Echo Theater Company’s ‘Fall Fest’ revives
two critically acclaimed solo shows in September

WHAT:
Audiences will have the chance to experience two critically acclaimed solo works by members of The Echo Theater Company this month when both are revived under the collective title Fall Fest from September 13 through September 29. Stand Up If You’re Here Tonight, written by John Kolvenbach and starring Jim Ortlieb, and A Bella Incarceration, written and performed by Ann Noble, will run in repertory for three weekends at Atwater Village Theatre.

Jim Ortlieb delivers a tour-de-force performance as a man desperate for connection, bent by isolation, and deeply in love with the audience itself in Olivier-nominated playwright Kolvenbach’s Stand Up If You’re Here Tonight, for which Ortlieb was the recipient of a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Solo Performance. (“Kooky… affecting.” — Broadway World; “Engages our bodies as well as our brains and funny bones.” — Angeles Stage; “Offbeat whimsy.” — Stage Scene LA)

In Noble’s A Bella Incarceration, Bella Ventricle is a lady. She is also a clown. And while she has always had very strong opinions, she has never done anything about them… until now. Until she felt she had no choice but to engage in an act of civil disobedience in order to stand up for those who could not stand up for themselves. But, being arrested is a bit more than she can handle; so, to comfort herself — and, perhaps, to understand a bit more about why she did what she did — she calls upon the beings of her favorite female radicals from history. (“Top 10… Refreshingly off-beat.” — Stage Raw; “Complex and nuanced.” — Arts beat LA; Deep, funny.” — Glamical; “A beautiful, emotional experience… don’t miss it.” — Colorado Boulevard)

WHEN:
Stand Up If You’re here Tonight
• Thursdays at 8 p.m.: Sept. 18; Sept. 25
• Fridays at 8 p.m. Sept. 12; Sept. 19; Sept. 26
• Saturdays at 8 p.m.: Sept. 13; Sept. 20; Sept. 27
• Sunday at 7 p.m.: Sept. 14 ONLY
• Monday at 8 p.m.: Sept. 15 ONLY
A Bella Incarceration
• Sundays at 7 p.m.: Sept. 21 and Sept. 28
• Mondays at 8 p.m.: Sept. 22 and Sept. 29
• Tuesday at 8 p.m.: Sept. 23 ONLY

WHERE:
Echo Theater Company
Atwater Village Theatre
3269 Casitas Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90039

PARKING:
FREE in the Atwater Crossing (AXT) lot one block south of the theater

TICKET PRICE:
• Individual tickets: $20
• Combo ticket (both shows): $30

HOW:
EchoTheaterCompany.com
310-307-3753

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