AWARD WINNING "CHEMISTRY" MAKES IT'S WEST COAST PREMIERE AT HOLLYWOOD FRINGE 2016

Chemistry

Chemistry is a piercingly insightful dark comedy about two people with mental illness falling crazy in love.

Winner of the Fringe NYC Excellence in Playwriting Award

Chemistry tells the story of two young people with powerful chemistry, both romantic and neurological. Steph, an Ivy League drop-out with a wicked sense of humor, barely holds down a job as a bartender while suffering from chronic depression. Jamie, who overcame humble roots to fast track his way into politics, pushes himself so far that he winds up in the hospital, having ripped inch-deep gashes in his own skin. When they meet in their psychiatrist’s office, they are swept into a whirlwind relationship full of joy, possibility, and danger. Bursting with sharp dialogue and intoxicating romance, Chemistry presents an honest, incisive depiction of falling in love and the ways mental illness shapes people’s daily lives.

“Fascinating. A powerful new play. Rice has a strong sense of language, and conveys complex emotions and thought processes beautifully.” – NY Theatre Guide

“MUST SEE! Playwright Jacob Marx Rice’s smart, funny, sad script packs a lot into an hour” – River City News

“Dark, honest, and unsparing . Rice has created two strong, complex, articulate characters, and the play is deeply affecting. A terrific piece of theater.” –nytheater now

Performances will take place at Asylum @ Studio C
6448 Santa Monica Blvd LA, CA 90038
Tickets are 10$ and available @ http://hff16.org/3698

June 5 @ 8:30pm (Pay what you can)
June 10th @ 11:30pm
June 12th @ 2:30pm
June 16th @ 8:30pm
June 18th @ 3:00pm

Our entire cast and crew is made up of Ohio University Theater Alumni. We are very excited to bring together such a talented group and show the LA theater community the wonderful things our professors at OU have taught us.

Mental illness is a topic we want to bring awareness to and we hope to do that with this play. We will be donating a portion of our tickets sales to NAMI LA branch, a non-profit organization that helps people with mental illness and their families. To find out more about what NAMI does visit them @ namila.org