SACRED FOOLS THEATER COMPANY

Nov-Dec 2009

Hamlet Shut Up NOVEMBER 20 - DECEMBER 19, 2009 Fridays & Saturdays @ 8pm plus Thursdays, Dec. 10* & 17 * special modified performance for deaf audiences

THE DRAFT Sat, Nov. 28 @ 10:30pm

MAGNUM OPUS Fridays @ 11pm (returning Dec. 4)	SERIAL KILLERS Saturdays @ 11pm (returning Dec. 5)

Have dinner before the show -
PIZZA PAUL is right on the corner!

"...breathless comedy... deserve[s] multiple extensions
and cult classic status." -Don Shirley, L.A. Stage Watch

written & directed by Jonas Oppenheim

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SATURDAYS @ 11pm (Returning Dec. 5)

Five Plays Enter... Three Plays Leave.

RECOMMENDED by L.A. Weekly!

Entering its FIFTH year!

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"...the company's comic fury is so strong, and its skills so sharp..." - L.A. Weekly (GO)

"...hilarious... an invaluable lesson for newer screenwriters..." -The Rouge Wave

An Amazingly
Awful Screenplay.
Word for Word. Unedited.
We Didn't Change a Thing.

Coming in December!
A Brand New Magnum Opus Masterwork!

FRIDAYS @ 11pm
Dec. 4, 11 & 18

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ONE NIGHT ONLY!
Sat, Nov. 28 @ 10:30pm


A Foolish favorite for years! Right on the corner of Melrose & Heliotrope! Pizza Subs * Calzones * Wraps * Salads * Beer * Wine * and more!*
	<<-----Paul himself, making a guest appearance on our stage to rapturous applause from the Sacred Fools audience! Photo from Yelp's Pizza Paul listing Video stills from "Fast & Loose" #7

• DECEMBER 2009

Fast & Loose (New Year's Eve)

• JANUARY - JUNE 2010

Baal (Jan-Feb)
Neighborhood 3 (Mar-Apr)
Forbidden Zone (May-June)

• ONGOING SHOWS

Serial Killers (Ongoing)
Ten Tops (Quarterly)
Magnum Opus Theatre (Occasional)

More shows TBA soon!

SATURDAYS @ 11pm (Returning Dec. 5)

Five Plays Enter... Three Plays Leave.

RECOMMENDED by L.A. Weekly!

Entering its FIFTH year!

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A VERY ECLECTIC OPEN
PERFORMANCE EVENT

NEXT SHOW: Monday, Feb. 8, 2010
Do anything you want... for 7 minutes or less!

FEBRUARY'S OPTIONAL THEME: "Love"

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LAist's "Pencil Pick of the Day!" (We're not sure what that means, but we'll take it!)

"I’m pleased to have encountered a night in which I didn’t know what to expect, and was, every time, genuinely surprised
and always entertained..." -L.A. Splash

NEW YEAR'S EVE!

Eight brand-new plays are
created in just 24 hours!

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JANUARY 14 - FEBRUARY 20, 2010:

by Bertolt Brecht ● translation by Peter Mellencamp
directed by Ben Rock

Take a hallucinatory slide on the downward spiral of drunken, dissolute poet, Baal. At once genius and madman, angel and demon, Baal will lift you up and drag you down with him in this fierce new translation of Bertolt Brecht’s earliest work.

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MARCH - APRIL 2010:

by Jennifer Haley ● directed by Jaime Robledo

WEST COAST PREMIERE! In a suburban subdivision with identical houses, parents find their teenagers addicted to an online horror video game. The game setting? A subdivision with identical houses. The goal? Smash through an army of zombies to escape the neighborhood for good. But as the line blurs between virtual and reality, both parents and players realize that fear has a life of its own!

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MAY - JUNE 2010:

adapted by Michael Holmes ● directed by Scott Leggett
from the screenplay by Richard Elfman & Matthew Bright, et al.

WORLD PREMIERE! Adapted from one of the greatest midnight movies of all time! A surreal and bawdy journey to the Sixth Dimension, featuring the music of the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo!

Learn more about the original film at the official "Forbidden Zone" website!

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"...the company's comic fury is so strong, and its skills so sharp..." - L.A. Weekly (GO)

"...hilarious... an invaluable lesson for newer screenwriters..." -The Rouge Wave

An Amazingly
Awful Screenplay.
Word for Word. Unedited.
We Didn't Change a Thing.

Coming in December!
A Brand New Magnum Opus Masterwork!

FRIDAYS @ 11pm
Dec. 4, 11 & 18

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• Sacred Fools has been named among the "Best and Brightest" in L.A. Theater by Digital City! [ Read the Article! ]
• Land of the Tigers has been nominated for FOUR Ovation Awards - Playwriting, Featured Actor, Costume Design and Sound Design! [ More Details ]
• Once again, please vote for Sacred Fools as "Best Theatre Group" on the myfoxla HOTList and help us win for the third year running! Deadline to vote is November 6; results will be announced on Tuesday, Nov. 17. [ Vote Here! ]
• Lots of press for the Fools lately! BroadwayWorld.com has published an interview with writer Jeff Goode and songwriter Richard Levinson about our about-to-open Season 13 opener, Savin' Up For Saturday Night, and the Los Angeles Examiner has also published an article about the show. Meanwhile, Cinematical has published an article hyping our May 2010 production of Forbidden Zone: Live in the 6th Dimension. Click on the links to read the articles!
• The L.A. Weekly's Steven Leigh Morris praises our upcoming 13th Season on The Playgoer blog! He writes, "If you're looking for something a little more adventurous on L.A. stages, you need – as usual – to turn to the smaller players. Here's the upcoming 13th season from one of the funkier survivors of the economic downturn, Sacred Fools Theatre Company, situated in East Hollywood." [ Read the Article. ]
• Legendary cult director Richard Elfman (Forbidden Zone, Shrunken Heads), formerly of the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, crashed our annual Thursty Awards at Sacred Fools on Saturday night - and NBC L.A. reported on it! Sacred Fools will be producing a theatrical adaptation of Forbidden Zone in May of 2010. [ Details... ]
The Fools Invasion begins at 1:44!
• Sacred Fools is pleased to announce our Mainstage offerings for our 13th Season (Septemberl 2009 - June 2010), a season of World Premiere and West Coast Premiere plays! [ Details... ]
• Two L.A. Weekly Awards for Louis & Keely Live at the Sahara, as well as an Award for 43 Plays For 43 Presidents! [ Awards ]
• Theater critic David C. Nichols of the L.A. Times and the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle has kindly allowed us to post the speech he made upon presenting Sacred Fools with the Polly Warfield Award. [ Read the Speech ]
• The awards keep rolling in for Louis & Keely Live at the Sahara - add four Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards and six Garland Awards to the tally! [ Read the Announcement ]
• Sacred Fools founder John Sylvain has been interviewed by Live 2.0! [ Read the Interview ]
• The L.A. Drama Critics Circle has awarded Sacred Fools the Polly Warfield Award for an Excellent Season in a Small to Mid-Sized Theater! This award comes with a $500 cash prize, courtesy of the Nederlander Organization. Also, Louis & Keely Live at the Sahara has been nominated for four L.A. Drama Critics Circle Awards! [ See the full list of nominees ]
• Five L.A. Weekly nominations for Louis & Keely Live at the Sahara, as well as a nomination each for Beaverquest! The Musical and 43 Plays For 43 Presidents! [ See the full list of nominees ]
• Louis & Keely of Louis & Keely Live at the Sahara (aka Jake Broder and Sacred Fools company member Vanessa Claire Smith) will be hosting the 30th Annual L.A. Weekly Awards on Monday, March 30, 2009 at the El Rey theatre. More details soon! [ Read the Announcement! ]
• A WEEK OF AWARDS! Sacred Fools has WON "Best Theatre Group" on the myfoxla HOTList for the second year running! Thanks to all who voted for their support! [ List of Winners ] Also, Louis & Keely Live at the Sahara has won an Ovation Award - the Franklin R. Levy Memorial Award for Musical Intimate Theatre!
• Vote for Sacred Fools as "Best Theatre Group" on the myfoxla HOTList and help us win for the second year running! Deadline is November 7. (As of this writing, we're currently second place, behind our erstwhile colleagues at Theatre of NOTE. Help put us over the top!) [ Vote Here! ]
• Our World Premiere production of Louis & Keely Live at the Sahara has been nominated for FOUR Ovation Awards - Best Musical, Best Lead Actress, Best Lead Actor and Best Direction!
• Sacred Fools is pleased to announce our Mainstage offerings for our 12th Season (Fall 2008 - Summer 2009), including collaborations with Theatre of Note and Burglars of Hamm! [ Details... ]
• The Swine Show won an L.A. Weekly Theater Award for Sound Design! Congratulations to Tim Labor, whose sounds can also be heard in our current production of Beaverquest!
• The Swine Show has been nominated for four L.A. Weekly Theater Awards - Revival Production of the Year, Comedy Direction, Comedy Ensemble and Sound Design!
• Act a Lady, directed by What the Butler Saw's Kiff Scholl, has been nominated for a GLAAD Outstanding Los Angeles Theater Award!
• WINNER of the myfoxla HOTlist "Best Theatre Group" Award!

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Digital City names Sacred Fools among the "Best and Brightest" in L.A. Theater! * "Land of the Tigers" has been nominated for FOUR Ovation Awards! [ Details ]

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