SACRED FOOLS THEATER COMPANY

Jan/Feb 2010

Bertolt Brecht's BAAL JANUARY 15 - FEBRUARY 20, 2010 Fridays & Saturdays @ 8pm plus Thurs, Jan. 28 @ 8pm

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

TEN TOPS Mon, Feb. 8 @ 8pm

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

"...intense and seductive... GO!" -Steven Leigh Morris, L.A. WEEKLY
"...a wonderfully rich, volatile performance... CRITIC'S PICK!" -BACKSTAGE
"...bold, startling and devastating." -DREAD CENTRAL

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SATURDAYS @ 11pm

Five Plays Enter... Three Plays Leave.

RECOMMENDED by L.A. Weekly!

Now in its FIFTH year!

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AN L.A. TIMES TOP PICK!

"...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.

Next Up: an Encore of
"Love Written in the Stars"

FRIDAYS @ 11pm
Feb. 5, 12 & 19

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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

February's Featured Performer: The Roman Catholic Mime Collective


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

• MARCH - JUNE 2010

Neighborhood 3 (Mar-Apr)
Forbidden Zone (May-June)

• ONGOING SHOWS

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

• AUDITIONS

Forbidden Zone (Ongoing)

More shows TBA soon!

SATURDAYS @ 11pm

Five Plays Enter... Three Plays Leave.

RECOMMENDED by L.A. Weekly!

Now in its FIFTH year!

More Info...

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"

More Info...

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

February's Featured Performer: The Roman Catholic Mime Collective

NEW YEAR'S EVE!

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

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

Next Up: an Encore of
"Love Written in the Stars"

FRIDAYS @ 11pm
Feb. 5, 12 & 19

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• Sacred Fools has been nominated for SIXTEEN L.A. Weekly Awards, including six for Land of the Tigers, two for Savin' Up For Saturday Night and eight for Hamlet Shut Up! [ Details ]
• Land of the Tigers has been nominated for two Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards - Featured Performance and Costume Design - and has won a special award for Makeup Design! [ Details ]
• Land of the Tigers' Hugo Armstrong has won the Ovation Award for Featured Actor! Also, Vanessa Claire Smith and Jake Broder have won Best Actress and Best Actor for their performances in the Geffen Playhouse production of Louis & Keely Live at the Sahara - roles they originated at Sacred Fools. Congratulations to Hugo, Jake and Vanessa! [ Awards ]
• Veteran L.A. theater critic Steven Leigh Morris has named Sacred Fools among his Best Theater Companies of the Decade, and Hamlet Shut Up among the Best Theater of 2009! [ Read the Articles - Best of the '00s / Best of 2009 ]
• Veteran L.A. theater critic Don Shirley has named Land of the Tigers and Hamlet Shut Up among his 20 Highlights of 2009! [ Read the Article! ]
• 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!