Photo Flash: John Posey Brings Solo Show FATHER, SON & HOLY COACH to Odyssey Theatre

Southern storytelling at its best! Writer/performer John Posey (How to Get Away with Murder, Teen Wolf) returns to L.A. with an all-new revival of his critically acclaimed comedy about a former small-town football star who attempts to live vicariously through his son. Father, Son & Holy Coach, presented by Rainy Night Films in association with Tyler Posey and directed by Terri Hanauer, opens as a guest production at the Odyssey Theatre on February 13. (Scroll all the way down for links to high resolution photos.)

Welcome to Tupelo County, Georgia, where even the local Easter egg hunt takes on legendary, Super Bowl proportions. In Father, Son & Holy Coach, Friday night football is the motif that illuminates a father/son journey gone hilariously off the rails. Over the course of 85 minutes, Posey, who confesses he was shaped by a complex and conflicted relationship with his own father, seamlessly portrays over two dozen different characters - the entire town of Tupelo.

"It's a very funny, but also poignant, study of the fragile psyche of an aggressively overprotective father," explains Posey. "This man's main reason for living is to prevent his child from experiencing what he perceives to be life's failures. Finally, after years of trying to live up to his father's expectations, the son must go his own way."

Posey debuted Father, Son & Holy Coach to rave reviews in1993 ("Wonderful... much humor drawn from real people" - Daily Variety; "A funny and absorbing chronicle of a fanatical father's attempt to rear a gridiron superstar" -Los Angeles Times) and has since toured it all around the country. The screen adaptation has recently been set up at Salt Entertainment Group.

Best known as Scott McCall on the MTV series Teen Wolf, producer Tyler Posey is John's real-life son.

"This is a father/son story, and this production is a father/son endeavor," John says.

Photos by Ed Krieger

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