Event Announcement of Virtual, Online Performance Piece of BLACKOUTS
A new virtual performance piece for live-streaming showcases writer and director Murray Mednick’s poetic gifts to address the COVID-19 crisis. BLACKOUTS combines streetwise lyricism and dry humor to bear on an infernal encounter with the health care system, American style. BLACKOUTS will be presented live for viewers in two parts, June 5, 6, 7 (Part 1) and June 12, 13, 14 (Part 2).
Los Angeles, CA, May 31, 2020 --(PR.com)-- BLACKOUTS
Padua Playwrights presents a new virtual theatre piece for live-streaming online
Written and directed by Murray Mednick
Limited run online: June 5, 6, 7 (Part 1) and June 12, 13, 14 (Part 2)
Padua Playwrights kicks off the 2020 season with a series of performances in June of Blackouts, written and directed by Murray Mednick. With BLACKOUTS the celebrated avant-garde playwright and director brings his poetic gifts to bear on the COVID-19 crisis. Written and directed specifically for online live-stream viewing, Blackouts brings Mednick’s trademark streetwise lyricism and dry humor to bear on an infernal encounter with the health care system, American style. Explains Mednick, “BLACKOUTS is a partially autobiographical account of a recent surreal hospital stay." Starring the award-winning actor Tony Abatemarco (The Mystery of Irma Vep, Four Fathers), the stellar cast also includes Youssif Kamal, Christopher Rivas, Shyla Lefner and Jon Gentry - BLACKOUTS will be presented livefor viewers in two parts, June 5, 6, 7 (Part 1) and June 12, 13, 14 (Part 2).
An important figure in the Off-Off Broadway movement of the 1960s, Murray Mednick is a leading voice of his generation and the winner of multiple prestigious awards for his many plays and productions. An Obie-award winner, Mednick is the recipient of two Rockefeller Foundation grants and a Guggenheim Fellowship, an American Theatre Critics Association Best New Play citation (for Joe and Betty), a Career Achievement Award from the LA Weekly, an Ovation Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contributions to Los Angeles Theater from the LA Stage Alliance, a Local Hero Award from Backstage West, and the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle’s Margaret Harford Award for Sustained Excellence in Theater. “As Murray Mednick experiments with language...he is emblematic of a Los Angeles dramatic tradition in much the same way that Clifford Odets is identifiable with Gotham or David Mamet with Chicago,” wrote Bob Verini in Variety. His recent play Mayakovsky and Stalin had its New York premiere at the Cherry Lane Theatre in October of 2019 under the playwright’s direction. With BLACKOUTS, Mednick continues his lifelong exploration of theatre as a medium for truth telling and connection.
With roots in Mednick’s influential Padua Hills Playwrights Workshop/Festival (1978-1995), Padua Playwrights is committed to the exploration of the spoken word and its myriad connections to the possibility of cultural transformation. Under the artistic direction of Guy Zimmerman since 2001, the company has produced over fifty evenings of new theatre, many multiple award winners. The company has also published eight anthologies of new work, distributed nationally by TCG.
BLACKOUTS shows live June 5, 6, 7 (Part 1) and June 12, 13, 14 (Part 2) Friday and Saturdays @ 8:00pm PST / 10:00pm CST / 11:00pm EST and Sundays @ 3:00pm PST / 5:00pm CST / 6:00pm EST.
This combined event (with Parts 1 and 2) is $12.50 per household. All performances will live-stream online. Link and instructions to access live-stream broadcast performance will be provided after ticket purchase confirmation and prior to event date.
How:
Ticketed buyer will receive a link and instructions to view performance prior to event (for viewing on smart TV, computer, smartphone or tablet).
When:
Friday 6/5 at 8:00pm PST / 10:00pm CST / 11:00pm EST: BLACKOUTS Part 1
Saturday 6/6 at 8:00pm PST / 10:00pm CST / 11:00pm EST: BLACKOUTS Part 1
Sunday 6/7 at 3:00pm PST / 5:00pm CST / 6:00pm EST: BLACKOUTS Part 1
Friday 6/12 at 8:00pm PST / 10:00pm CST / 11:00pm EST: BLACKOUTS Part 2
Saturday 6/13 at 8:00pm PST / 10:00pm CST / 11:00pm EST: BLACKOUTS Part 2
Sunday 6/14 at 3:00pm PST / 5:00pm CST / 6:00pm EST: BLACKOUTS Part 2
Running Time: approx. 45 minute per Part
Price: $12.50 for combined event (Part 1 and 2)
Tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/106050905112
Links:
- Padua Playwrights - http://paduaplaywrights.org/
- BLACKOUTS tickets - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/106050905112
- BLACKOUTS FB event page - https://www.facebook.com/events/864501040698066/
- PP Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/PaduaPlaywrights
- PP Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/paduaplaywrights/
Padua Playwrights presents a new virtual theatre piece for live-streaming online
Written and directed by Murray Mednick
Limited run online: June 5, 6, 7 (Part 1) and June 12, 13, 14 (Part 2)
Padua Playwrights kicks off the 2020 season with a series of performances in June of Blackouts, written and directed by Murray Mednick. With BLACKOUTS the celebrated avant-garde playwright and director brings his poetic gifts to bear on the COVID-19 crisis. Written and directed specifically for online live-stream viewing, Blackouts brings Mednick’s trademark streetwise lyricism and dry humor to bear on an infernal encounter with the health care system, American style. Explains Mednick, “BLACKOUTS is a partially autobiographical account of a recent surreal hospital stay." Starring the award-winning actor Tony Abatemarco (The Mystery of Irma Vep, Four Fathers), the stellar cast also includes Youssif Kamal, Christopher Rivas, Shyla Lefner and Jon Gentry - BLACKOUTS will be presented livefor viewers in two parts, June 5, 6, 7 (Part 1) and June 12, 13, 14 (Part 2).
An important figure in the Off-Off Broadway movement of the 1960s, Murray Mednick is a leading voice of his generation and the winner of multiple prestigious awards for his many plays and productions. An Obie-award winner, Mednick is the recipient of two Rockefeller Foundation grants and a Guggenheim Fellowship, an American Theatre Critics Association Best New Play citation (for Joe and Betty), a Career Achievement Award from the LA Weekly, an Ovation Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contributions to Los Angeles Theater from the LA Stage Alliance, a Local Hero Award from Backstage West, and the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle’s Margaret Harford Award for Sustained Excellence in Theater. “As Murray Mednick experiments with language...he is emblematic of a Los Angeles dramatic tradition in much the same way that Clifford Odets is identifiable with Gotham or David Mamet with Chicago,” wrote Bob Verini in Variety. His recent play Mayakovsky and Stalin had its New York premiere at the Cherry Lane Theatre in October of 2019 under the playwright’s direction. With BLACKOUTS, Mednick continues his lifelong exploration of theatre as a medium for truth telling and connection.
With roots in Mednick’s influential Padua Hills Playwrights Workshop/Festival (1978-1995), Padua Playwrights is committed to the exploration of the spoken word and its myriad connections to the possibility of cultural transformation. Under the artistic direction of Guy Zimmerman since 2001, the company has produced over fifty evenings of new theatre, many multiple award winners. The company has also published eight anthologies of new work, distributed nationally by TCG.
BLACKOUTS shows live June 5, 6, 7 (Part 1) and June 12, 13, 14 (Part 2) Friday and Saturdays @ 8:00pm PST / 10:00pm CST / 11:00pm EST and Sundays @ 3:00pm PST / 5:00pm CST / 6:00pm EST.
This combined event (with Parts 1 and 2) is $12.50 per household. All performances will live-stream online. Link and instructions to access live-stream broadcast performance will be provided after ticket purchase confirmation and prior to event date.
How:
Ticketed buyer will receive a link and instructions to view performance prior to event (for viewing on smart TV, computer, smartphone or tablet).
When:
Friday 6/5 at 8:00pm PST / 10:00pm CST / 11:00pm EST: BLACKOUTS Part 1
Saturday 6/6 at 8:00pm PST / 10:00pm CST / 11:00pm EST: BLACKOUTS Part 1
Sunday 6/7 at 3:00pm PST / 5:00pm CST / 6:00pm EST: BLACKOUTS Part 1
Friday 6/12 at 8:00pm PST / 10:00pm CST / 11:00pm EST: BLACKOUTS Part 2
Saturday 6/13 at 8:00pm PST / 10:00pm CST / 11:00pm EST: BLACKOUTS Part 2
Sunday 6/14 at 3:00pm PST / 5:00pm CST / 6:00pm EST: BLACKOUTS Part 2
Running Time: approx. 45 minute per Part
Price: $12.50 for combined event (Part 1 and 2)
Tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/106050905112
Links:
- Padua Playwrights - http://paduaplaywrights.org/
- BLACKOUTS tickets - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/106050905112
- BLACKOUTS FB event page - https://www.facebook.com/events/864501040698066/
- PP Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/PaduaPlaywrights
- PP Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/paduaplaywrights/
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Laura Hill
323-377-0409
paduaplaywrights.org
Laura Hill
323-377-0409
paduaplaywrights.org
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