The world premiere of Carla Ching’s The Two Kids That Blow Shit Up opened to an overwhelming positive weekend of performances. Due to recent exciting developments, the production is now set to close earlier than previously anticipated. Artist at Play’s sixth mainstage production must now close on Sunday, September 4. Tickets are available online at http://bit.ly/AAP2Kids.
Cast member Nelson Lee has been tapped for an upcoming feature film where he will star alongside John Corbett, prompting his early departure from the production. Artists at Play is proud for Lee and excited for him and this wonderful opportunity.
Lee’s theatre credits include Carla Ching’s Fast Company (South Coast Repertory), Maple and Vine (The City Theatre in Pittsburgh; A.C.T.) and Outside People (Naked Angles/Vineyard Theatre). His film and television credits include “Stitchers,” “Oz,” “NCIS: New Orleans,” “Covert Affairs” and Virtuality.
Performances are being added on Saturday, August 27 and September 3 at 2 p.m.; Tuesday, August 30, at 8 p.m.; and Sunday, September 4 at 7 p.m. to accommodate the new closing date. Tuesday, August 30 is Artists Night and all tickets are $20.
In The Two Kids That Blow Shit Up, Diana and Max meet at 9 years old — the day their parents start dating. In the ensuing decades, their parents break up, get back together, marry and divorce. And they see each other through it all — trying not to make the same mistakes their parents did. But when they fall for each other, will they lose the only family they’ve ever known?
Playwright Ching is the former Artistic Director of Asian American Theater Company, Second Generation and a member of New Dramatists and The Kilroys. On television, Carla has written on USA’s “Graceland,” AMC’s “Fear the Walking Dead” and currently writes on Amazon’s “I Love Dick.”
The cast also includes Julia Cho and is directed by Jeremy Lelliott.
Cho’s film and television credits include “The Lizzie Bennet Diaries,” “Goliath,” “Scandal,” and Sounds We Have No Letters For. Cho has performed and toured with East West Players, Will & Company and Word for Word (San Francisco). Other theatre credits include multiple Artists at Play productions and readings for Playwrights’ Arena, Pasadena Playhouse and Center Theatre Group. She is a founding member of AAP and a Producing Artistic Leader. Cho originated the role of Diana in AAP’s 2015 staged reading of The Two Kids That Blow Shit Up.
Jeremy Lelliott directs this world premiere. He is the founding artistic director of Coeurage Theatre Company where he has overseen more than 30 mainstage productions. Directing highlights for the company include Romeo & Juliet, Andronicus, The Woodsman and Vieux Carré.
The creative team includes Se Oh, scenic/properties design; Rachel Stivers and Emily Brown, costume design; Alexander Freer, lighting design; Jesse Mandapat, sound design; Erin Walley, props coordinator; Donna Eshelman, movement specialist; and Andy Knight, dramaturg. Jenna Riley is the production manager, Cailin Luneburg is the assistant stage manager and Jonathan Castanien is the stage manager.
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About Artists at Play
Founded in 2011 by Julia Cho, Peter J. Kuo, Stefanie Wong Lau and Marie-Reine Velez, Artists at Play is a collective of Asian American creative professionals who have come together to curate quality theatre in Los Angeles. Producing Member Nicholas Pilapil joined Artists at Play in 2013. Artists at Play presents theatrical productions missing from Los Angeles’ local landscape to tell the stories of communities underrepresented in theatre, with a focus on the Asian American experience. Past productions include Lauren Yee’s Ching Chong Chinaman, A. Rey Pamatmat’s Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them, Michael Golamco’s Cowboy Versus Samurai, playwright Julia Cho’s 99 Histories and most recently the West Coast premiere of In Love and Warcraft by Madhuri Shekar. Dedicated to new play development, Artists at Play has also developed new works by Boni B. Alvarez, Carla Ching, Sanaz Toossi, Alice Tuan and Leah Nanako Winkler, among others as part of their Artists at Play Readings.
Calendar Listing Information:
The Two Kids that Blow Shit Up
by Carla Ching
directed by Jeremy Lelliott
Venue: The Lounge Theatre, 6201 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90038
Dates: Performances through September 4
Showtimes: Tuesday, August 30, at 8 p.m.; Thursdays-Saturdays at 8 p.m.; Sunday, September 4 at 8 p.m.; Sunday matinees at 2 p.m.
Tickets: $20-$32 general admission
Purchase online: http://bit.ly/AAP2Kids
Link: http://bit.ly/29CchFK
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