REHAB! THE MUSICAL COME TO MAMA .

Rehab! The Musical

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This 90 minute Musical Odyssey is a cross between Moulin Rouge and Three Penny Opera. Though the subject matter is dark, there is light at the end of the tunnel. The Costumes are elaborate, and the faces mostly painted white. The sets are ext to nothing as we find your imagination is able to create the elaborate and pungent atmosphere, far better than anything we could build with mere sticks and stones. It is night time, and in a dark alley somewhere….

Logline:

Billy, a drug-addicted stock broker, meets Michele, a drug addicted whore, in a seedy hotel one fateful night that will change their lives but, on their way to redemption, they encounter a variety of individuals who help – and hinder – them in their quest for a better life.

Of Interest:

The music is heavily influenced by Tom Waitts, Johnny Cash, and Leonard Cohen, with a touch of 1920s vaudeville and cabaret. Set in a dark, circus like atmosphere.

Promo websites:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Rehab-The-Musical/104383856271603?ref=ts

http://thedqtimes.com/pages/castpages/other/rehab_the_musical/helenephototest.html

Patrick Gélinas

Patrick Gélinas, the creator of Rehab! The Musical, is a Montreal-based writer/musician/chocolatier. After graduating from the Recording Arts and Sciences Institute of Canada, playing in several bands in Berkley, CA, Toronto, ON and Montreal, QC, an extended stretch in the soul-sucking world of finance and even a 5-year stint with Cirque du Soleil (which led to a stint in rehab), he decided what the world needed was another musical. A strong believer in “write what you know,” Rehab! The Musical was born. Patrick will also be opening a Swiss-Master Chocolatier store in the upscale Westmount district this summer so please come in and visit him for a tasty treat.

Bones Malones

When he’s not creating the wonderful music for Rehab! The Musical, Bones Malones (yes, that’s how it’s spelled; it works really well in Spanish) hunkers down in his studio, working on his songs with an assortment of like-minded folk. Every now and then, Bones emerges from his studio to play his unique brand of music. Bones’s latest CD, Barn Recordings, has just been released and he’s busy working on new songs for the follow-up.

Helene Udy
Producer/Director

Helene is best known as series regular as “Myra” on Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman & “Pel” on “Deep Space Nine”. A few of her most notable film creds include “if Tomorrow Comes” with James Franco, “My Bloody Valentine” & “Katie Bird certifiable crazy person” . Helene also won a Dramalogue Director’s Award for the new play “Out in America” . “3 Billion and Counting”, a Documentary on the politics of Malaria that she co-produced , and was the Creative Advisor on, is due out this year. Please visit www.3billionandcounting.com
Helene moonlights as an Indy Line Producer & Director with several credits to her name . Her early years as a member of “the Actors Gang” and her fascination with Comedia , Clowning & Acrobatics , powerfully influence her Directorial vision. Helene draws continued inspiration from the Actors Collaborative to which she belongs.
She joins hands here with playwright/composer & child hood friend from Montreal Canada, Patrick Gelinas. Along with an incredibly adventurous & talented cast, production and music team, she brings this marvelous spectacle to Life

Hailing from beautiful Durban, South Africa, Marijke van Niekerk is a professional musician based in Los Angeles. She holds a Bachelor of Music Degree in Film Scoring from Berklee College of Music, USA and a Master’s of Arts Degree in International Relations/Politics from the University of Nottingham, UK.

Musical Director
Marijke van Niekerk
Marijke is a well-respected and well-known producer and writer in the radio industry in Los Angeles, where she currently produces a number of global radio shows. She’s a member of the prestigious Pacific Chorale and has performed at such iconic California venues as the Hollywood Bowl, the Honda Center, the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, and countless more, alongside the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Pacific Symphony, Andrea Bocelli to name just a few. As a pianist, she has performed with the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra.

Musical Arranger

Eric Kalver
Born in Rhode Island, Eric Kalver is a drummer, arranger, composer, director, and teacher who graduated from the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. Throughout New England, Eric performed in various musical theater companies, pop/rock bands, and was a staff accompanist for the Voice Department at Berklee. Since arriving in Los Angeles in September, Eric has worked with composer James Sale, who worked on the music for movies such as “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” and the upcoming “Just Wright” starring Queen Latifah. He was destined to become a performer since his family has been in the entertainment industry for over 35 years; everything from magic,balloon art, musical theater, radio, and television. Eric’s great grandfather was an assistant to the famous magician, Harry Houdini.

Choreographer
Jill Laub
originally from Cleveland, Ohio, has been living in Los Angeles since 2008 after spending five years across the country in New York City. She has performed with OK GO, the Fordham University Dance Team, at the Hatch at Jennifer Muller/The Works, the DUMBO Arts Festival and more. She was also a founding member and producer for both the NYC contemporary company, :pushing progress, and the Los Angeles company, collidEdance, under the direction of Erica Sobol. Jillian is now a proud member of Unity LA, directed by Tessandra Chavez. Jillian was granted the Professional Program scholarship at Broadway Dance Center and was seen off Broadway in “The Rockae” with Prospect Theater Company. In addition to her dance credits, Jillian received her B.A. in Communications/Media Studies from Fordham University in 2007 and enjoys painting as an additional creative outlet.
Currently, Jillian is one-third (along with Maygen Nicholson and Azure Antoinette) of the creative team that produces MEDIUM, a live art collective presenting work quarterly. MEDIUM brings together dancers, visual artists, photographers, musicians, emcees, filmmakers, poets and graffiti artists in a collaborative spirit to inspire both the audience and one another.www.mediumlive.com

Actors:

Gabriela Sosa

Michele- “ A Prostitue it’s true, a crack whore though what’s more…”
Our story’s heroine..

Gabriela Sosa’s musical career began in the Republic of Panama , where she trained at the National Conservatory of Music and at Teresa Mann Ballet Academy . Her south o’ the border credits include, Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and her own piece, Don Panzote. Her musical training continued on streets around the world where she danced & chanted kirtan with the Hare Krishnas. A scholarship to the renowned American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco , impelled Gabriela to leave her native land and a teaching job at Lee’s Strasberg Studio brought her to LA. Since arriving in Los Angeles , Gabriela has been a newscaster on Univision’s KMEX, a TV & Film producer (for which she was nominated for an Oscar), a Kung-Fu stunt performer, and, of course an actor. She recently completed her first feature with a leading role, 666: The Beginning of the End. Her most recent play, The Father by August Strindberg, was postponed because her portrayal of the conniving, murderous wife, actually sent the actor playing her husband to the hospital. While her co-star’s heart recovers, Gabriela is excited to portray Michele in Rehab: The Musical, which will be Gabriela’s musical debut in the U.S. outside of the walls of Agape Spiritual Center , where you can find her

Bart Foley

Billy- “Make me feel better with magical words, help me get rid of the monkey’s and birds”. Our romantic lead.

Bart is relieved to be in Rehab: The Musical, and not just plain old Rehab. He can next be seen in “We Will Make You Straight (and have a gay time doing it)” to raise money for Equality California at The Complex Theater in July. He’s also a big advocate and user of the Serenity Prayer!

Clive Ashborne

“What I really like, what gives me the thrill, is the fun of the hunt , the thrill of the kill…” The Cleaner-

“There’s no time! To sit and think of doing a line or having a drink…” Dr. Head

Clive graduated from London’s Academy of Live and Recorded Arts in 2001. Theatre credits: Banquo and the Porter in Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Pinter’s Richard in The Lover and Max in A Slight Ache and Don Quixote in DonQ a 5 star show at the Edinburgh Fringe. Film credits: Goran in the British movie The Experiment, Guy Fawkes in V for Vendetta Koleniko in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest & At World’s End. While in Hollywood he met Jules and they married in August 2008 and now live in LA with their daughter & son. Clive has just published his first novel Trip available at Createspace & Amazon.
Amy Jenning

Candy “The beds are hard, the sheets smell funky. The nurse a bitch, she’s an ex –junkie”.

Junkie “hey asshole! Gimmee that”

Amy has been acting for 15 years and has over 50 credits. Recently she has been based in Los Angeles and prior to that all over the world. Favorite roles include Jill from Jane Martins’ Jack and Jill receiving Critics Pick in BSW , Officer Corson in the soon to be released film, Plankenstein, and Elaine Navazio in Last of the Red Hot Lovers. She has worked with international companies: Moscow Art Theatre, Augusto Boal’s, Theatre of the Oppressed, DiabloMundo from Argentina and has performed in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Look for Amy in the upcoming film, The Fortune of Men and I am the (K)night. Amy currently is enrolled at UCB and Ivana Chubbick Studios and is a member of The Actor’s Collaborative.

CARL MOEBUS

Paddy “Every night’s a horror show. All the losers and the hoes. …it’s tough to be a cop”

Keith “ Angels appear in the least likely places. Yeah Angels appear with painted faces….Oh Angels appear”

Carl Moebus began his career in 1978.

Among his favorite theatre credits in some 80 odd shows are Lyle in James Baldwin’s “Blues for Mister Charlie”, Deeley in Harold Pinter’s “Old Times” and the tour de force role of Lady Bright in Lanford Wilson’s “The Madness of Lady Bright”. Among his classical roles, he especially loved playing King Philip in Shakespeare’s: “King John”, Sebastian in “The Tempest”, and the Tailor in “The Taming of the Shrew”. Other classical roles include Chrisale in Moliere’s “Learned Ladies” and Pastor Manders and Tessman in Ibsen’s “Ghosts” and “Hedda Gabler” respectively, Merea in Camus’ “Caligula” as well as the role of Dr. Lyman Hall in the musical“1776”.
Film credits include: “Descent”, “Superman — the Movie”, “Annie Hall”, “Manhattan”, and German-speaking co-starring roles in the Austrian film “Der Grosse Horizont” and in the German film “Die Kleine Filmkunde”.

Television credits include: “The Facts of Life”, “Kojak”, “Three’s Company”, “Diff’rent Strokes”, “Santa Barbara” and a 3 year recurring role on “The Bold and the Beautiful”.
ENRIQUE ZALDUA
Dr Huckabone “I’m unable to control my desires, for crackwhores like her, skinny crack whores like her”
Mikey “it’s tough to be the law. It’s sticks down in your craw to be down there where it’s raw”
Enrique has lived in Los Angeles for the last two years after arriving from his native Basque Country (Spain) where he’s worked in both film and television. Prior to that he studied for several years in New York with Gotham City Improv and was co-founder and performer at the Honeymoon in Havana and Juicy Pest Dispensers improv ensembles. His most recent work includes the SyFi Channel feature “Open Graves” and “The Garden of Eden” a Spanish-British co-production with director John Irvin. In addition to acting, Enrique is a painter and has successfully exhibited his works in several Spanish galleries.

Cheri Anne Johnson:
Shirley “That’s just the way it goes…Everybody dies, so don’t feel so alone.”

Junkie too “…Come to Mama!”.
Cheri is thrilled to be portraying the deliciously dark ‘Shirley’ in Rehab! The Musical! As a person who has ‘been around the rooms’ throughout her life, she feels a certain connection with this piece. The freedom given to the actors during the rehearsal process to explore and create larger than life addicts was especially fun and challenging. Thanks to Helene for trusting her with this part. Other roles you may have seen Cheri perform in recently were ‘Tudi’ in American Grind at Lyric Hyperion, ‘Ruby’ in Getting Out at Lyric Hyperion, and ‘Maggie’ in Trailerville at Moving Arts. As always, she thanks her lord and savior, Cali-the-Magical-Foster-Cat, for getting her thru the hard times. And of course, the bottle…