TREEFALL Opens At Rogue Machine 7/30

Set in a future drastically altered by global climate change, TREEFALL is the story of three teenagers who have been surviving in the Pacific Northwest, trying to keep their make-shift family unit together. The arrival of a stranger with a secret unhinges the life they knew, and the vestiges of civil behavior crumble. The play re-examines how our culture sees and instills gender, identity, and family...even in a future world where these strictures have eroded.

ROGUE MACHINE has been in existence for a little over one year. In that time, The company has presented 2 Los Angeles premiere (COMPLEAT FEMALE STAGE BEAUTY, and STOP KISS) 3 West Coast premiere (AMERICAN DEAD, BINGO WITH THE INDIANS, and HALF OF PLENTY), and 2 World premiere productions which include TREEFALL and last season's critically acclaimed production of RAZORBACK, by Los Angeles playwright John Pollono. ROGUE MACHINE is a collective of award winning entertainment veterans bringing a new and distinctive voice to Los Angeles Theatre. This presentation of TREEFALL is the third main stage production for The company's second season. The ROGUE MACHINE mission includes building a theatre of ideas and nurturing the development of plays from contemporary writers while manifesting current culture, and consciousness.

John PerriN FLYNN (Director) helmed the critically acclaimed and award winning Los Angeles premiere of Rogue Machine's inaugural production COMPLEAT FEMALE STAGE BEAUTY. He directed the Craig Lucas hit SMALL TRAGEDIES at The Odyssey Theatre and the world premiere of John Pollono's LOST AND FOUND at The Lounge Theatre. Executive producer and director of Lifetime's long running award winning series STRONG MEDICINE, John has produced two other series and 14 television movies or miniseries including the Emmy nominated BURDEN OF PROOF. He most recently produced the critically acclaimed production of STOP KISS, currently running at Rogue Machine. John attended The London School of Music and Dramatic Art and has an MA degree in Theatre from Illinois State University.

HENRY MURRAY has had his work produced nationally, as well as locally. THE SKELETAL REMAINS OF AN AMERICAN INDIAN BY THE LIGHT OF THE HARVEST MOON was presented at The Back Alley Theatre in Los Angeles, and THE HEARING TRUMPET was first produced by JuxtaProductions, Venice, California. Henry is a founding member of Nashville's only avant-garde theatre, The Ensemble Theatre Company. He is the author of numerous poems and stories (publications include North Atlantic Review, West Word, and Collage), and a novel, THE RIDE SOUTH.

TREEFALL opens on Thursday, July 30th running Thursday, Friday & Saturdays at 8pm, Sunday at 3pm thru August 2nd, and then only on Thursdays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 3pm thru September 6, 2009, in weekly rep with STOP KISS (which continues Fridays and Mondays at 8pm, and Sundays at 7pm thru August 23, 2009). ROGUE MACHINE in Theatre Theater is located at 5041 Pico Blvd., LA, CA 90019. Tickets are $25 and may be purchased by calling (323) 960-7774 or at www.roguemachinetheatre.com

WEST LIANG (August) struck fear and delight into the hearts of both cast and audiences with his 'mesmerizing' portrayal of Wilson in Rogue Machine's West Coast premiere of Pulitzer Prize nominee Adam Rapp's BINGO WITH THE INDIANS. Partial stage credits: PORCELAIN (Celebration Theatre; for which he earned a Garland's Critics' Choice Award nomination), METAMORPHOSIS (Athena Theatre/LAC), THE ENCHANTED NIGHTINGALE (Falcon Theatre), ROMEO & JULIET (Odyssey Theatre & Shakespeare Orange County), and THE LEGEND OF JANE & JOE (Ricardo Montalbán Theatre). Partial TV/Film: NASH BRIDGES (CBS), THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL (CBS), CROSSING OVER (Weinstein Co.), INVINCIBLE SCRIPTURE (GDM Films), LOVE SICK DIARIES (OLA Films), and NG (JaYo Pictures).

BRIAN NORRIS (Flynn) is back on the Rogue Machine stage after recently appearing as Steve in Rogue Machine's highly acclaimed West Coast Premiere of Adam Rapp's BINGO WITH THE INDIANS. He holds a BA in Theater from UCLA's School of Theater, Film, and Television. Brian recently worked on General Hospital and will soon begin shooting the new series PRIVATE based on the best selling young adult novels. Brian has appeared on numerous TV shows including MAD ME, NCIS BIG LOVE, MY NAME IS EARL, THE UNIT, and LIE TO ME. Brian will next appear in the feature film A THOUSAND WORDS starring Eddie Murphy this fall.

BRIAN PUGACH (Craig) recently performed at the Celebration Theatre as the title caterpillar in OOOOOGY GREEN AND OTHER FABLES (containing his original songs), which will be re-mounted the Geffen in October. He was seen as Copernicus in CT's staged reading of his musical THE NEXT FAIRY TALE (wrote book/music/lyrics, Matz/Sosin MT Writing Award and Tim Robbins Playwriting Finalist). Other credits include MUKASHI MUKASHI (Geffen), THE POWER OF BIRDS (Botanicum Seedlings), and AMERICA'S NEXT TOP BOTTOM (Celebration).

Tania Verafield (Bug) makes her Rogue Machine Theatre Debut. Most recently she has appeared at the Geffen Playhouse and the Kennedy Center in BENEATH THE VEIL. At A Noise Within, Tania was seen in FLEA IN HER EAR and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, and in METAMORPHOSES and THE PLAYGROUND at Lankershim Arts Center. Film/TV Credits include LOVE AT FIRST HICCUP (Cannes Film Festival 2009), JULIA, HARSH TIMES, SHORT TERMS 12 (Best Short at Sundance 2009), 24, GHOST WHISPERER, STANDOFF, and STRONG MEDICINE.

Leigh Allen (Lighting Designer), a multi-award winner for lighting design, is a recipient of the Career Achievement Award from the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle. Leigh returns to Rogue Machine after her highly acclaimed design for RAZORBACK and AMERICAN DEAD. Other credits include: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Musical Theater West), CHAMPAGNE (Regent Cruise Lines), SHIMMY! (Princess Cruise Lines), SNOOPY ON ICE, THE RED ROAD (Native Voices), KILLER JOE (Ovation Award: Production of the Year), THE FAB FOUR (South Bay CLO), THE PRINCE OF LA (The Old Globe in San Diego), and VINCENT IN BRIXTON (Pasadena Playhouse). Leigh also received the Los Angeles Drama Critics' Circle and LA Weekly Lighting Design Award for JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN.

STEPHANIE KERLEY SCHWARTZ (Sets Design) is the multi-award winning resident designer for ROGUE MACHINE. Last year Stephanie won a Garland award for her costumes in the Los Angeles premiere of the critically acclaimed COMPLEAT FEMALE STAGE BEAUTY, ROGUE MACHINE's inaugural production, and a Maddy award for her set designs. She was also nominated for an Ovation Award for the same, and she created sets for this year's Moving Arts production of SONG'S OF EXTINCTION at the John Anson Ford. Other credits include Pacific Resident Theatre (ROCKET TO THE MOON, HOGAN'S GOAT, and ORPHEUS DESCENDING), Matrix Theatre (BOLD GIRLS, DEALING WITH CLAIR, and HONOUR), Colony Theatre (BEA[u]TIFUL IN THE EXTREME), and Electric Lodge , The Met (including SCAR with Ed Harris), and The Coast. Stephanie has designed costumes for THE WIZARD OF OZ in Concert (Avery Fisher Hall) for TNT. Film credits as Production Designer or Costume Designer include two period films set in Vermont- WHERE THE RIVERS FLOW NORTH and A STRANGER IN THE KINGDOM.

JOSEPH 'SLOE' SLAWINSKI (Sound Design) designs sound for both stage and film. He recently completed production on the short film THE GREAT FANTASTIC, will be see making the festival circuit next season. Joseph's most recent project at ROGUE MACHINE was designing the sound for Steppenwolf playwright Lisa Dillman's Los Angeles premiere of HALF OF PLENTY.

LAUREN TYLER (Costume Design) is a founding member of Rogue Machine, and her work with Stephanie Kerly-Schwartz on Rogue's COMPLEAT FEMALE STAGE BEAUTY was nominated for an Ovaltion, and awarded a Garland. Other credits include MY OLSD FRIENDS, WORLD'S LARGEST RODENT, and GLORY OF LIVING at the Victory; ENTERTAINING MR. SLOANE at the PRT Co-op; CHICAGO CONSPIRACY TRIAL and SMALL TRAGEDY at the Odyssey; and LOST AND FOUND with Jabberwocky Theatre Company. Recently she guest-designed USC's MFA production of OUR LADY OF 121ST street.

ROGUE MACHINE in Theatre Theater

5041 Pico Boulevard

Los Angeles, California 90019

(West of La Brea)

How:
For reservations call: (323) 960-7774 or visit www.roguemachinetheatre.com

How Much:
Tickets are $25

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