COPS AND FRIENDS OF COPS Extends Through 6/29

VS. THEATRE COMPANY is thrilled to announce that its critically-acclaimed, smash-hit, first production in its permanent new theatre, COPS AND FRIENDS OF COPS, written and directed by Ron Klier, is EXTENDING through SATURDAY, JUNE 29 at the new home of VS. Theatre Company (the former Black Dahlia Theatre), 5453 W. Pico Blvd. in Los Angeles.

COPS AND FRIENDS OF COPS is a classic morality play, as much about what's right and wrong, as it is a thrilling moment-to-moment suspense-fueled ride. It introduces us to five men: Paul, Dom, Emmett, Sal, and Roosevelt. Men of different ages and life experiences. On this night Paul walks into the bar with a secret. Dom, the bartender, just wants to get through his shift. Roosevelt's had just about enough of his partner Sal's bullying sense of humor. So begins this world premiere play occurring roughly in real-time about regret, loss, explicit and implicit racism, and wrestling with masculine identity in constantly-changing contemporary America.

Ron Klier (Playwright/Director) recently directed The Mercy Seat by Neil LaBute for the VS. Theatre Company at the Ford Theatre in Los Angeles (voted Reader's Choice Production of the Year in Backstage). Other directing credits includeBlackbird by Adam Rapp for the VS. Theatre Company, which was nominated for three Los Angeles Drama Critics' Circle Awards and three LA Weekly Awards, and was named one of LA Weekly's Ten Best Productions of 2009, The Traveling Companion by Tennessee Williams for the New American Theatre, the West Coast Premiere of Bekah Brunstetter's Happy Birthday/I'm Dead at the Elephant Theatre, the West Coast Premiere of Brett Neveu's Eagle Hills, Eagle Ridge, Eagle Landing, a joint production between the VS. Theatre Company and Range View Productions at the Hayworth Theatre, John Kolvenbach's On An Average Day, a joint production between the VS. Theatre and Route 66 Theatre Companies, in Los Angeles and Chicago, Foolish Heart by Steve Yockey, as part of The Car Plays at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts, and Shampooed by Fielding Edlow as part of The Car Plays/Radar L.A. Festival. Writer-director credits include: Battleship andLast Chance Gas for Moving Arts Theatre, Tranny for Little BiRD Productions, and Waste of Shame for the VS. Theatre Company. Ron's short plays Lunch and Am I Losin' premiered in 2012 and 2013 as part of The Car Plays at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts. His plays Pigs in Zen and Potatoes have received productions at the Generic Theater in Virginia, the Gorilla Theatre in Kansas City, and Moving Arts Theatre in Los Angeles. His short play The Straightenerouter received a production as part of the Abbie Hoffman Died For Your Sins Theatre Festival in Chicago and again in Chicago as part of Wicker Park Nights at the Room Opera, and his plays Dirt and Gender Studies have received productions at the Elephant and Whitefire Theatres. Ron is the Resident Director of the VS. Theatre Company.

The cast of COPS AND FRIENDS OF COPS features (in alphabetical order): Rolando Boyce, Johnny Clark, Andrew Hawkes, Paul Vincent O'Connor and Gareth Williams.
COPS AND FRIENDS OF COPS features an award-winning design team. Production Design is by Danny Cistone. Lighting Design is by Derrick McDaniel. The Sound Design is by Ron Klier. The Costume Design is by Gelareh Khalioun. The Violence Design is by Ned Mochel. The Make-up Design is by Justine Vickery. The Production Stage Manager is Tommy Dunn. COPS AND FRIENDS OF COPS is produced by Andrew Carlberg and Johnny Clark.
ABOUT THE SCHEDULE AND PRICING

COPS AND FRIENDS OF COPS is EXTENDING through SATURDAY, JUNE 29 at the new home of VS. Theatre Company (the former Black Dahlia Theatre), 5453 W. Pico Blvd. in Los Angeles.

Performances are Thursdays through Saturdays at 8:00pm. (There will be no Wednesday performances during the extension weeks.)

Ticket prices are $25.00 for all performances. Tickets are available online at www.vstheatre.org or www.brownpapertickets.com or by calling 323-739-4411.