'WITTE'S END: A Comedy In Two Acts' Opens At Riprap On 1/2
By: Gabrielle Sierra Dec. 30, 2008
Witte's End, A Comedy in Two Acts: The most fun you'll ever have at a suicide!
WITTE'S END is to die for! An hysterical, fast-paced, sexy, laugh-out-loud comedy about life and death as seen from the bottom of a glass. Peter Witte, self-proclaimed "hack" screenwriter is going to end it all because he lacks legitimacy as a playwright. He has five bottles of wine, one of which contains poison. He opens each bottle in a game of Russian Roulette, while his friends, neighbors and strangers watch with horror and humor fearful that any bottle may contain the "fatal draught."
PG-13 for language; Running time: approximately 1 hour, 45 minutes with intermission.
Cast includes Darrell Philip, Laura Napoli, Efia Pearson, Sandra Nutt, Christiann Marie Castellanos, RJ Farrington, Matthew Edward Frieberg, Pasean Wilson, and Christopher Ruiz.
WITTE's END
Riprap Studio Theatre
5755 Lankershim Blvd.
NoHo, CA 91601
January 2, 2008 through March 1, 2008
November 21, 2008 is FRIENDS NIGHT by invitation only
Every Friday and Saturday at 8PM;
Sundays at 2PM and 7PM
(NO 2PM MATINEE Sunday, January 11, 2009.)
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Tickets and information: http://www.riprapentertain.com/tickets.html
EVAN KELIHER (Playwright). A native Detroiter, Evan Keliher grew up in the city along with nine siblings in a home long on family values and short of cash. All members of the family worked part-time and contributed to the communal budget on a regimen that encouraged thrift and interfered with their studies. Unhappy in school, Evan dropped out in '48, enlisted in the Marines, and lived to rue the day when he found himself in the midst of the Korean War and at risk of serious injury. However, the military experience wasn't entirely wasted, as Evan realized the importance of education while in the service. He graduated from high school and went on to study at Wayne State University in Detroit where he earned a teaching degree in '55 and launched a 30-year career in the city's public schools.
He wrote his first book in '76, a satire on the schools titled NEW AFRICA HIGH: A Low Comedy. The school board took umbrage and transferred him to a new post but was unable to fire him thanks to the tenure laws. Evan later earned masters and doctoral degrees and rose to the lofty position of department head before they wised up and passed new city ordinances to prevent further advancement.
Other writings include stage plays, screenplays, sitcom pilots, novels, and videos. Sample chapters and play manuscripts may be found at www.grandpaspotbook.com. More information via Google.
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