With an array of thought-provoking themes, ranging from alcoholism and judgment to belonging and forgiveness, ALL SAINTS IN THE OLD COLONY will premiere with a special one-night only staged reading on Saturday, November 07, 2015 at 7:00 PM in the immersive environment of the Parish Hall at
St. Mark's Church, located at 1020 N. Brand Boulevard, Glendale, CA 91202.
Dedicated to presenting gripping dramas and bold dark comedies about issues that matter to an audience of concerned, global citizens, ALL SAINTS IN THE OLD COLONY is the final production of the North by South Theatre (NXS) 2015 Season, which focused on staged readings of four brand-new plays.
NXS Managing Director Julianne Homokay takes on multiple roles for this production as playwright, producer, and actor. Matt Aaron Krinsky directs with
Michael Childers, Phillip
William Brock, and
John Fairbairn joining Homokay in the cast. Emily Donn will serve as the stage direction reader.
Admission to the Saturday, November 07, 2015 staged reading is free to the public, but due to limited performances, please email
reservations@northbysouththeatrela.org with your name and number in your party to guarantee seats. Reservations will be held until five minutes before curtain.
Following NXS tradition, there will be a post-play reception offering the audience a chance to mingle, talk about the show, and meet the artists.
ABOUT ALL SAINTS IN THE OLD COLONY:
Kier is in a bad way. After emigrating from a small town in Ireland to South Boston during the infamous Whitey Bulger days, his family fell apart following the birth of his baby sister. After putting the baby sister up for adoption, Kier sacrificed his own life to raise three younger brothers and give them a shot at a life outside the Old Colony projects. Yet somehow, the brothers aren't all that grateful, and the reasons why come out during a botched family intervention.
ABOUT NORTH BY SOUTH THEATRE LOS ANGELES:
North By South Theatre Los Angeles (NXS) is a nonprofit arts organization with a mission to develop plays that address issues of global justice and the state of the human condition, and introduce these plays to the professional theatre community toward the goal of a world premiere. In keeping with the Millennium Goals of the Episcopal Church, NXS aims to stimulate dialogue about the largest problems confronting humanity today: war, poverty, hunger, human rights. NXS also wants to examine what it means to be human in a chaotic and rapidly changing world, striving to accomplish these goals through a playwright-centered approach. Many play development programs suffered as a result of the recent financial crises and NXS aims to fill that void by nurturing new works to the point at which they're ready to be sent out into the world to live full and productive lives.
ABOUT THE CAST & CREW:
Julianne Homokay (Playwright / Producer / "Fiona Connolly") is the Managing Director of North By South Theatre. She is a local playwright, performer, and director, and works at
St. Mark's Episcopal Church as a musician. She also spent seven years on The Late Late Show with
Craig Ferguson. Recent credits as a director: LAFPI Swan Day, Directors Lab West, PlayGround-LA The Water Plays, GLO Festival 2015. As a playwright: College of Southern Nevada, GLO Festival 2014, Claremont McKenna College, Ventura College, and The Ten. All Saints in the Colony was a semi-finalist this year at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center.
Michael Childers ("Kiernan Connolly") is very excited to be back with North by South Theatre working on this fantastic play. It's a role that every actor dreams of doing. He has played everything from a snake-handling Baptist preacher on The X-Files, a blood-sucking vampire in Nosferatu, and one angry pig in Civilization at the Son of Semele Ensemble. His film credits include WB's Rest Stop 1: Dead Ahead (2006) and its sequel Rest Stop 2: Don't Look Back (2008), Wide Awake in Nothing (2004) and Southern Justice (2006).
Phillip
William Brock* ("Father Mickey Connolly") is an award winning actor and writer. His credits include the play The Normal Child, which won the Arts and Letters Prize for Drama and has been produced around the country; including the Hollywood Fringe Festival, it was named the "best of the fest." He has written shows for Paramount,
20th Century Fox Television and HBO, among others. His short fiction, The Last Blonde Bimbo in New York City has been anthologized in Geography of Rage, a collection of works by Los Angeles writers about the Rodney King riots. An excerpt from his novel in progress Twice Gibson and the Dawn Patrol was published in the premier edition of the literary quarterly Circa. His novel for young adults, Armstrong Anderson and the Forgotten Forest is being published in 2015. *Denotes member of Actors' Equity Association
John Fairbairn ("Ronan Connolly") hails from Cleveland, Ohio where he got his start with Cleveland's longest running improv troupe, Something Dada. He also worked with The Great Lake Theater Company. John moved to Los Angeles to attend The American Academy of Dramatic Arts and continued to perform improv with various troupes including P.I.T. He has been in several independent films including Enemy Closer, The Curse of McBeth and Parker's Way.
Matt Aaron Krinsky (Director) is a director and producer working in theatre, film, music videos, and live events. He studied directing at Brandeis, NYU, and UCLA and acting at the Baron/Brown Studio and Carolyne Barry Entertainment. He made his Off-Broadway directorial debut in February 2014 and is an alumnus of the 2015 Lincoln Center Theatre Directors Lab West. Matt is currently in post-production on a short horror film he directed and is writing a script to direct as his first feature film, as well as developing a TV pilot. Selected directing credits include: With Love (off-Broadway), An Eye for an Eye (film), Never Had You (music video), Our So-Called Loved Ones (play), and Voodoo Love (film).
mattaaronkrinsky.com.
