THANKSGIVING Will Play Four Encore! Producer's Award Performances

Samovar Subway Ensemble's Hollywood Fringe Festival production of Thanksgiving, a world premiere comedy by Tiffany Cascio, is the winner of three Fringe Awards (out of five nominations) and also received Pick of the Fringe designation from Combined Artform and Fringe Management. The acclaimed comedy will play four Encore! Producers' Award performances on Friday, July 14 at 8pm; Sunday, July 16 at 2pm; Saturday, July 22 at 2pm; and Sunday, July 23 at 2pm. Running time is 90 minutes.

Thanksgiving won the Beyond Bechdel-Wallace Award (sponsored by Broads' Word Ensemble), the Unleashed Award (sponsored by Theatre Unleashed), and the Encore! Producers' Award. The show was also nominated for the ShoWorks Don't Wait Create! Award (sponsored by ShoWorks Entertainment) and Best Comedy.

The cast features (in alphabetical order) Trip Langley, Susan Louise O'Connor, Asia Lynn Pitts, Gary Poux, Sharon Spence, and Allison Youngberg. The creative team includes Kit Whitten (set design), Brandon Baruch (lighting design), Sharon Spence (costume design), and James Ferrero (sound design). Fight choreography is by Dane Oliver, the stage manager is Taylor Jackson Ross, and Allison Youngberg is the producer for Samovar Subway Ensemble.

Thanksgiving is a not all-the-way true, but sometimes painfully so, dysfunctional family comedy. Chloe Patterson has invited her perfect fiancé to what she will make sure is the perfect Thanksgiving, despite her very imperfect family. She's got a solid plan in place to combat any and all hints of dysfunction, providing for every possible contingency - except the unexpected dinner guest: a very unfiltered, Las Vegas stripper. Scabs are picked, secrets are revealed, and fights erupt as this group struggles to make it through another holiday unscathed.

Tickets for Thanksgiving are $15 and may be obtained online at http://hff17.com/4549 or by phone at (323) 455-4585. The Lounge Theatre is located at 6201 Santa Monica Boulevard (just east of Vine at El Centro), in Hollywood, 90038.