SMALL ENGINE REPAIR Extends Through 8/27

The Katselas Theatre Company and Rogue Machine present Rogue Machine's production of SMALL ENGINE REPAIR by John Pollono. Due to overwhelming demand, the critical and commercial smash hit (CRITIC'S CHOICE-LA Times; GO - LA Weekly, CRITIC'S PICK-Backstage, Ovation RECOMMENDED, Roar of the Crowd-- Goldstar) will extend the performance schedule through August 27th at Beverly Hills Playhouse.

This darkly comic drama charts three working class friends in Manchester, New Hampshire as they reunite for an evening of drinking, fighting and reminiscing. A stunning revelation quickly shifts the course of action, while testing the friendships and instigating a dangerous confrontation.

John Pollono (Playwright) enjoyed a sold-out, extended run of his play Lost and Found (Off -Broadway at the FringeNYC 2010. Selected writing credits include Illuminati, which won Best Play at the 2010 Network One-Act Festival in New York City, and Grace, a Top 4 Finalist. Razorback won the 2008 Rogue's Gallery festival and received a critically acclaimed, world-premiere run at Rogue Machine. John's new work Rules of Seconds was chosen to participate in the 2011 Last Frontier Theatre Conference in Alaska. He produces (and occasionally performs) in the hit underground writer/performer theatre series Rant & Rave. John is a member of the Dramatist's Guild and the Actor's Studio.

Andrew Block (Director) produced and directed John Pollono's critically acclaimed Lost and Found at the FringeNYC Encore series, Lucille Lortel Theatre. Last season he directed the productions Illuminati and Grace, both by Pollono, for the 2010 Network One-Act Festival, (winning both Best Play and Best Director awards), Neil LaBute's The Shape of Things for Adelphi University; and he served as Assistant Director on the Off-Broadway revival of T.S. Eliot's The Cocktail Party with TACT/The Actor's Company Theatre in NY. Andrew is responsible for the critically acclaimed production of the West-coast premiere of Adam Rapp's Bingo With the Indians which received a 2009 GLAAD Award nomination for Outstanding Los Angeles Theatre. He began Rogue Machine's ‘Off the Clock' series. Additionally, for RMT, he created and produced the hit short-play festival, Shorts & Sweets, where he directed John Pollono's I Hate L.A. & Robin Rothstein's Keeping Pace. Other directing credits include Dancing at Lughnasa, 12th Night, Noises Off, City of Angels, Little Shop of Horrors, and Tartuffe.

SMALL ENGINE REPAIR runs Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm, Sundays at 7pm, (no performances on August 5th or 20th) through August 27, 2011. Beverly Hills Playhouse is located at 254 S Robertson Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211. Tickets are $25. Reservations: 855-585-5185 or at www.roguemachinetheatre.com.

John PerriN FLYNN (Producer/Artistic Director) recently directed the critically acclaimed Los Angeles premiere of THE SUNSET LIMITED, (CRITIC'S CHOICE-LA Times; GO - LA Weekly, CRITIC'S PICK-Backstage, Ovation RECOMMENDED) now extended into its fourth month of sell-out performances. He directed the multi-award winning World Premiere of Henry Murray's Treefall (now being produced regionally and published by the Dramatist Play Service in 2010) last season, and the critically acclaimed Los Angeles premiere of Rogue Machine's inaugural production Compleat Female Stage Beauty. John helmed the Craig Lucas' hit Small Tragedies at The Odyssey Theatre and the world premiere of John Pollono's Lost and Found at The Lounge Theatre. He is Rogue Machine's founding Artistic Director and has been the Executive Producer of all three successful seasons. John was the Executive Producer and director of Lifetime's long running award winning series Strong Medicine, has produced two other series and 14 television movies or miniseries including the Emmy nominated Burden of Proof. He attended The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and has a MA degree in Theatre from Illinois State University.
ROGUE MACHINE presents plays that are new to Los Angeles. Since 2008 this has included 7 West Coast Premiere (THE WORD BEGINS, WISH I HAD A SYLVIA PLATH, FOUR PLACES, MilkMilkLemonade, AMERICAN DEAD, BINGO WITH THE INDIANS, and HALF OF PLENTY), 3 Los Angeles Premiere (COMPLEAT FEMALE STAGE BEAUTY, STOP KISS, and BLACKBIRD), 1 American Premiere (NEVERLAND), and 5 World Premiere productions which includes SMALL ENGINE REPAIR, YARD SALE SIGNS, RAZORBACK, SHORTS & SWEETS, and the multi-award winning production of Henry Murray's TREEFALL, now published by Dramatist Play Services). Last year the company worked extensively with multi-award winner Steven Sater (Tony, Grammy, Drama Desk, Outer Circle, Lucille Lortel awards for SPRING AWAKENING) in developing his play NEW YORK ANIMALS. The company draws upon the diverse and extensive experience of its collective while creating high-quality productions by contemporary playwrights who specifically address our culture and time.