heller

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