2MANSHO IN ASSOCIATION WITH HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL PRESENT "AIN'T WE GOT FUN"
Ain't We Got Fun
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MEDIA ALERT FOR THEATRE EDITORS AND REVIEWERS
AND CALENDAR LISTINGS
2MANSHO IN ASSOCIATION WITH
HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL PRESENT…
AIN’T WE GOT FUN
Written by Ben Hensley & Michael Montiel
Directed by Lindsay Martin & Ben Hensley
Limited Engagement opens Friday, June 18
at Hollywood Presbyterian Church
“Middle Terrace” Theatre in Hollywood!
“Hensley is a wonderfully atypical Jefferson, a Jon Stewart with chops.”
-David C. Nichols, Los Angeles Times
“The role of the nebbish flower shop worker is superbly filled by Michael Montiel. Montiel, the perfect picture of downtrodden humanity, is particularly engaging as he wrestles
with his conscience over the fate of his monster.”
– Tom Titus, OC Register
“Not much money, Oh but honey, Ain’t we got fun”
- Gramps
June 18, 2010…Hollywood…2ManSho in Association with The Hollywood Fringe Festival present AIN’T WE GOT FUN, written by Ben Hensley and Michael Montiel and directed by Lindsay Martin and Ben Hensley. AIN’T WE GOT FUN will open on Friday, June 18 at 12:00 pm and continue through Friday, June 25 at Hollywood Presbyterian Church “Middle Terrace” Theatre, 1760 N. Gower St. (enter on Carlos) in Hollywood, CA.
Two young men, disillusioned with the plastic lack of authenticity in our “point-and-click” instant entertainment culture, discover a dusty trunk that transports them to a bygone era of simpler theatricality. As they journey through yesteryear, they perform a pastiche of forgotten (yet remembered) Vaudeville skits and comedy songs.
AIN’T WE GOT FUN features many comedic songs including Pack Up Your Troubles, Be A Clown, When You’re Smiling, Ma, He’s Makin’ Eyes At Me, And Her Mother Comes Too, Goodbye My Lady Love, and of course Ain’t We Got Fun.
ABOUT THE CREATIVE TEAM
BEN HENSLEY (Writer/Director/Actor) has worked in regional theatres from Memphis to Santa Fe to Alaska. While a Resident Company Member of Playhouse on the Square in Memphis, Ben enjoyed performing in Closer (Dirty Dr. Larry), The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told (Steve), The Dinner Party (Albert), and Hair (Claude) for which Ben was nominated for a Memphis Theatre Award for Best Actor. Los Angeles credits include Downey CLO’s productions of Forum (Hero), Good News (Bobby) and Fiddler on the Roof (Motel). Ben was also seen as Timothy John in the West Coast Premiere of Splendora at Celebration Theatre as well as Thomas Jefferson in the critically lauded production of 1776 at Actors Co-Op. Film/T.V. – On Bloody Sunday (Warner Bros), Fixing Rhonda, and Passions (NBC) as well as many commercials.
MICHAEL MONTIEL (Writer/Actor/Art Director) has been performing throughout Southern California since he was very young. Favorite credits include Little Shop of Horrors (Seymour), Pippin (Pippin), Forum (Hero), and Beauty and the Beast (Lefou). Michael regularly performs with the Los Angeles Theatre Center. Film/T.V. – Zeke and Luther (DisneyXD), Glee (Fox), and Love and Secrets (Limestreet Ent.)
LINDSAY MARTIN (Choreographer/Director) Lindsay received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Cal State Fullerton in 2004. Since then she has been choreographing and performing professionally throughout southern California. Choreography credits include Urinetown, (Garland Nomination) Once on this Island, Sona Tera Roman Hess, Annie Get your Gun, Company, Nine, Footloose, Music Man, Once Upon a Mattress and A Grand Night for Singing. She also choreographed a musical tribute to the band Journey for the OC Pavilion in 2008. Lindsay teaches dance at the Performing Arts Studio West in Inglewood.
AIN’T WE GOT FUN will open on Friday, June 18 and perform through Friday, June 25, 2010. Performances for AIN’T WE GOT FUN are Fridays at 12:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. Performance is free and is appropriate for all ages. The running time is 40 minutes and is performed without an intermission. For tickets, please visit www.hollywoodfringe.org.
For more information, press interviews, photos or for press comps, please contact Ben Hensley at 323/854-3645 or [email protected] or visit www.HollywoodFringe.org/project/view/248.
