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By Renée Taylor and Joseph Bologna Directed by Gloria Gifford Produced by Chad Doreck, Lauren Plaxco, and Jade Warner SET DESIGN Jamaica Moon Prods. and The GGC Players Present The Los Angeles Premiere of: by Renée Taylor and Joseph Bologna directed by Gloria Gifford Produced by Chad Doreck, Lauren Plaxco, and Jade Warner SET DESIGN......................................................Gloria Gifford & Lucy Walsh LIGHTING...................................................................................Chris Rivera PUBLICIST..............................................................................Philip Sokoloff COSTUMES...............................................Kasia Pilewicz and Gloria Gifford HAIR/MAKEUP........................................................................Kasia Pilewicz HOUSE MANAGER............... ...............Tracey Nelson and Samiyah Swann Stage Management by Keith Walker & Justin Truesdale Box Office - Tahlia McCollum FEBRUARY 2017 Our Company of GGC Players: Thank you for your participation in our theatrical, artistic adventure. Since 2013, we have been doing productions completely involving actors from the GGC. Stage training is essential for discipline, imagination and stretching the actor. At Juilliard and Yale Drama School - this is their benchmark - the stage. Just because we're in L.A. is no reason to alter that basic and primary approach to being an actor with a long career. Being a stage trained actress from NYC, and studying first with Walt Witcover at HB Studios andthenwiththegreats-MichaelShurtleffandMiltonKatselas (atotalofover25yearsstudying with my mentors while working as an actress in film and television and internationally) - stage training is my benchmark as a teacher. In 2013, when I directed 13 original one-act plays, written by and starring the GGC PLAYERS, some nights 35 actors hit the stage. Very satisfying and commercially successful for the actors. We continued the momentum with THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT. Great reviews! Our next production, Sam Shepard's FOOL FOR LOVE, starring Lauren Plaxco, Chad Doreck and Robert May originated as a successful scene in the class also. That production, which I also had the privilege of directing, ran for 12 weeks. It packed a powerful punch and the reviews proved it. After we successfully tackled Shakespeare's THE TEMPEST AND his THE COMEDY OF ERRORS, it was only natural that we attempt an original musical. The actors and I wrote the script and I selected the songs, collaborated on costumes and production design and off we went into DOWN ON YOUR KNEES AND UP TO THE MOON. Then, Shakepeare's MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING with music was a triumph with full houses and standing ovations. And now LOVE ALLWAYS which will run until May, written by comedy geniuses Renee Taylor andJoeBologna(LOVERSANDOTHERSTRANGERS,THENANNY,MYFAVORITEYEAR.) Next, Sy Rosen's (GIMME A BREAK, THE WONDER YEARS) THE LOST, THE LONELY AND THE DEVASTATED. A new comedy. Thankyouagainforhelpingusgetbetterandbetterandbringingyousomeinsightandjoyalong the way - we hope. Onward with love, Gloria Gifford Executive Producer/Teacher/Director The Gloria Gifford Conservatory for the Performing Arts www.gloriagiffordconservatory.com Mission Statement: We will outproduce the negativity, stay focused, over perform like the Olympians and put ourselves in a position where we have to fight and stretch for our passion and provide passion to all the people to whom we bring our art." Gloria Gifford - West Coast premiere of OUR LADY OF 121ST STREET (Dir.) by Stephen Adly Guirgis (L.A. Times Critics Choice, L.A. Weekly Critics Choice, Nominated Best Ensemble L.A. Drama Critics Circle award, Ovation Award- 2006/2007); WAIT UNTIL DARK, ON GOLDEN POND (starring Salome Jens and Andrew Prine - 2012) at GCT; ROMANTIC COMEDY, A BED AND A BAR, SUMMER AND SMOKE and over 75 showcases. Directed 10 actors on live TV - doing improvisations on the hit show THE MARQUETTE SHOW in Milan, Italy (2007). Co-created and directed TAHLIA MCCOLLUM at CARNEGIE HALL - an evening of Slave narratives and Negro Spirituals at Carnegie Hall in 2005. As an actress, Gloria was discovered by Bill Cosby, and she went from Broadway in Arnold Wesker's THE MERCHANT starring Zero Mostel, directed by the great John Dexter to Hollywood in Neil Simon's CALIFORNIA SUITE, opposite Richard Pryor and Cosby. Gloria has starred in Canada in THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT, London in Robert Patrick's MY CUP RANNETH OVER, Philadelphia in FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE - directed by award winning director Sheldon Epps among many stage performances. Gloria has starred or co-starred in HALLOWEEN II, 48 HRS., GOING BERSERK, D.C. CAB, THIS IS SPINAL TAP, BIG TROUBLE, VICE VERSA, THE OTHERS, A PERFECT ENDING (2012), among others. Gloria has recurred as the principal on ABC-TV's LIFE GOES ON for 4 seasons, recurred on HANGIN' WITH MR. COOPER for 2 seasons, played "Darnetta" opposite Tracey Ullman on TRACEY TAKES ON... for 3 seasons and recurred on THE NANNY. She guest starred on shows like CAGNEY & LACEY (twice), THIRTYSOMETHING, ER, THE PRACTICE, SON OF THE BEACH, 8 SIMPLE RULES, RITA ROCKS and co-starred opposite Whoopi Goldberg and Tobey Maguire in HOT ROD BROWN: CLASS CLOWN and opposite Gail O'Grady and Melissa Gilbert among others in Hallmark films ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS and THE CHRISTMAS PAGEANT. Among her many national commercials, she was directed by the great Jim Sheridan (MY LEFT FOOT) in a Borders commercial. She has been directed by David Steinberg twice, starred opposite Jamie Lee Curtis twice, worked with Dirk Benedict, and worked with Tobey Maguire twice. She taught directors and writers at the acclaimed American Film Institute (AFI) in the Masters' program for six years and is now an international teacher - having taught models and actors from all over the world in Milan, Italy. She is the author of ACTING: WHERE IS THE LOVE? and is the mother of actor/singer Adam G. Reel: https://youtu.be/7PVil1RBo1I Renee Taylor and Joseph Bologna's first collaboration was the play LOVERS AND OTHER STRANGERS, in which they co-starred on Broadway in 1968. It was subsequently made into a hit motion picture, earning them an academy award nomination for their screenplay. They followed with an original screenplay for a highly acclaimed motion picture, MADE FOR EACH OTHER, in which they also co-starred. Their play, IT HAD TO BE YOU, another co-starring vehicle was produced on Broadway in 1981, and has since been done in myriad productions throughout the world. It, too, was then made into a feature film. Their play, BEDROOMS, appeared on HBO in 1984, and in it, they co-starred, along with Charles Grodin, Demi Moore, Jane Curtin, and Louise Lasser; and, it garnered the prestigious Writers Guild of America Award. For network television, along with several award winning specials, they also created the ground-breaking series COLLUCCI'S DEPARTMENT, which starred James Coco. Renee Taylor is a native New Yorker and a graduate of the Academy of Dramatic Arts. She continued her theatrical studies under the great teachers of the time, Lee Strasberg, Stella Adler and Harold Clurman. While writing and performing in the Off- Broadway review THE THIRD EAR, directed by Elaine May, Miss Taylor was spotted by Mike Nichols who cast her as Anne Jackson's stand-by in the comedy hit LUV. Her perfomance in LUV attracted the attention of George Abbott, who promptly cast her in his Broadway production of AGATHA SUE, I LOVE YOU. She then went on to other Broadway roles, including the restoration comedy, THE REHEARSAL. Off-Broadway she appeared in THREE SISTERS, MACHINAL, THE GRANDMA PLAYS, and ONE OF THE ALL-TIME GREATS. She also starred in national companies of ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, LI'L ABNER, and WISH YOU WERE HERE. Miss Taylor has long been a favorite on all the top variety and talk shows, dating back to her early appearances on THE PERRY COMO SHOW, and she became a regular on that series. She made her motion picture debut in Jerry Lewis' THE ERRAND BOY, and subsequently appeared in THE LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS, A NEW LEAF, THE DETECTIVE, LOVE SICK, WHITE PALACE, and DELIRIOUS. On television, she has appearedprominentlyovertheyearsinrolesthatspannedfromateenagecheerleader on STUDIO ONE, to a pshychic caterer on THIRTYSOMETHING, to Brian BenBen's mother on the HBO series, DREAM ON. She appeared as Fran Drescher's mother on THE NANNY for 6 seasons. Joseph Bologna was born in Brooklyn, NY, and received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Brown University. After a tour of duty in the Marines, he began his career writing special material and directing short films. Since his acting debut in LOVERS AND OTHER STRANGERS, he has starred in many known films, including MY FAVORITE YEAR, COPS AND ROBBERS, BLAME IT ON RIO, WOMAN IN RED, CHAPTER TWO, THE BIG BUS, and HONOR THY FATHER; and in numerous televison movies and two television series. Miss Taylor and Mr. Bologna have been husband and wife since 1965. The Cast of Players Hayley Ambriz Michael Barker George Benedict Raven Bowens Jeff Hamasaki Brown Alyssia Brown Billy Budinich Aaron Burriss Marlin Chan Leana Chavez Heather Compton Haile D'Alan Nadeem Deeb Yvette De Vito Sonia Diaz Chad Doreck Justine Estrada Joshua Farmer Joe Filippone Lindy Fujimoto Dylan George Irini Gerakas Keturah Hamilton Chris Jones Genevieve Joy Abigail Kochunas McKenzie Kruse Chirstian Maltez Sam Mansour Maya Moore Kelly Musslewhite Tracey Nelson Nakta Pahlevan Benito Paje Kasia Pilewicz Lauren Plaxco Antonio Roccucci Gershon Roebuck Cynthia San Luis Deidra Shanell Nevada Schaefer Danny Siegel Tejah Signori Samiyah Swann Justin Truesdale Nancy Vivar Keith Walker Lucy Walsh Jade Warner Teagan Wilson Diva Yazdian Hayley Ambriz [email protected] Comm: ERA Talent - 323.342.3374 Originally from San Diego, Hayley is thrilled to be a part of her first showcase with the GGC. She has completed three productions in Los Angeles with the GGC players. Since the age of 17 she has been a working model while also performing in dozens of musical theatre productions. This year so far, she has booked three commercials, three feature films, two music videos, and starred in her own web series. Last year she performed the role of the Courtesan on stage in THE COMEDY OF ERRORS.
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