Saturday, May 22, 2010 has been set as the date for SEAGLASS THEATRE'S second annual fundraising event, it was announced today by Kimberly Van Luin, the company's Artistic Director who founded Chicago's prestigious Griffin Theatre, now in its 22nd year of producing. The event will be held from 7:00 to 11:00 pm at the DECOR ART GALLERIES located at 12149 Ventura Boulevard, Studio City, CA 91604, and is open to the public.
Dedicated to the SeaGlass mission of "Illuminating the American Experience", the evening will offer samplings of sumptuous cuisine indigenous to select regions throughout the U.S., complimented by a variety of diversified entertainment. SeaGlass Board member and longtime co-star James Denton of ABC TV's hit series DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES and others associated with the popular rock group BAND FROM TV - including actress/singer Erin O'Brien, CHRIS KELLEY, and MINDY STEIN - will lend their musical talents to headline the event; as will noted guitarists LUIS OLIART and DEAN GLORIOSO. Also scheduled to perform is SLOWRECK, a rollicking jalopy of hillbilly bluegrass and old school bluesy-rock. Additionally, valuable and diverse raffle prizes will be awarded to lucky ticket holders.
Event tickets at $30 each may be purchased online through SeaGlass Theatre at www.seaglasstheatre.org.
Seaglass Theatre's first theatrical effort was co-producing the 2008, award-winning, world premiere of HOW CISSY GREW starring James Denton and Erin O'Brien at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood. The company's critically acclaimed 2009 production WONDER OF THE WORLD by Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire, enjoyed an extended, sold-out engagement at the Victory Theatre Center in Burbank.
"This year," says Ms. Van Luin "SeaGlass returns to the Victory to skewer Steinbeck in a sure-fire satire of classic characters from Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath." The production, titled OF GRAPES AND NUTS and written by Doug Armstrong, Keith Cooper and Tom Willmorth, will be directed by Paul Stroili, Ovation Award Nominee and Managing Director of SeaGlass Theatre. "If Steinbeck were alive," says Stroili "he'd be laughing... which is good, because his family may pursue legal action." The production is slated to play The Little Vic Theatre September 18 through October 24, 2010. For additional information, call SeaGlass Theatre at (818) 745-5337.
