Two Roads Theatre Presents KOWALSKI, 6/30-9/4

It was the Summer of 1947. Hot off the success of his smash debut ‘The Glass Menagerie,' Tennessee Williams had written a play that would cement his legacy as America's greatest playwright. He needed to find the perfect star to play Stanley Kowalski in "A Streetcar Named Desire." When a young unknown actor named Marlon Brando showed up to read for the role the rest, as they say, was history. This is the untold story of the most infamous audition of them all...

TWO ROADS THEATRE - in celebration of Tennessee Williams' 100th birthday - proudly presents a World Premiere event; KOWALSKI, written by Gregg Ostrin and directed & produced by Rick Shaw (‘It's Just Sex'). KOWALSKI previews on Friday, June 24 & Saturday, June 25 at 8pm and opens on Thursday, June 30 and will continue every Friday & Saturday at 8pm and Sundays at 7:30pm through Sunday, September 4 at the Two Roads Theatre, 4348 Tujunga Blvd. Avenue in Studio City.

Kowalski is the fabled, yet untold, story of how Marlon Brando landed the role of a lifetime and Tennessee Williams found his Stanley for ‘A Streetcar Named Desire'. A celebrated playwright. An unknown actor. Together they would revolutionize the American Theatre. ‘They had this date with each other from the beginning...'

ABOUT THE CREATIVE TEAM
RICK SHAW (Director/Producer) Rick is the Impresario/Owner-Producer of the Two Roads Theater & Gallery where he Produced and Directed the long-running hit comedy ‘It's Just Sex' prior to its departure to Off-Broadway, NYC where it is currently slated to open this summer. He has been a performer, writer, producer and director for TV, Movies, Radio, Stage, Nightclubs, Live Events, Advertising and Magazines including 6 seasons as a Producer on the CBS sit-com "The Nanny". He has won and/or been nominated for 2 Cable Ace Awards, an NAACP Image Award and an Emmy.

GREGG OSTRIN (Playwright) A native of Los Angeles, Gregg spent his 20's as an actor, working in such theaters as The Old Globe and The Guthrie, before deciding to pursue the more stable career of writing. A founding member of L.A's Scrap Theater, his first play Rank and File was produced on the Hudson MainStage in 1990. Since then Gregg has written on two landmark internet series, "Second City Naked News" and "Whirlgirl", sold numerous screenplays and TV pilots and wrote for the short lived NBC series "Wind on Water", starring Bo Derek and the much longer-running series "Xena, Warrior Princess". In addition, Gregg has written some of the more memorable movie trailers that audiences have enjoyed over the last 13 years. Gregg is currently a member of the Coronet Writer's Lab, where Kowalski was originally workshopped, under the guidance of the great T. Jay O'Brien.

ABOUT THE CAST AND DESIGN TEAM
The cast of KOWALSKI features Curt Bonnem (Lovelace, Hoboken to Hollywood) as Tennessee Williams, Ignacio Serricchio ("House," "General Hospital") as Marlon Brando, Sasha Higgin (New York: Irena's Vow, London Cries) as Jo, Alexa Hamilton as Margo Jones (London: Speed The Plow, Fool For Love) and Les Brandt as Pancho.

The production team on KOWALSKI is as follows: The Associate Producer: Ally Zonsius. Set Design & Décor is by Rand Sagers. Lighting Design is by Krystal Maughan. Stage Manager: Yana Shiff.

ABOUT SCHEDULE AND PRICING
KOWALSKI will preview on and will open Thursday, June 30 at 8:00pm and continue through Sunday, August 7 at The Two Roads Theatre, 4348 Tujunga Blvd. in Studio City.
Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm, Sundays at 7:30 pm. For tickets, please visit www.tworoadstheater.com or call 818-762-2282.

Ticket prices are $30 general, $25 student/senior/union.. Preview are $20.

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