NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press contact: Lucy Pollak
[email protected] (818) 887-1499 (for media only)

 

 

If you missed last season’s smash hit production, here’s
your chance: ‘Awake and Sing!’ is back at the Odyssey!

WHAT:
Awake and Sing! — Odyssey Theatre’s critically acclaimed 2015 revival, directed by Elina de Santos and starring Marilyn Fox, is back by popular demand! Clifford Odets’ gritty, passionate, funny and heartbreaking masterpiece about the hopes and struggles of a lower-middle-class, three-generation Jewish family living in a Bronx apartment during the Great Depression continues to resonate 82 years after its 1935 premiere.

WHO:
• Written by Clifford Odets
• Directed by Elina de Santos
• Starring Richard Fancy, Marilyn Fox, Jason Huber, Cameron Jappe, Robert Lesser, Dennis Madden, Allan Miller (thru Sept. 18 only), James Morosini, Melissa Paladino, Al Rossi (Sept. 23 thru Oct. 2)
• Produced by Ron Sossi and Beth Hogan
• Presented by Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, Ron Sossi, artistic director

WHEN:
Aug. 27 – Oct. 2:
• Wednesday at 8 p.m.: Sept. 14 ONLY
• Fridays at 8 p.m.: Sept. 2, 9*, 16**, 23*, 30
• Saturdays at 8 p.m.: Aug. 27 (opening); Sept. 3, 10, 17, 24; Oct. 1
• Sundays at 2 p.m.: Aug. 28; Sept. 4, 11, 18, 25
• Sunday at 7 p.m.: Oct. 2 ONLY
*Post-performance discussions on Friday, Sept. 9 and Friday, Sept. 23
^**The third Friday of every month is wine night at the Odyssey: enjoy complimentary wine and snacks and mingle with the cast after the show.

WHERE:
Odyssey Theatre
2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd.
Los Angeles CA 90025

HOW:
• (310) 477-2055 ext. 2 or www.OdysseyTheatre.com
• Visit us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/OdysseyTheatre
• Follow us on Twitter: @OdysseyTheatre_

TICKET PRICES:
• $25–$34 (reserved seating)
• Discounted tickets available for students, seniors, patrons under 30 and members of Equity/Sag
• Two ‘Tix for $10’ performances: Sunday, Aug. 28 and Friday, Sept. 16 (wine night)

 

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