Tucson: Etcetera's KIMBERLY AKIMBO opening Thursday night at LTW!

 

From: Christopher Johnson [mailto:rumspringaandcoke@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 3:01 PM
Subject: Etcetera's KIMBERLY AKIMBO opening Thursday night at LTW!

 

Contact: Christopher Johnson

Artistic Director of Etcetera,

the late night series at Live Theatre Workshop

(520) 425-4163 | RumspringaAndCoke@gmail.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Etcetera, the late night series at Live Theatre Workshop, proudly presents

KIMBERLY AKIMBO

by David Lindsay-Abaire

Pulitzer Prize-winning author of RABBIT HOLE

Directed by Leslie J. Miller

Featuring Amanda Gremel, Christopher Johnson, Peg Peterson, Carley Preston and Emilio Zweig

 

February 24 - March 12, 2011

Opening Night Performance: Thursday, February 24 at 7:30 PM

All other performances play Friday and Saturday Nights at 10:30 PM

All tickets are $10 at the Box Office

To make your reservation call (520) 327-4242

Approx. running time: 95 minutes with no intermission

For more information go to www.EtceteraLateNight.com

LIVE THEATRE WORKSHOP - 5317 E. Speedway | Tucson, AZ 85712

Located on the North side of Speedway between Rosemont and Craycroft

Produced by Special Arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

THIS PRODUCTION CONTAINS ADULT LANGUAGE. NO ONE UNDER 16 ADMITTED.

 

Set in the wilds of suburban New Jersey, KIMBERLY AKIMBO is a hysterical play about a teenage girl with a rare condition causing her body to age faster than it should, looking 60 at the age of 16. When she and her family flee Secaucus under dubious circumstances, Kimberly is forced to reevaluate her life while contending with a pregnant hypochondriac mother, a rarely sober father, a homeless scam-artist aunt, her own imminent mortality and, most terrifying of all, the possibility of first love.

 

"A breezy, foulmouthed, fleet-footed, warmhearted comedy. There have been many dark comedies about dysfunctional families, but this is one of the funniest."

-The Los Angeles Times

 

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT

DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE was awarded the 2008 Ed Kleban Award as America's most promising musical theatre lyricist. Prior to that, he received the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play RABBIT HOLE, which premiered on Broadway at MTC's Biltmore Theatre. His newest show, SHREK THE MUSICAL (book and lyrics) premiered at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theater, and opened on Broadway. His other works include FUDDY MEERS, WONDER OF THE WORLD, HIGH FIDELITY, and A DEVIL INSIDE, among others. He is a proud New Dramatists alum, a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and the Juilliard School, as well as a member of the WGA and the DGC.

 

ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES

AMANDA GREMEL - Pattie - was last seen performing with Etcetera as Robot Dancer (ROBOTS VS. FAKE ROBOTS), The Sunflower (MR. MARMALADE), Mara Lynn (WHITE PEOPLE), Janet Weiss (Richard O’Brien’s THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW), Lysette (I WROTE THIS PLAY TO MAKE YOU LOVE ME), Ensemble (THE PENIS MONOLOGUES) and CB’s Sister (DOG SEES GOD: CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE BLOCKHEAD). Amanda is Live Theatre Workshop’s Technical Director and co-coordinator of All Together Theatre, the children’s series at LTW where she is a regular performer.

 

CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON - Buddy - is in his third season as Artistic Director of Etcetera at Live Theatre Workshop where notable roles include Chad (SAY YOU LOVE SATAN), Christopher (THE EATING DISORDER TALENT SHOW), George (MR. MARMALADE), The Narrator (THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW), Danny (DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA), Algernon (THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST), Kitty Kitty Kitty (KITTY KITTY KITTY), Hedwig (HEDWIG & THE ANGRY INCH - for which he was nominated for a 2009 Arizona Daily Star MAC Award for Best Actor), CB (DOG SEES GOD: CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE BLOCKHEAD), Peter (BUG), The Young Man (SWEET EROS), Tom (FAT PIG), Jon (TAPE) and Joshua (CORPUS CHRISTI). He has directed 15 plays for Etcetera, most recently including MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE. Christopher has performed elsewhere with Winding Road Theater Ensemble, Borderlands Theatre, Fairbanks Shakespeare Theatre, The Invisible Theatre, Brachiate Theatre Project, 1984 Theatre, Old Pueblo Playwrights and Tucson’s Shakespeare Under The Stars.

 

LESLIE J. MILLER - Direction - recently made her Etcetera debut directing THE EATING DISORDER TALENT SHOW. For the mainstage at Live Theatre Workshop Leslie has directed THE CLEAN HOUSE, THE UNEXPECTED GUEST, THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP, INSPECTING CAROL and BEAU JEST. Before coming to Live Theatre Workshop, Leslie served as Artistic Director of Catalina Players in Tucson for several seasons.

 

PEG PETERSON - Kimberly - is making her full-length Etcetera debut after having previously appeared with the ensemble in Old Pueblo Playwrights: UNBOUND. A regular on the Mainstage at Live Theatre Workshop, Peg has been seen in productions of THE FOURTH WALL, BROADWAY BOUND, STEEL MAGNOLIAS, ARSENIC & OLD LACE, LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO, FUNNY MONEY and BEAU JEST. A member of the Board of Directors at LTW, Peg has also performed in numerous plays with All Together Theatre, LTW’s Children’s Theatre series.

 

CARLEY PRESTON - Debra - has been seen with Etcetera as The Bouncer (SAY YOU LOVE SATAN), Carol (OLEANNA), Magenta (Richard O’Brien’s THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW) and Mrs. Person (KITTY KITTY KITTY). She also recently served as Assistant Director for the Etcetera productions of ROBOTS VS. FAKE ROBOTS and KILLER JOE. Miss Preston graduated with a BFA in Theatre Production from the University of Arizona where you may have caught her in THE CIDER HOUSE RULES, DANCING AT LUGHNASA, CAROUSEL and MIDWIVES.

 

EMILIO ZWEIG - Jeff - is elated to be making his Live Theatre Workshop debut in the Etcetera production of KIMBERLY AKIMBO. A recent graduate of Tucson High Magnet School for the Performing Arts, Emilio has previously appeared with Winding Road Theater Ensemble (ARMOR) and Borderlands Theatre (THE PASTORELA).

 

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