Italian native Max Leonida, best known for his films "Backward" (Cannes finalist), "Mandala" and "Memento Mori" and upcoming film "Light Wounds", is directing Theresa Rebeck's "Spike Heels" at the LA Little Theater in the Brentwood, Los Angeles area. The show will run Fridays and Sundays beginning tonight, January 29, 2016, at 7 pm. Tickets are available at www.SpikeHeelsLA.com. Actress London Vale is playing the role of "Georgie", with Vadim Dardagani as "Andrew", Jonathan Looper as "Edward" and Shakara Wyatt as "Lydia".
Spike Heels is a contemporary comedy of manners exploring issues of sexual harassment, the control and use of women, self-determination and identity, and changing expectations of men in a feminist era. It is also hailed as an intelligent examination of issues that are as important today as they were in 1990. Director Leonida is an international award-winning theater and film director. Prior to moving to the U.S. and focusing on films, he wrote and directed numerous popular plays in Italy. A recording of one play he wrote at the age of 25 in 1995, commemorating 50 years after the end of the Auschwitz massacre, is still aired by television networks in Italy. He also founded the theatre schools Accademia dello Spettacolo and Teatro Estremo in Italy. London Vale, playing "Georgie", is a graduate of The University of Notre Dame, and has an extensive resume in film. She had her theater debut as Viola in Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" at The Globe in London.Videos