Rogue Machine to Premiere Ruth Fowler's BLED FOR THE HOUSEHOLD TRUTH

Rogue Machine will present the World Premiere of "bled for the household truth" by Ruth Fowler, directed by Cameron Watson.

"bled for the household truth" opens at 8:30pm on Saturday, November 18th and runs Saturdays and Mondays at 8:30pm, and Sundays at 3:00pm through December 18, 2017. Rogue Machine is located in The Met, 1089 N Oxford Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90029. Tickets are $40. Reservations: 855-585-5185 or at www.roguemachinetheatre.com.

Keith doesn't need a roommate, but wants one. He wants a female roommate. Pen needs a place to live - and a lot more. bled for the household truth is a play about intimacy and yearning, and what happens when the world we live in, and the experiences we have, make simple human interactions the most intolerable and painful acts we could ever imagine.

Ruth Fowler first garnered media attention after writing several articles for The Village Voice as "Mimi," the stripper. A British born writer, now living in Los Angeles, she recently wrote an adaptation of Helen DeWitt's novel, The Last Samurai, for producer Tony Granz. Ruth's screenplay for Fly Me (Official Finalist - 2014 Colorado Film Festival) secured her place as one of Screen International's "Stars of Tomorrow" alongside previous winners Emily Blunt, Carey Mulligan, Robert Pattison, and Andrew Garfield. Ruth's first book, "No Man's Land," was published by Penguin.

"I haven't read a play like this...ever. It intrigued me, fascinated me, and shattered my heart. There is muscularity to Ruth's writing, a lean economy, that is taut and direct and at the same time as fragile as tissue paper. I knew I had to direct this play, because it gripped me...and just wouldn't let go," said director Cameron Watson.

Watson recently directed the world premiere of Sharr White's Stupid Kid at The Road Theatre and the critically acclaimed revival of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at Antaeus Theatre Company, where he also directed the productions of Picnic and Top Girls. Recently heralded by the Los Angeles Times as "one of our finest contemporary directors," Cameron wrote, directed, and produced the independent feature film, Our Very Own, starring Allison Janney, Jason Ritter, Cheryl Hines, Mary Badham, Autumn Reeser, Hilarie Burton, Faith Prince, Beth Grant and Keith Carradine, bought and distributed by Miramax Films. Ms. Janney received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for her work in the film. Additional directing credits include the west coast premiere of Mike Bartlett's c*ckat Rogue Machine Theatre, which won the Ovation Award for Rebecca Mozo and the LA Drama Critics' Circle Award for Patrick Stafford and Best Ensemble; the revival of Caryl Churchill's Top Girls at Anteaus ("TOP TEN Stage Productions of 2014" - Charles McNulty); The Savannah Disputation, which was nominated for five Ovation Awards and won the Best Ensemble Award from the Los Angeles Drama Critics' Circle. Watson's groundbreaking, multi-racial production of All My Sons, produced by Joe Stern at The Matrix Theatre Company, received the Los Angeles Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Actress (Anne Gee Byrd) as well as four 2012 NAACP Award nominations including Best Director, and a win for Best Ensemble.

"bled for the household truth doesn't settle for easy answers or simple categories. We're confronted with hard questions that ask us to look through the pain, to something deeper. This play is raw, disturbing, and one of the most original works that we've ever produced at Rogue Machine. It breaks your heart and, in the breaking, reveals how ugly and how beautiful we are," said artistic director and producer John Perrin Flynn.

In the cast are Benjamin Burdick, Rachel Brunner, Alexandra Hellquist, and Nathaniel Meek.

The production team features John Perrin Flynn (Producer), John Iacovelli (Scenic Design), Jared Sayeg (Lighting Design), Christopher Moscatiello (Sound Design), and Kate Bergh (Costume Design), and Tracy Winters (Dialect Coach).

Rogue Machine Theatre recently received the Polly Warfield Award for Outstanding Season from the LA Drama Critics Circle, and is the only theatre company to be given this award twice in the past sixteen years. KCRW (Best Theatre 2016) was another highlight of last season as well as receiving a Shubert Foundation grant, awarded to select theatre organizations for their artistic achievement, administrative strength, and fiscal stability along with company's development of new work and other significant contributions to the field of professional theatre in the United States. A recipient of theAmerican Theatre Wing's 2014 National Theatre Company Grant, given only to 12 theatre companies in the country, Rogue Machine (BEST PRODUCTION for three years - Ovation, LADCC Awards) presents plays that are new to Los Angeles, and the company has garnered recognition for their work in upwards of 75 awards and nominations.

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