Theatre of NOTE Opens 2012 Season With FIGURE 8

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Theatre of NOTE kicks off its 2012 season with the world premiere ofFIGURE 8 -- Seven Deadly Sins Plays written by Phinneas Kiyomura and directed by Jerry Kernion and Phinneas Kiyomura. FIGURE 8 was work-shopped and developed in NOTEworthy, Theatre of NOTE's ongoing staged reading and play development series. FIGURE 8 will preview Friday, February 17^th and Saturday, February 18th, and will open on Friday, February 24^th at 8pm and run through Saturday, March 24th at Theatre of NOTE, 1517 N. Cahuenga Blvd. (just north of Sunset) in Hollywood.

 

FIGURE 8 – Seven Deadly Sins Plays is a world premiere production that writer, and L.A. native, Phinneas Kiyomura constructed using the seven deadly sins as a springboard, weaving together eight different stories of ordinary sinners fighting, flailing and fornicating their way through what passes for normal life in modern day Southern California.   Traveling up the 5 freeway and along a fractured timeline, Figure 8 turns the very notion of sin 'round upon itself.

PHINNEAS KIYOMURA (playwright/co-director) A Los Angeles native, Phinneas Kiyomura graduated from Cal State Fullerton with a BFA in theatre and creative writing and quickly became a firmly entrenched member of Los Angeles' theatre scene. He currently calls L.A.'s own multi-award-winning Theatre of NOTE home.  Kiyomura's acting credits include the award-winning Yellow Flesh Alabaster Rose, Boiler Room , and A Mulholland Christmas Carol. In 2000, not long after graduating, Kiyomura and his co-writer were awarded 3rd place in Klasky Csupo's TV Writing contest. He spent the next year developing Shooting Blanks, a feature-length film he wrote, directed and co-starred in with Kirsten Vangsness (Criminal Minds).

 

At Theater of NOTE, Kiyomura has written and acted in multiple productions. These culminated in the highly acclaimed production of his play Lydia in Bed, which prompted Variety to call Kiyomura "an impressively original voice.”

 

Lydia garnered two LA WEEKLY nominations, and inquiries from such prestigious theatres as 2nd Stage NY, Manhattan Theatre Club, and Vulcan Productions (producers of the incendiary Sundance fave, Hard Candy).

 

JERRY KERNION (co-director) Stage directing credits include the Los Angeles premieres of "UG" by Jim Geoghan at The Attic Theatre, where he served as Artistic Director for two years, The Holy Mother of Hadley, New York at Theatre of NOTE as well as Weightless, So You Wanna Marry My Mommy, Lulu,Choose Your Weapon, Greetings, Line and Trojan Women at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.  He won the 2008 Dances with Films Two Minute-Two Step Competition with his film, Speed Relationship-ing, which he also wrote.  Other film directing credits include The Traveling Salesman, Two Minute Warning, King For A Day, Flamingo Dreams (2nd unit) and the second DVD release for the Reduced Shakespeare Company entitled The Complete History Of America, Abridged, which he also produced.  He has directed two national commercials as well as a few regional spots.  Mr. Kernion is also an accomplished stage combat choreographer with over 50 plays and films to his credit. As an actor, Mr. Kernion has done numerous films and television shows, most recently CSI:NY, Bones, The Mentalist and The Princess and the Frog. He has performed with Cirque du Soleil and The Reduced Shakespeare Company and tours internationally in their shows.

 

The cast of FIGURE 8 features: Justin Brinsfield (Film), Alex Elliott-Funk (Shoe Story), Gina Garcia Sharp (LAX), Michelle Gardner (Bones), Karl Herlinger (CSI, Lie To Me), Carl J. Johnson (Film, Men in Black), Brad C. Light ((Holy Ghost, Silver Case), Trevor H. Olsen (Hair, Alceste), Alina Phelan (Lake City), Darrett Sanders (Kill Me, Deadly), Andrea Ruth (This Contract Limits Our Liability – Read It!), Kirsten Vangsness (co-producing/starring in the film Kill Me, Deadlyand a series regular on the CBS drama Criminal Minds), Eleanor van Hest (Misusing Irony).

 

FIGURE 8 features the design talents of an impressive array of Los Angeles area designers including:  Scenic Design by Davis Campbell, Lighting Design by Matt Richter (2011 Ovation nominee for Shoe Story & Skelton Stories), Sound & Video Visual Design by Bryan Maier (2011 Ovation Nominee for Sound Design for Shoe Story), Costumes by Kimberly Freed.  The Production Stage Manager is Bebe Herrera.

FIGURE 8 will preview on Friday, February 17^th and Saturday, February 18th at 8pm and will open on Friday, February 24th at 8pm and run through Saturday, March 24th at Theatre of NOTE, 1517 N. Cahuenga (just north of Sunset) in Hollywood.

 

Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 7pm.  Ticket prices are $25; students & seniors $20. For tickets and details, please call (323) 856-8611 or visit www.theatreofnote.com to purchase tickets online and to view complete schedule.