NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dec. 3, 2019
Press contact: Lucy Pollak
[email protected]  (818) 887-1499 (for media only)

 

Open Fist’s clever, hilarious, family-friendly musical
adaptation of Neil Simon’s ‘Fools’ to re-open in New Year

WHAT:
World premiere of Neil Simon’s Musical Fools — Reopens Jan. 11 for a limited 3-week run through Jan. 26. 2020: A hilarious musical adaptation of the Neil Simon play, Fools, with book and lyrics by Simon, and music and lyrics by Phil Swann and Ron West (deLEARious, The People Vs Friar Laurence). In 1893 Ukraine, a young tutor arrives in Kulyenchikov after a harrowing journey — only to discover that the village is cursed, rendering every resident as dumb as a bag of rocks. Will he fall victim to the curse, or can he save himself and the village too?

WHO:
• Book and Lyrics by Neil Simon
• Music and Lyrics by Phil Swann and Ron West
• Adapted from the play Fools by Neil Simon.
• Directed by Ron West
• Music Direction by Jan Roper
• Choreography by Louisa Kendrick Burton
• Starring James Byous, Parvesh Cheena, Cat Davis, Ben Goldberg, Bruce Green, Demetris Hartman, Hank Jacobs, Derek Manson, Brendan Mulally, Jason Paige, Beth Robbins, Robyn Roth, Clare Snodgrass
• Also featuring Nina Genatossio, Juliane Hagn, Diane Renee, Bolor Saruul, Jack Sharpe
• Presented by Open Fist Theatre Company, Martha Demson, artistic director
 
WHEN:
Limited engagement: Jan. 11 – Jan. 26:
• Saturdays at 8:30 p.m.: Jan. 11, Jan. 18, Jan. 25
• Sundays at 4 p.m.: Jan. 12, Jan. 19, Jan. 26
• Mondays at 8 p.m.: Jan. 13 and Jan. 20

WHERE:
Atwater Village Theatre
3269 Casitas Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90039
(FREE parking in the Atwater Xing lot one block south of the theater)

HOW:
(323) 882-6912 or www.openfist.org
• Join us on facebook: www.facebook.com/openfisttheatre/
• Follow us on twitter: @OpenFistTheatre

TICKETS:
$10 – $35
• Saturdays and Sundays: $30 with advance purchase, $35 at the door
• Mondays: $25 with advance purchase, $30 at the door
• Students with valid ID: $15
• Children (12 and under): $10
• Family four pack (two adults and two children): $65 with advance purchase

OTHER:
Family friendly – appropriate for ages 8 and up.

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