A new play by Tom Cudworth
Elephant Stages’ Lillian Theatre, 1076 Lillian Way, Los Angeles, CA • May 6, 2010
Directed by Eric Bross
A staged reading and burlesque reception
When the bar closes, the fun begins…
Dancing for Krumholtz is a gritty, unapologetic new work by acclaimed writer Tom Cudworth that, like its titular character, doesn’t pull punches. We are honored to be sharing the debut of TCT West with the debut of this exciting new play.
And after the reading, we’ve invited the glorious guys and gals of Post Mortem’s Grotesque Burlesque to delight you with the timeless art of tease…and a twist. Post Mortem promises “dancing, singing, sweating and swearing! Daring decadence! Girls in their underpants! Lunatics running the asylum! Come one, come all! The Post Mortem awaits…”
Nibbles catered by the wonderful Michele La Porta of TeaJeeling!
BIOS
Tom Cudworth (Playwright) embarked on a career as a screenwriter directly following graduation from college. His first screenplay Ten Benny, co-written with Director Eric Bross, was made into a feature-length film and chosen for official selection at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival. The film, which starred Oscar-winner Adrien Brody, was later released nationwide. Tom followed up that success with his original screenplay Restaurant, also starring Adrien Brody. That film was received favorably nationwide, including a glowing review by A.O. Scott of The New York Times. Dancing for Krumholtz is Tom’s first full-length play. Tom lives in LA but will always call New Jersey his home.
Eric Bross (Director) made his directorial debut with the critically acclaimed feature film and Sundance entry Ten Benny, starring Academy Award-winner Adrien Brody, which he co-wrote with playwright Tom Cudworth. Other films include Stranger Than Fiction, starring Todd Field and Natasha Wagner, and Restaurant, also starring Adrien Brody. Restaurant was released in 2000 to critical acclaim, and Adrien Brody was nominated for a Spirit Award for Best Actor. Bross also directed the romantic comedy On The Line for Miramax Films and the USA Network’s Emmy Award-winning miniseries Traffic. Bross also directed Vacancy 2 for Sony’s Stage Six Films with The Hal Leiberman Company. Most recently, Bross directed The Boy Who Cried Werewolf for Nickelodeon which won the 2010 Director’s Guild Award for best movie for Children’s Programming.
Ali Cobrin (Kareoke Girl) Born and raised in Chicago, Ali was a Junior Olympic track athlete and training to be a classical ballerina. Ali attended high school at the Chicago Academy for the Arts where she majored in musical theatre. Additionally, she was an improv player in Second City’s Teen Ensemble, danced with the Burklyn Ballet Theatre touring Scotland, performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and workshopped Broadway musicals ALL THAT JAZZ & WONDERLAND under the direction of Ben Vereen and Frank Wildhorn, respectively. Most recently Ali stars in LOOK, a groundbreaking series airing on Showtime. LOOK is based on the award winning and critically acclaimed film of the same name and is Executive Produced by Adam Rifkin, Brad Wyman and Barry Schuler.
Lila Dupree (Sue, Producer) NYC credits include: Named, Little Theatre (Lucy Thurber World Premiere, collab. with Lucy Thurber), Young, Ars Nova (Lucy Thurber World Premiere); All Over, Linda Gross Theater (Staged Reading, collab. with Edward Albee and Marian Seldes) and 14th St. Theaterlab; The B-File, 78th St. Theatre Lab; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Abingdon Theatre. Regional: Our Town and Da with the Sierra Madre Playhouse, LA; Main Street, Collected Stories, Barefoot in the Park all with Acadia Repertory Theatre, ME; Romeo and Juliet, Atlantis Playmakers, MA. Film/TV: The Golden Boys with Bruce Dern and David Carradine (Roadside Attractions), The Pigpen (premiering online in 2011), ManchVegas (Pilot). Trained at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) and the Atlantic Acting School (NYC and LA).www.liladupree.com
Greg Felden (Dave) has performed in New York, Los Angeles and around the country in productions such as Sir Peter Hall’s production of The Importance of Being Earnest with Lynn Redgrave (The Ahmanson, BAM), A Midsummer Night’s Dream directed by Mark Lamos (The Shakespeare Theatre), Not About Heroes (Playmaker’s Rep), and Rough Magic by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (The Hangar Theatre). His television credits include roles on “Mad Men”, “Cold Case”, “Medium” and “Law & Order: Criminal Intent.” Greg won Best Direction at The New York Fringe Festival for his work on Rolin Jones’ The Jammer and developed and performed the one-man show State of the Union about unions and union organizing that premiered at The American Living Room Festival at HERE. Greg received his MFA in Acting from The Yale School of Drama.
John Harnagel (Krumholtz) recently appeared in the Sierra Madre Playhouse’s production of DA. He has also appeared as the title character in William Mesnik’s Jackson Pollock, Painting on the Edge at the Fremont Centre Theatre in South Pasadena. He has been seen at the Pasadena Playhouse, The Carmel Performing Arts Festival, The Mark Taper Forum, Shakespeare Festival/LA, The Syracuse Stage Company, the New York Shakespeare Festival, The Negro Ensemble Company, The Westside Theatre, The Seattle Rep, The Empty Space, The Group Theater of Seattle, and the Yale Repertory Theater. He is also a company member with Parsons Nose Productions. T.V. and movie credits include Frost/Nixon, Big Love, Desperate Housewives, Star Trek Enterprise, Medium, Lyon’s Den, Miracles, My Blue Heaven, Malcolm in the Middle, Everybody Loves Raymond, X-Files, etc.
Shawn Kathryn Kane (Stage Directions. Producer) is a graduate of the Atlantic Theater Company Acting School and New York University’s TISCH School of the Arts. She has appeared in various stage and film productions in NYC and Los Angeles. A Los Angeles theater critic recently described her as “fantastic…earning both big laughs and little awwwws…” Currently working in both Los Angeles and NYC, Shawn is a member of AFTRA and SAG. www.shawnkathrynkane.com
Houston Rhines (Keith) was raised in Munroe Falls, Ohio. The 6’1 actor played basketball in high school and college and had dreams of one day going pro. However, always a movie enthusiast he auditioned and was offered a part in a film that helped him find his calling. His body of work includes appearances “How I Met Your Mother”, “Scrubs” and “Criminal Minds” and the lead in the upcoming film Ecupid He is also known for playing Kelly Clarkson’s love interest in her video “My Life Would Suck Without You” which was nominated for Best Female Video at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.