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Press Release Visionbox presents For immediate release: November 14, 2011 Production Media Reference: Jennifer McCray Rincon Phone: 720.810.1641 Email: [email protected] Website: www.visionbox.org Visionbox@L2 Featuring Bill Pullman A multimedia performance event VisionboxVisionbox, a new professional actors’ studio and production company, founded and directed by Jennifer McCray RinconRincon, is producing a multimedia performance event for the benefit of Visionbox on December 8 ththth , 20112011, from 6-10pm, at L2 Arts & Culture CenterCenter, 1477 Columbine St., Denver 80206. From 666-6---7pm7pm7pm, there will be wine and an art show by local artists in the L2 lobby. At 7pm7pm, in the upper auditorium: Act 1, Murmuration , a new low-friction work by Visionbox, directed by Jennifer McCray Rincon, performed by Nathan Bock and Emma Messenger. Act 2: excerpts from Healing Wars , performed by stage and film actor Bill PullmanPullman. From 8:308:30----10pm10pm10pm, an after party with food and wine and talkback with Mr. Pullman. Tickets are $20 for the show only, and $100 for show and after party. Bill Pullman collaborated with Jennifer McCray Rincon at the National Theatre Conservatory where he developed, wrote, and directed Expedition 6 . Ms. Rincon started Visionbox in 2010 to meet a need for more professional training for actors and artists in Denver. Ms. Rincon was the Head of Acting at the National Theatre Conservatory from 1991-2008. She is a graduate of Yale University and The Yale School of Drama Directing Program. Visionbox is currently in residence at L2 Arts &&& Culture CenterCenter. L2 Arts and Culture Center has a newly renovated 500 seat theater, and is a presenter for local arts events including Swallow Hill and The Denver Film Society. Mr. Pullman is performing in the first multimedia low-friction project for Visionbox in support of the company’s mission to develop the work of visionary artists through professional training and public performance. Mr. Pullman uniquely combines an extensive theatre career and education with prolific film and television work. He received an MFA in Directing from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Mr. Pullman starred with Mercedes Ruehl, in Edward Albee's play The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? on Broadway. The play won several awards: 2002 Tony Award for Best Play; 2002 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play; 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. He also starred in Edward Albee's Peter and Jerry , at Off- Broadway's Second Stage Theatre in New York. Most recently on Broadway he appeared in a production of David Mamet's Oleanna , co-starring Julia Stiles. His film credits include Ruthless People, Spaceballs, The Serpent and the Rainbow, The Accidental Tourist, Sleepless in Seattle, While You Were Sleeping, Independence Day, Lost Highway, Zero Effect, The Grudge, Surveillance, and Too Big to Fail . He starred as Dr. Richard Massey in the End of Days miniseries, Revelations and Pullman played murderer and pedophile Oswald Danes in Torchwood: Miracle Day , which began airing in July 2011. Visionbox presents Visionbox@L2 Featuring Bill Pullman Date: Thursday, December 8 th , 2011 Time: 6:00pm Art Show & Wine 7:00pm Murmuration , a new low-friction work directed by Jennifer McCray Rincon Excerpts from Healing Wars performed by Bill Pullman 8:30pm Food, Drink & Talkback with Bill Pullman Venue: L2 Arts & Culture Center, 1477 Columbine St., Denver 80206 Ticket Price: General Admission $20 ( Show Only ) Benefit Ticket $100 ( Including After Party with Bill Pullman ) Tickets: ONLINE ONLY at www.visionbox.org Visionbox is a project of the Colorado Nonprofit Development Center. .
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