Thinking that I would only have only one opportunity to see the show and knowing the brilliant cooking skills of one Mr. Mike Dunn (aka Orange Star) we opted for the dinner show portion. This meant we were on stage directly in the middle of all the action. We were seated at Table #2 with the wonderful Tom and Emma. As soon as everyone was settled the diners were warned that at the sound of the bell which would ring intermittently through the show we were to scooch in and hold on tight. And they weren’t kidding on that one. The actors were right there in your face. I pinched and slapped a few behinds because they were readily accessible and felt up a few costumes as well. You see, the entire production design stems from items gathered at .99¢ Only stores. The things you can do with tape, staples, tablecloths, post-its, jump ropes and straws. Watching the show from such a close vantage point was crazy, it was if I was on hallucinogens. I felt like I was in a fishbowl. The food was tasty and the service was impeccable. I lost my fork after the appetizer round and it was promptly replaced. The meals were served in a tightly choreographed manner that every event caterer should adhere to.
The show has been such a success that they are extending it for 4 weeks in January. I’ll definitely be going back to check it out from the other side of the stage.
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Another talent to take a look at:
OUT OF THE RECTANGLE, WRITER / PRODUCER/ DIRECTOR / THEATRE VISIONARY ARTIST/ THROW YOU OFF KILTER / CHARISMATIC, JOHN SINNER WITH HIS BOYISH GOOD LOOKS AND DAZZLING WHITE SMILE, WILL PERPLEX AND STARTLE YOU,TO SAY THE LEAST. WITH HIS COMPLEX, INTERNAL, EXTERNAL DISTURB YOUR THINKINGS, WE DARE NOT UTTER TO OURSELVES OR OUR SAFE WORLD THE WORDS THAT SINNER SO EASILY EXPRESSES. THE COMBINATION OF HIS TOTAL HONESTY ABOUT THE INNER HUMAN MIND , AND HIS DEEPLY CUTTING UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN NEED, ONLY SEEMS MORE DISTURBING , SINCE IT HITS YOU RIGHT IN THE GUT, WITH A "REVELATIONARY"
LOOK INTO TO YOUR OWN PRIVATE MIRROR, WHO YOU ARE AND YOU WE ARE NOT. DISTURBING ,ONLY BECAUSE IT BRINGS TO GLARING LIGHT THOSE UNSPOKEN PRIVATE INNER VOICES, ( WE ALL HAVE) GURGLING TO THE SURFACE, AS YOU CRINGE HEARING THE WORDS PUBLICLY SPOKEN, KNOWING "THIS IS TRUTH." JOHN SINNER, FOUNDER AND PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THEATRE REVELATIONS , WROTE AND DIRECTED THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED "WHAT REMAINS OF A WHORE", "STARBABY! (ONE PSYCHO HOOKER'S JOURNEY FROM SLUTBAG TO SUPERSTAR) "A COLLAPSE OF THE SOUL AT ITS CENTER", "MOURNING SUNRISE" ,"GENTLY LEAVE THE NIGHT" AND "BLOOD IS MY LEGACY! " YES,YOU DON'T KNOW WHETHER TO FEEL DISDAIN OR GIGGLE WITH UNCOMFORTABLE CURIOSITY JUST HEARING THE NAMES OF SOME OF SINNR'S PLAYS. TAKE NOTE, SINNER IS A TRULY GENIUS WRITER. HIS STYLE DRAWS YOU IN, THEN TWISTS YOUR SOULFUL FLESH LIKE A COLD NORTH WIND ,LIKE AN ICY BLADE. HE SEEPS UNDER YOUR SKIN AND HITS YOU WHERE YOUR COMFORT LEVEL IS UNCOMFORTABLE. AND THAT'S WHERE THE TRUE VISIONARY LEARNING BEGINS. SINNER'S WORKS ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR MULTIPLE DISORIENTING SOUND DISTRACTIONS AND MASTERFULLY CONTRIVED VISUAL VIDEO PROJECTIONS. AN OVERLOAD OF THE SENSES, AS LIFE CAN BE. ONE OF THE MANY THEMES OF SINNER'S WORKS ARE EXPLORING THE INTERIOR OF THE FANTASTICAL FANTASY LIFE OF THOSE PERSONS WHO FEEL TRAPPED, CONFINED, STUCK, SUFFOCATED , BY A LIFE EXPECTED AND
UNFULFILLED, "NOT ALL IT'S CRACKED TO TOO BE" AS THE CLICHE BECOMES THE PAINFUL REALITY. ( REMEMBER ALL THOSE LOVELY SMILING COMMERCIAL FACES YOU GREW UP WITH ON TVLAND). THE DROWNING OF AN INDIVIDUAL IN LIFE'S EVERYDAY STRUGGLES HAS BECOME SINNER'S FOCUS, HENCE BRINGING FORTH THE PREMISE OF JOHN SINNER'S NEW WORKS, TO BE REVEALED AT STUDIO @ REDCAT IN THE WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL. A 15 MINUTE EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMANCE PIECE. DON'T LET THE NAME DISNEY THROW YOU. THIS IS NO KIDDIE RIDE OR KIDDIE SHOW.
JOHN SINNER'S NEW WORK
"IF WATER WERE PRESENT IT WOULD BE CALLED DROWNING"
WILL BE PREVIEWED IN AN EVENING OF NEW WORKS
STUDIO @ REDCAT
WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL
631 WEST 2ND STREET
LOS ANGELES, CA 90012
APRIL 23 & 24, 2006 (SUNDAY & MONDAY)
PERFORMANCE @ 8:30 PM
INFO: 213.237.2800 or www.redcat.org
with
BETSY MOORE & MIKE HARTLEY
VIDEO DESIGN: CAROL GEHRING
SOUND DESIGN: MATT RICHTER
www.TheatreRevelation.com
"WRITER / DIRECTOR JOHN SINNER BREAKS NEW THEATRICAL GROUND"
-- 4FRONT MAGAZINE
A PRIMAL SCREAM INTO ESCAPISM
15 MINUTES OF JOHN SINNER'S WORK
YOU WILL NEVER FORGET
JOURNEY THROUGH THE EXPLODING MIND OF
LOVELY LOLLY, AS SHE TAKES US INTO THE
TRENCHES OF HER DAILY BATTLE BETWEEN
THE OF DOMESTICITY AND SELF-PRESERVATION
Studio@REDCAT was created to give new artists an opportunity to hone their skills and offer established artists a chance to test new material and works-in-progress before an audience. A revolving panel of working artists curates each edition.REDCAT benefits from an endowment created through the generosity of The Walt Disney Company; The Sharon D. Lund Foundation; Robert B. Egelston; Lee and Lawrence J. Ramer; and Dorothy R. Sherwood.REDCAT’s 2005-06 season programming generously supported by The Herb Alpert Foundation; American Composers Forum of Los Angeles; The Annenberg Foundation; Anonymous; Argosy Foundation Contemporary Music Fund; California Community Foundation; The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation (Corporate matching gift); CEMAT (Centri Musicali Attrezzati,Rome); City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department; CONACULTA; Margit Sperling Cotsen and Lloyd Cotsen; Cultural Services of the French Embassy; e-flux; Étant Donnés, The French-American Fund for the Visual Arts, a program of the French American Cultural Exchange; The French-American Fund for Contemporary Music, a program of FACE; French Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Harriet and Richard Gold; Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg; Elyse and Stanley Grinstein; Henson International Festival of Puppet Theater; IIT (Instituto Italiano di Cultura, Los Angeles); The Japan
Foundation/Performing Arts JAPAN; La Colección Jumex; kurimanzutto; L.A. Louver Gallery, Inc.; The Sharon D. Lund Foundation; Steve Martin; National Dance Project; National Endowment for the Arts; E. Nakamichi Foundation; Phaedrus Foundation; Vicki Reynolds Pepper and Murray Pepper; The Puffin Foundation, Inc.; V. Joy Simmons; The Skirball Foundation; SONORA, in collaboration with Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy; and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. As CalArts’ downtown center for innovative visual, media and performing arts, REDCAT, the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater, introduces diverse audiences, students and artists to the most influential developments in the arts from around the world, and gives artists in the Los Angeles region the creative support they need to achieve national and international stature. REDCAT is a center for experimentation, discovery and charged civic discourse.
MEDIA CONTACT:
FOR JOHN SINNER
INTEGRITY PUBLITY
SHERYL MANDEL
ROBERT AXELROD
LOS ANGELES/ NEW YORK
213.483.1449
718.352.5976
[email protected]
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I WOULD LOVE A STORY ABOUT JOHN OR AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A READING OF HIS WORKS. THERE ARE MANY LEVELS TO JOHN'S LIFE AND HIS WORK , THAT I WOULD RATHER JOHN TELL YOU HIMSELF. JOHN WAS CHOSEN FOR THE REDCAT PERFORMANCE EXPERIMENTAL ABOVE MANY OTHER TALENTED APPLICANTS. I BELIEVE HIS WORK WAS CHOSEN FOR HIS STARTLING HONESTY, BOLD SUBJECT MATTER AND AN UNNERVING ELOQUENCE TO HIS WRITINGS. HE IS A FEARLESS WRITER AND IS A TALENT TO TAKE A DEEPER LOOK AT.
THANKS FOR YOUR TIME,
AND LET'S CONNECT
SHERYL MANDEL
Posted by: Sheryl Mandel | April 18, 2006 at 02:38 PM