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Boxing lessons
April 26 - June 2
EXTENDED!!! NOW PLAYING THRU JUNE 30!
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CRITICS' CHOICE! SHEER FUN! "Boxing Lessons' delivers mayhem and plot twists in a one-two punch!" — F. Kathleen Foley, Los Angeles Times A SUREFIRE, DON’T-MISS-IT SHOW! "… a wickedly funny black comedy peopled by the quirkiest of characters and performed by a sensational cast.” — Paul Myrvold, Theatre Notes FUNNY AND ENTERTAINING! "…. a carousel of zany plot twists and revelations” — Lovell Estell III, Stage Raw BRILLIANT! "… stimulating and original… razor sharp wit… sparkling dialogue,,, fascinating characters… if we were still using the star rating, I’d hand them the Milky Way.” — Ingrid Wilmot, Will Call for Theater “WOW!… DARKLY COMEDIC … Family dysfunction at its weirdest and wildest, directed by Jack Stehlin with razor-sharp precision and performed by six of the best (and best-cast) actors in town.” — Steven Stanley, Stage Scene LA PERSONAL REVELATIONS AND SNIPING REMINISCENT OF ALBEE'S VIRGINIA WOOLF! — OnStage Los Angeles "A ROLLER COASTER RIDE! " … pokes fun at life, death, and everything in between… [a] talented ensemble cast who know just how to shock the audience in their understated way” — Elaine Mura, LA Splash When a famous writer dies under mysterious circumstances, family and friends gather in his cabin on a remote island in Puget Sound to box up his belongings. In the process, they come to realize just how much they love, despise and need one another. World premiere dark comedy by award-winning playwright John Bunzel Directed by Jack Stehlin
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Previews: 04/19/2019, 04/24/2019, 04/25/2019
Opens: April 26, 2019 Run: Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Select Sundays at 3pm: April 28, May 26, June 2 Extended through June 30! Remaining performances: • Fridays at 8 p.m.: May 24, May 31, June 7 ONLY • Saturdays at 8 p.m.: May 25, June 1, June 8, June 15, June 22, June 29 • Sundays at 3 p.m.: May 26, June 2, June 16, June 23, June 30 (dark June 9) |
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ABOUT THE CAST
EVE DANZEISEN JudyTheatre includes: LA: 4Play: Sex in a Series (TripLA), Cold Sweat(Atwater Village Th.), The Trip Back Down (Whitefire Th.) NY: world premiere of The Body Politic (59E59), U.S. premieres of Construction of the Human Heart (Access Th.), and Romeo and Hamlet (Abington Th., Gayfest), with The Old Globe (San Diego): Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Winter’s Tale, Uncle Vanya, and more. On camera credits include: her film The Hardest Part (Tropfest Best Actress Award), Fire in the Hole, Reason, Heyday, Pooched, & 3 yrs. as the Optimum Business spokesperson. Sarah Lawrence College (BA), The Old Globe (MFA), evedanzeisen.com
STEPHEN TYLER HOWELL Steve
Stephen Tyler Howell is an LA local, Texan, and is delighted to make his New American Theatre debut. Theatre credits include: Nude/Naked (Det./Stevie) at The McCadden Place Theater, Finks with Rogue Machine, Red Speedo (alt. cast) and A Delicate Ship (alt. cast) both at The Road Theatre, the title role in Macbeth x 5 at The Odyssey , and Hot N' Throbbing with Illyrian Players. His BFA in Theatre is from UT Arlington and studied in the MFA Acting program at Cal State Fullerton (‘11-‘13). The feature Sometimes Our Friends Come Over is currently on the festival circuit and has been featured by NFMLA, Tampa Bay Underground Film Festival, and Portland Unknown Film Festival. www.stephentylerhowell.com
Stephen Tyler Howell is an LA local, Texan, and is delighted to make his New American Theatre debut. Theatre credits include: Nude/Naked (Det./Stevie) at The McCadden Place Theater, Finks with Rogue Machine, Red Speedo (alt. cast) and A Delicate Ship (alt. cast) both at The Road Theatre, the title role in Macbeth x 5 at The Odyssey , and Hot N' Throbbing with Illyrian Players. His BFA in Theatre is from UT Arlington and studied in the MFA Acting program at Cal State Fullerton (‘11-‘13). The feature Sometimes Our Friends Come Over is currently on the festival circuit and has been featured by NFMLA, Tampa Bay Underground Film Festival, and Portland Unknown Film Festival. www.stephentylerhowell.com
ERIC CURTIS JOHNSON Sheriff Bob
Sacred Fools: Gibson/Burns in MR. Burns, Rumfoord in Sirens of Titan; Mycroft in Watson; Deckard in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?; The Dads in Neighborhood 3; JFK in The Magic Bullet Theory.. A Noise Within: Creon in Jean Anouilh's Antigone ; Kurt in Strindberg’s The Dance of Death; Cratchit in A Christmas Carol. Other local favorites: Garry in Noises Off (Rubicon Theater); Driscoll in Kong (SkyPilot Theater); many different roles in Magnum Opus Theater and Serial Killers. Stars as Bob Dil in Borderline on Amazon Prime. ecurtisjohnson.com
Sacred Fools: Gibson/Burns in MR. Burns, Rumfoord in Sirens of Titan; Mycroft in Watson; Deckard in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?; The Dads in Neighborhood 3; JFK in The Magic Bullet Theory.. A Noise Within: Creon in Jean Anouilh's Antigone ; Kurt in Strindberg’s The Dance of Death; Cratchit in A Christmas Carol. Other local favorites: Garry in Noises Off (Rubicon Theater); Driscoll in Kong (SkyPilot Theater); many different roles in Magnum Opus Theater and Serial Killers. Stars as Bob Dil in Borderline on Amazon Prime. ecurtisjohnson.com
LUKE McCLURE Ned
U.K. Theatre: Grey Days, by Colin Goodwin (Edinburgh Fringe Festival); Dinner on the Fourteenth Floor, by Evan Placey (Hampstead Theatre, London). L.A. Theatre: Yellow, by Del Shores, The Boomerang Effect by Matt Leavitt, Enron, by Lucy Prebble (West coast premiere), Henry IV, Part 1 (Little Fish Theatre), Pericles (Porters of Hellsgate), An Evening Betrayal and Hamlet (The 6th Act). Film/TV credits: Nip/Tuck, Castle, All Together Now, Southern Baptist Sissies, Sleep With Me, This is My Year and more. BA in Drama and Film, University of Kent ; MA in Acting, Central School of Speech and Drama, London. www.lukemcclure.com
U.K. Theatre: Grey Days, by Colin Goodwin (Edinburgh Fringe Festival); Dinner on the Fourteenth Floor, by Evan Placey (Hampstead Theatre, London). L.A. Theatre: Yellow, by Del Shores, The Boomerang Effect by Matt Leavitt, Enron, by Lucy Prebble (West coast premiere), Henry IV, Part 1 (Little Fish Theatre), Pericles (Porters of Hellsgate), An Evening Betrayal and Hamlet (The 6th Act). Film/TV credits: Nip/Tuck, Castle, All Together Now, Southern Baptist Sissies, Sleep With Me, This is My Year and more. BA in Drama and Film, University of Kent ; MA in Acting, Central School of Speech and Drama, London. www.lukemcclure.com
BRUCE NOZICK Billy
Bruce just completed a successful run in the Rogue Machine production of Finks. He also appeared a few years ago in Rogue’s hit production of Honky. Bruce will appear on the upcoming season of Showtime’s Big Little Lies. TV appearances include The Last Ship, Weeds and playing Stanley Levison in the HBO film All The Way. Other theatre includes the Off-Broadway hit A Shayna Maidel, touring with the First National Company of Neil Simon’s Lost in Yonkers, and appearing at dozens of Regional Theatres around the country. He’s also a member of Rogue Machine and The Pacific Resident Theatre Company.
Bruce just completed a successful run in the Rogue Machine production of Finks. He also appeared a few years ago in Rogue’s hit production of Honky. Bruce will appear on the upcoming season of Showtime’s Big Little Lies. TV appearances include The Last Ship, Weeds and playing Stanley Levison in the HBO film All The Way. Other theatre includes the Off-Broadway hit A Shayna Maidel, touring with the First National Company of Neil Simon’s Lost in Yonkers, and appearing at dozens of Regional Theatres around the country. He’s also a member of Rogue Machine and The Pacific Resident Theatre Company.
SUSAN WILDER Meg
LA stage includes: Rogue Machine in Still Life, Between Friends at Ensemble Studio, and Freddy at the Fountain. Other theatre credits include: King Lear (with Christopher Plummer), Ivanov (with Kevin Kline) at Lincoln Center; Heartbreak House (Berkeley Rep); City of Conversation (Delaware Theatre Company); Other Desert Cities (Walnut Street); Orson's Shadow (Philadelphia Theatre Company); Magic Fire (Wilma); A Little Night Music (Arden); and six years with People's Light & Theatre Company. Recent television includes: Searching for Neverland, Scandal, How to Get Away With Murder, Do You Want to See a Dead Body and
LA Macabre.
LA stage includes: Rogue Machine in Still Life, Between Friends at Ensemble Studio, and Freddy at the Fountain. Other theatre credits include: King Lear (with Christopher Plummer), Ivanov (with Kevin Kline) at Lincoln Center; Heartbreak House (Berkeley Rep); City of Conversation (Delaware Theatre Company); Other Desert Cities (Walnut Street); Orson's Shadow (Philadelphia Theatre Company); Magic Fire (Wilma); A Little Night Music (Arden); and six years with People's Light & Theatre Company. Recent television includes: Searching for Neverland, Scandal, How to Get Away With Murder, Do You Want to See a Dead Body and
LA Macabre.
ABOUT THE PRODUCTION TEAM
JOHN IACOVELLI Scenic Design
John Iacovelli Scenic Design
John Iacovelli created memorable designs for more than 300 plays and musicals at most major theatres in the U.S. including Steppenwolf Theatre Company, McCarter Theatre Center, Long Wharf Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Geffen Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Center Theatre Group. He is the resident Scenic Designer at the Matrix Theatre. Iacovelli received a primetime Emmy for the broadcast of the Broadway production of Peter Pan. He was the production designer on Ruby in Paradise, starring Ashley Judd, and art director on Honey, I Shrunk the Kids! His television credits include The Old Settler starring Phylicia Rashad and Debbie Allen, The Gin Game staring Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke, Babylon 5, Ed, Resurrection Blvd. and Lincoln Heights. He has an MFA in scenic design from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. He received the Distinguished Achievement Award in Scene Design and Technology from The U.S. Institute of Theatre Technology.
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John Iacovelli Scenic Design
John Iacovelli created memorable designs for more than 300 plays and musicals at most major theatres in the U.S. including Steppenwolf Theatre Company, McCarter Theatre Center, Long Wharf Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Geffen Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Center Theatre Group. He is the resident Scenic Designer at the Matrix Theatre. Iacovelli received a primetime Emmy for the broadcast of the Broadway production of Peter Pan. He was the production designer on Ruby in Paradise, starring Ashley Judd, and art director on Honey, I Shrunk the Kids! His television credits include The Old Settler starring Phylicia Rashad and Debbie Allen, The Gin Game staring Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke, Babylon 5, Ed, Resurrection Blvd. and Lincoln Heights. He has an MFA in scenic design from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. He received the Distinguished Achievement Award in Scene Design and Technology from The U.S. Institute of Theatre Technology.
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JOSEPHINE PU-SHENG WANG Lighting Design
is a Los Angeles-based Taiwanese lighting designer/artist. She's worked with Jessica Hannah, Heidi Duckler, James Franco, Edgar Arceneaux, and Andrew Schneider, and brought her artwork overseas to Cuba and Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She develops unconventional design techniques for performances, installations and everything in between. Josephine received a BS in Computer Science from NCVU, Taiwan, and a BFA in Theatre Lighting Design fro CAlArts. With her cultural background and skills, Josephine hopes to be a technological innovator in lighting design, bridge he gaps between classes and races, and dedicate her life to social justice and human rights around the world.
is a Los Angeles-based Taiwanese lighting designer/artist. She's worked with Jessica Hannah, Heidi Duckler, James Franco, Edgar Arceneaux, and Andrew Schneider, and brought her artwork overseas to Cuba and Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She develops unconventional design techniques for performances, installations and everything in between. Josephine received a BS in Computer Science from NCVU, Taiwan, and a BFA in Theatre Lighting Design fro CAlArts. With her cultural background and skills, Josephine hopes to be a technological innovator in lighting design, bridge he gaps between classes and races, and dedicate her life to social justice and human rights around the world.
CHRISTOPHER MOSCATIELLO Sound Design
Christopher Moscatiello is an award winning sound designer, composer, music editor and music director for theater, television and film. Recent TV credits include The Walking Dead, (AMC), Human Target (Fox), EUREKA (SyFy), Psych (USA), Caprica (SyFy), The Cape (NBC), Trauma (NBC), and he has scored full series and specials for National Geographic and The Discovery Channel, as well as specials and promos for HBO, BBC, Animal Planet, MSNBC, AOL/Time Warner, The History Channel, The Learning Channel and ZDF Germany. Theater credits include The New American Theatre, The Kennedy Center, The Smithsonian Institution, The Folger Shakespeare Theater, Rogue Machine Theatre, Pacific Resident Theatre, The Odyssey Theatre, The Road Theater, and he served as assistant conductor for the national tour of The Phantom of the Opera.
An East Coast native, Chris spent several years in Boston as Associate Artistic Director and Conductor of the Boston Chamber Ensemble. During that period, he wrote a ballet commissioned by the Kirov Ballet Academy that had its world premier in Washington, DC. Also while on the East Coast, he was the production music director for the theater program at American University, and the supervising composer for The Washington Opera's Create and Produce program. He also served as Master Sound Engineer for the Washington Folklore Society Folk Festival, Staff Engineer at Wooden Nickel Sound and Recording and as Technical Director for The Stage Door theater program in Arlington, VA. moscatiello.com
Christopher Moscatiello is an award winning sound designer, composer, music editor and music director for theater, television and film. Recent TV credits include The Walking Dead, (AMC), Human Target (Fox), EUREKA (SyFy), Psych (USA), Caprica (SyFy), The Cape (NBC), Trauma (NBC), and he has scored full series and specials for National Geographic and The Discovery Channel, as well as specials and promos for HBO, BBC, Animal Planet, MSNBC, AOL/Time Warner, The History Channel, The Learning Channel and ZDF Germany. Theater credits include The New American Theatre, The Kennedy Center, The Smithsonian Institution, The Folger Shakespeare Theater, Rogue Machine Theatre, Pacific Resident Theatre, The Odyssey Theatre, The Road Theater, and he served as assistant conductor for the national tour of The Phantom of the Opera.
An East Coast native, Chris spent several years in Boston as Associate Artistic Director and Conductor of the Boston Chamber Ensemble. During that period, he wrote a ballet commissioned by the Kirov Ballet Academy that had its world premier in Washington, DC. Also while on the East Coast, he was the production music director for the theater program at American University, and the supervising composer for The Washington Opera's Create and Produce program. He also served as Master Sound Engineer for the Washington Folklore Society Folk Festival, Staff Engineer at Wooden Nickel Sound and Recording and as Technical Director for The Stage Door theater program in Arlington, VA. moscatiello.com
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FLORENCE KEMPER BUNZEL Costume Design
Television: HBO’s Tales From the Crypt, ABC’s Camp Wilder, Nickelodeon’s All That, The Amanda Show, Drake and Josh, Carsey-Werner’s Grounded for Life and The Tracy Morgan Show, HBO’s Unscripted, NBC’s Teachers. Film: Highway to Hell, The Perfect Game, Movie 43. Theater: Miss America’s Ugly Daughter (Barra Grant), 63 Trillion (The New American Theatre), The Rug Merchants of Chaos (Pasadena Playhouse), Gravity Shoes (New American Theatre/Hudson Avenue Theater), Complexity (New American Theatre). |
DAVID SAEWERT Propmaster
As resident Props Master and Department Manager at South Coast Repertory Theater, David has done over 200 shows for SCR including: Amadeus, Once, The Tempest, Moby Dick, Chinglish, Sweeney Todd as well as several world premiers: Vietgone, Office Hour, Cambodian Rock Band. Other theater credits: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (UCI), The Winters Tale (UCI), Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (The Chance), Shrek (Northwood), Big Fish (The Chance), The Little Foxes (Antaeus), Aladdin (Laguna Playhouse), Joy Wheel (Ruskin Group Theatre). Proud member IATSE and servers as a trustee on the Orange County School Board.
As resident Props Master and Department Manager at South Coast Repertory Theater, David has done over 200 shows for SCR including: Amadeus, Once, The Tempest, Moby Dick, Chinglish, Sweeney Todd as well as several world premiers: Vietgone, Office Hour, Cambodian Rock Band. Other theater credits: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (UCI), The Winters Tale (UCI), Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (The Chance), Shrek (Northwood), Big Fish (The Chance), The Little Foxes (Antaeus), Aladdin (Laguna Playhouse), Joy Wheel (Ruskin Group Theatre). Proud member IATSE and servers as a trustee on the Orange County School Board.
VICTORIA HOFFMAN Casting Director
Victoria Hoffman (Casting) Recent projects include Boston Court: Judas Kiss and A Streetcar Named Desire; A Noise Within: Select Casting for A Picture of Dorian Gray and Othello; as Resident CD for Rogue Machine Theatre, projects include Finks, Oppenheimer, Mexican Day, Les Blancs. Other projects include the USC Thesis Films Falling (an official selection at the Slamdance Film Festival, among many) and Goldfish. Currently Manager of Casting at the AFI Conservatory. Acting credits include The Vortex in Malibu and at The Matrix, Sonneteer at the LA LGBT Ctr, and appearances at The Kodak, South Coast Repertory, Kansas City Rep, and the Theatricum Botanicum. TV/Film www.victoriahoffman.com
Victoria Hoffman (Casting) Recent projects include Boston Court: Judas Kiss and A Streetcar Named Desire; A Noise Within: Select Casting for A Picture of Dorian Gray and Othello; as Resident CD for Rogue Machine Theatre, projects include Finks, Oppenheimer, Mexican Day, Les Blancs. Other projects include the USC Thesis Films Falling (an official selection at the Slamdance Film Festival, among many) and Goldfish. Currently Manager of Casting at the AFI Conservatory. Acting credits include The Vortex in Malibu and at The Matrix, Sonneteer at the LA LGBT Ctr, and appearances at The Kodak, South Coast Repertory, Kansas City Rep, and the Theatricum Botanicum. TV/Film www.victoriahoffman.com
DEREK R. COPENHAVER Production Stage Manager
Derek is a relatively recent addition to the LA theatre scene, having moved here from the Midwest a few years ago. He has years of experience in stage management, lighting design, set design, and directing, working across the city on shows such as: The Mollyhouse, She Loves Me, Violet, Hedda Gabler, Mother Courage and Her Children, Jerusalem, The 29 Steps, American Idiot, and many others. BA in theatre, Doane University. AEA
Derek is a relatively recent addition to the LA theatre scene, having moved here from the Midwest a few years ago. He has years of experience in stage management, lighting design, set design, and directing, working across the city on shows such as: The Mollyhouse, She Loves Me, Violet, Hedda Gabler, Mother Courage and Her Children, Jerusalem, The 29 Steps, American Idiot, and many others. BA in theatre, Doane University. AEA
JOHN BUNZEL Playwright
63 Trillion (New American Theatre, Los Angeles, West of Lenin Theatre, Seattle), Delirious (1985 L.A. Weekly Playwriting Award); Death of a Buick (Manhattan Theatre Club, Pasadena Playhouse); Gravity Shoes (1996 L.A. Weekly Playwriting Award); Expecting Bobby (Odyssey Theatre); Complexity (New American Theatre); 8:30; Men at Work; Schvitz. Screenwriter: Born to be Wild (Warner Brothers). Television writer: Stat; The Wonder Years. Film Executive: The Convent, The Spreading Ground. He received a BFA from The Juilliard Theatre Center in 1982.
63 Trillion (New American Theatre, Los Angeles, West of Lenin Theatre, Seattle), Delirious (1985 L.A. Weekly Playwriting Award); Death of a Buick (Manhattan Theatre Club, Pasadena Playhouse); Gravity Shoes (1996 L.A. Weekly Playwriting Award); Expecting Bobby (Odyssey Theatre); Complexity (New American Theatre); 8:30; Men at Work; Schvitz. Screenwriter: Born to be Wild (Warner Brothers). Television writer: Stat; The Wonder Years. Film Executive: The Convent, The Spreading Ground. He received a BFA from The Juilliard Theatre Center in 1982.
JEANNINE WISNOSKY STEHLIN Managing Director, Producer
As a producer: 85+ plays for New American Theatre/Circus Theatricals including thre plays by John Bunzel (Gravity Shoes, Complexity, 63 Trillion), 25 Festivals of New One Act Plays, Five Beauties by Tennessee Williams, I Never Sang for My Father, Sister Cities, Titus Redux, (w/ Not Man Apart at Kirk Douglas Theatre and RADAR-LA), LA/Off-Broadway productions of Man.gov, Harm’s Way, The Job.; Many New American Theatre/Odyssey Theatre co-productions including audience and critical favorites Tempest Redux, Creditors, Richard III, True West, etc.. Short film Game 7, As an actor; numerous plays in LA and Chicago. Film/TV: Watch It, Rancho Cucamonga, Chicago 8, Colette. She made her TV debut as a preschooler on the children’s program, Romper Room. Jeannine earned a B.S. in Advertising from University of Illinois and an M.B.A. in Marketing from Illinois Institute of Technology. She is partner of PlayMakersLA, a marketing and consulting company, and she serves as a Cultural Affairs Commissioner for the City of Culver City.
As a producer: 85+ plays for New American Theatre/Circus Theatricals including thre plays by John Bunzel (Gravity Shoes, Complexity, 63 Trillion), 25 Festivals of New One Act Plays, Five Beauties by Tennessee Williams, I Never Sang for My Father, Sister Cities, Titus Redux, (w/ Not Man Apart at Kirk Douglas Theatre and RADAR-LA), LA/Off-Broadway productions of Man.gov, Harm’s Way, The Job.; Many New American Theatre/Odyssey Theatre co-productions including audience and critical favorites Tempest Redux, Creditors, Richard III, True West, etc.. Short film Game 7, As an actor; numerous plays in LA and Chicago. Film/TV: Watch It, Rancho Cucamonga, Chicago 8, Colette. She made her TV debut as a preschooler on the children’s program, Romper Room. Jeannine earned a B.S. in Advertising from University of Illinois and an M.B.A. in Marketing from Illinois Institute of Technology. She is partner of PlayMakersLA, a marketing and consulting company, and she serves as a Cultural Affairs Commissioner for the City of Culver City.
JACK STEHLIN (Artistic Director/Director)
Jack Stehlin has directed over 80 plays for The New American Theatre. Fresh out of The Juilliard School, he founded the company (as Circus Theatricals) in 1986. Also an actor, he can regularly be seen on television. His Los Angeles stage roles include New American Theatre productions of Tempest Redux (co-production with Odyssey Theatre), 63 Trillion, More Lies About Jerzy, Julius Caesar, Harm’s Way (LA/Off Broadway), Titus Redux (Not Man Apart co-production at Kirk Douglas Theatre and RadarLA,) and Odyssey/New American Theatre co-productions of Creditors (LA Weekly Award nomination-Best Actor),Taming of the Shrew, The Misanthrope, Macbeth, Richard III, Tartuffe, and True West. On the small screen, he is perhaps best known on television as DEA captain Roy Till on the Showtime series Weeds (SAG award nomination). New York/Regional stage credits include Salome (with Al Pacino), numerous productions at New York’s Public Theatre including Richard II (with Steven Berkoff), Henry V (with Kevin Kline), Casanova (with Ethan Hawke), Henry IV, (with Mandy Patinkin), and Julius Caesar (with Al Pacino and Martin Sheen). His many guest-starring roles on countless TV fan favorites include the recent Assassination of Gianni Versace, NCIS Los Angeles, Without a Trace, Monk, The Practice, Crossing Jordan, ER, NYPD Blue, and Fox’s Hieroglyph. Jack can currently be seen on the big screen in Wilde Salome with Al Pacino.
Jack Stehlin has directed over 80 plays for The New American Theatre. Fresh out of The Juilliard School, he founded the company (as Circus Theatricals) in 1986. Also an actor, he can regularly be seen on television. His Los Angeles stage roles include New American Theatre productions of Tempest Redux (co-production with Odyssey Theatre), 63 Trillion, More Lies About Jerzy, Julius Caesar, Harm’s Way (LA/Off Broadway), Titus Redux (Not Man Apart co-production at Kirk Douglas Theatre and RadarLA,) and Odyssey/New American Theatre co-productions of Creditors (LA Weekly Award nomination-Best Actor),Taming of the Shrew, The Misanthrope, Macbeth, Richard III, Tartuffe, and True West. On the small screen, he is perhaps best known on television as DEA captain Roy Till on the Showtime series Weeds (SAG award nomination). New York/Regional stage credits include Salome (with Al Pacino), numerous productions at New York’s Public Theatre including Richard II (with Steven Berkoff), Henry V (with Kevin Kline), Casanova (with Ethan Hawke), Henry IV, (with Mandy Patinkin), and Julius Caesar (with Al Pacino and Martin Sheen). His many guest-starring roles on countless TV fan favorites include the recent Assassination of Gianni Versace, NCIS Los Angeles, Without a Trace, Monk, The Practice, Crossing Jordan, ER, NYPD Blue, and Fox’s Hieroglyph. Jack can currently be seen on the big screen in Wilde Salome with Al Pacino.
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Ferocious dark comedy ‘Boxing Lessons’ marks one year at New American Theatre’s Hollywood home
LOS ANGELES (March 26, 2019) — Jack Stehlin’s critically acclaimed The New American Theatre celebrates one year in its new home on Wilton Place in Hollywood with the world premiere of Boxing Lessons, a ferociously dark, savagely funny new comedy by John Bunzel (63 Trillion, Death of a Buick). Stehlin directs a top-flight cast for an April 26 opening on NAT’s main stage in the company’s newly refurbished space. Together, they put the capital “D” in family Dysfunction through June 2. Low-priced previews begin April 19.
When a famous writer dies under mysterious circumstances, family and friends gather in his cabin on a remote island in the Puget Sound to box up his belongings. As they go through the clutter dad left behind, hidden family secrets come to light — and they come to realize just how much they both despise and love one another.
Eve Danzeisen (TripLA’s 4Play: Sex in a Series, Uranium Madhouse’s Cold Sweat at Atwater Village Theater) and Luke McClure (currently appearing in The 6th Act’s Hamlet; on stage inYellow by Del Shores and on screen in Shores’ Southern Baptist Sissies) star as brother and sister Judy and Ned, the first to arrive at their father’s disheveled hideaway on the usually pristine island… currently darkened by a smoke emergency, thanks to a Canadian wildfire.Susan Wilder (Rogue Machine’s Still Life, EST/LA’s Between Friends, Fountain Theatre’sFreddy) and Stephen Tyler Howell (Finks at Rogue Machine, NAT’s Macbethx5 at the Odyssey), their sharp-witted, narcissistic mother — ex-wife of the deceased — and their adopted, special needs brother, show up next, stoking the emotional fires. Eric Curtis Johnson(numerous productions at Sacred Fools; Antigone, The Dance of Death; A Christmas Carol at A Noise Within) and Bruce Nozick (Finks, Honky at Rogue Machine, Stanley Levison in the HBO film All The Way) round out the cast as “Sheriff Bob” and Dad’s ex-agent… and maybe former lover?... Billy.
Bunzel, known for his black comedies about sex, money and bad behavior, was inspired to write about family by the conflicting emotions he experienced when his own parents died.
“A dark comedy is a tragedy that’s funny,” he says. “To find humor in calamity is like walking a tightrope — when you’re able to keep your balance, it can lead to an amazing experience in the theater.”
“I’m an equal opportunity offender,” he laughs. “I find humor in love, sex, sexual orientation, family, money and neuroses. I make fun of it all. Love can be defined in many different ways.”
Bunzel and Stehlin were classmates together at Juilliard, and Stehlin has been involved, either as an actor or director, with every one of Bunzel’s previously produced plays, including Delirious(LA Weekly Award for playwriting), Death of a Buick (Manhattan Theatre Club, Pasadena Playhouse), Gravity Shoes (LA Weekly Award for playwriting), 63 Trillion, Expecting Bobby andComplexity.
“Each of the characters in Boxing Lessons possesses a zany pride, a desire to always come out on top, to control the situation, which is what drives the humor,” explains Stehlin. “But, in the end it’s about forgiveness, and that’s the serious substance underneath that makes the comedy so authentic.”
The creative team for Boxing Lessons includes scenic designer John Iacovelli, lighting designerJosephine Wang, sound designer Christopher Moscatiello, costume designer Florence Kemper Bunzel and casting director Victoria Hoffman. Jeannine Wisnosky Stehlin produces for The New American Theatre.
The New American Theatre is a company of professional actors and artists who work in theater, film, television and new media. The company has enjoyed critical acclaim, awards and nominations from the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Variety, Hollywood Reporter, LA Drama Critics Circle, Back Stage, LA Weekly, LA Stage Alliance Ovations and more. CBS Los Angeles named The New American Theatre as one of the top five 99-seat theater companies in Los Angeles.
Boxing Lessons opens on Friday, April 26 with performances continuing through June 2 onFridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. In addition, there will be three matinees, on Sunday, April 28;Sunday, May 26; and Sunday, June 2, each at 3 p.m. Three preview performances are set for Friday, April 19; Wednesday, April 24; and Thursday, April 25, all at 8 p.m. Tickets are $35, except previews which are $15. The New American Theatre is located at 1312 N. Wilton Place, Hollywood, CA 90028. For reservations and information, call (310) 424-2980 or go towww.newamericantheatre.com/
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“Boxing Lessons”
WHAT:
World premiere of Boxing Lessons — A very dark comedy by award-winning playwright John Bunzel (63 Trillion, Death of a Buick). When a famous writer dies under mysterious circumstances, family and friends gather in his cabin on a remote island in the Puget Sound to box up his belongings. As they go through the clutter dad left behind, hidden family secrets come to light — and they come to realize just how much they both despise and love one another.
WHO:
• Written by John Bunzel
• Directed by Jack Stehlin
• Starring Eve Danzeisen, Stephen Tyler Howell, Eric Curtis Johnson, Luke McClure, Bruce Nozick, Susan Wilder
• Presented by The New American Theatre, Jack Stehlin artistic director
WHEN:
Previews: April 19, April 24, April 25
Performances: April 26 – June 2
• Wednesday at 8 p.m.: April 24 ONLY (preview)
• Thursday at 8 p.m.: April 25 ONLY (preview)
• Fridays at 8 p.m.: April 19 (preview), April 26 (opening night), May 3, May 10, May 17, May 24, May 31
• Saturdays at 8 p.m.: April 27, May 4, May 11, May 18, May 25, June 1
• Sundays at 3 p.m.: April 28, May 26, June 2 ONLY
WHERE:
The New American Theatre
1312 N. Wilton Place,
Hollywood, CA 90028
(between Fountain and Sunset)
HOW:
• Call (310) 424-2980 or go to www.newamericantheatre.com/
• Visit us on facebook: www.facebook.com/newamericantheatre/
• Follow us on twitter: @NewAmericanThtr
TICKET PRICES:
General admission: $35
Previews: $15
PARKING:
Ample street parking available
PHOTOS:
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Ferocious dark comedy ‘Boxing Lessons’ marks one year at New American Theatre’s Hollywood home
LOS ANGELES (March 26, 2019) — Jack Stehlin’s critically acclaimed The New American Theatre celebrates one year in its new home on Wilton Place in Hollywood with the world premiere of Boxing Lessons, a ferociously dark, savagely funny new comedy by John Bunzel (63 Trillion, Death of a Buick). Stehlin directs a top-flight cast for an April 26 opening on NAT’s main stage in the company’s newly refurbished space. Together, they put the capital “D” in family Dysfunction through June 2. Low-priced previews begin April 19.
When a famous writer dies under mysterious circumstances, family and friends gather in his cabin on a remote island in the Puget Sound to box up his belongings. As they go through the clutter dad left behind, hidden family secrets come to light — and they come to realize just how much they both despise and love one another.
Eve Danzeisen (TripLA’s 4Play: Sex in a Series, Uranium Madhouse’s Cold Sweat at Atwater Village Theater) and Luke McClure (currently appearing in The 6th Act’s Hamlet; on stage inYellow by Del Shores and on screen in Shores’ Southern Baptist Sissies) star as brother and sister Judy and Ned, the first to arrive at their father’s disheveled hideaway on the usually pristine island… currently darkened by a smoke emergency, thanks to a Canadian wildfire.Susan Wilder (Rogue Machine’s Still Life, EST/LA’s Between Friends, Fountain Theatre’sFreddy) and Stephen Tyler Howell (Finks at Rogue Machine, NAT’s Macbethx5 at the Odyssey), their sharp-witted, narcissistic mother — ex-wife of the deceased — and their adopted, special needs brother, show up next, stoking the emotional fires. Eric Curtis Johnson(numerous productions at Sacred Fools; Antigone, The Dance of Death; A Christmas Carol at A Noise Within) and Bruce Nozick (Finks, Honky at Rogue Machine, Stanley Levison in the HBO film All The Way) round out the cast as “Sheriff Bob” and Dad’s ex-agent… and maybe former lover?... Billy.
Bunzel, known for his black comedies about sex, money and bad behavior, was inspired to write about family by the conflicting emotions he experienced when his own parents died.
“A dark comedy is a tragedy that’s funny,” he says. “To find humor in calamity is like walking a tightrope — when you’re able to keep your balance, it can lead to an amazing experience in the theater.”
“I’m an equal opportunity offender,” he laughs. “I find humor in love, sex, sexual orientation, family, money and neuroses. I make fun of it all. Love can be defined in many different ways.”
Bunzel and Stehlin were classmates together at Juilliard, and Stehlin has been involved, either as an actor or director, with every one of Bunzel’s previously produced plays, including Delirious(LA Weekly Award for playwriting), Death of a Buick (Manhattan Theatre Club, Pasadena Playhouse), Gravity Shoes (LA Weekly Award for playwriting), 63 Trillion, Expecting Bobby andComplexity.
“Each of the characters in Boxing Lessons possesses a zany pride, a desire to always come out on top, to control the situation, which is what drives the humor,” explains Stehlin. “But, in the end it’s about forgiveness, and that’s the serious substance underneath that makes the comedy so authentic.”
The creative team for Boxing Lessons includes scenic designer John Iacovelli, lighting designerJosephine Wang, sound designer Christopher Moscatiello, costume designer Florence Kemper Bunzel and casting director Victoria Hoffman. Jeannine Wisnosky Stehlin produces for The New American Theatre.
The New American Theatre is a company of professional actors and artists who work in theater, film, television and new media. The company has enjoyed critical acclaim, awards and nominations from the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Variety, Hollywood Reporter, LA Drama Critics Circle, Back Stage, LA Weekly, LA Stage Alliance Ovations and more. CBS Los Angeles named The New American Theatre as one of the top five 99-seat theater companies in Los Angeles.
Boxing Lessons opens on Friday, April 26 with performances continuing through June 2 onFridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. In addition, there will be three matinees, on Sunday, April 28;Sunday, May 26; and Sunday, June 2, each at 3 p.m. Three preview performances are set for Friday, April 19; Wednesday, April 24; and Thursday, April 25, all at 8 p.m. Tickets are $35, except previews which are $15. The New American Theatre is located at 1312 N. Wilton Place, Hollywood, CA 90028. For reservations and information, call (310) 424-2980 or go towww.newamericantheatre.com/
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“Boxing Lessons”
WHAT:
World premiere of Boxing Lessons — A very dark comedy by award-winning playwright John Bunzel (63 Trillion, Death of a Buick). When a famous writer dies under mysterious circumstances, family and friends gather in his cabin on a remote island in the Puget Sound to box up his belongings. As they go through the clutter dad left behind, hidden family secrets come to light — and they come to realize just how much they both despise and love one another.
WHO:
• Written by John Bunzel
• Directed by Jack Stehlin
• Starring Eve Danzeisen, Stephen Tyler Howell, Eric Curtis Johnson, Luke McClure, Bruce Nozick, Susan Wilder
• Presented by The New American Theatre, Jack Stehlin artistic director
WHEN:
Previews: April 19, April 24, April 25
Performances: April 26 – June 2
• Wednesday at 8 p.m.: April 24 ONLY (preview)
• Thursday at 8 p.m.: April 25 ONLY (preview)
• Fridays at 8 p.m.: April 19 (preview), April 26 (opening night), May 3, May 10, May 17, May 24, May 31
• Saturdays at 8 p.m.: April 27, May 4, May 11, May 18, May 25, June 1
• Sundays at 3 p.m.: April 28, May 26, June 2 ONLY
WHERE:
The New American Theatre
1312 N. Wilton Place,
Hollywood, CA 90028
(between Fountain and Sunset)
HOW:
• Call (310) 424-2980 or go to www.newamericantheatre.com/
• Visit us on facebook: www.facebook.com/newamericantheatre/
• Follow us on twitter: @NewAmericanThtr
TICKET PRICES:
General admission: $35
Previews: $15
PARKING:
Ample street parking available
PHOTOS:
Click here to download high-resolution photos.
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